Abraham Accords

Dr. Robert Mason FHEA FRSA is non-resident fellow with the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington and non-resident senior fellow with the Gulf Research Center in Jeddah. Dr. Guy Burton researched and taught at universities in Brussels, Dubai, Malaysia, Iraq and Palestine and has been a visiting fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre and Lancaster University. Dr. Banafsheh Keynoush isfellow at Rasanah - The International Institute for Iranian Studies in Saudi Arabia.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Iran and Israel: A Distorted ConnectionChapter 2: Israel-Arab Normalization DriveChapter 3: Internal Fragmentation and External Penetration in PalestineChapter 4: The UAE and Israel: Economic Diversification, Security, and GeopoliticsChapter 5: Bahrain and Israel: Elusive AmityChapter 6: Qatar, Israel and the Palestinians: Ambiguous EngagementChapter 7: Saudi Arabia and Israel: Exploring Ambivalent RelationsChapter 8: Oman-Israel Relations: Established, Not Yet ‘Historic’Chapter 9: Kuwait’s Boycott of Israel: Internal and Bilateral DynamicsConclusion

This is a superb work of scholarship that is at once thorough in its coverage, theoretically informed, and incisive in its analysis. For anyone seeking to better understand the intricacies of the complex relationship between Israel, Palestine, and the states of the Persian Gulf, The Abraham Accords is a must-read.