Decline of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Middle East Politics and the Quest for Regional Order

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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Addresses the inter-Arab dimension of Middle East politics and its impact on the Palestinian conflict.This historical study of international Middle East politics in regional perspective presents a comprehensive analysis of the interplay between inter-Arab politics and the conflict with Israel-the two key issues which have shaped the Middle East contemporary history (and made it simultaneously tumultuous and a focus of international affairs).The Decline of the Arab-Israeli Conflict addresses the changing political behavior of the regional Arab system in the Palestine conflict, from total enmity to negotiated peace with Israel. This change is explained as a reflection of state formation process and constant thrust of ruling elites to disengage from compelling supra-state commitments stemming from Pan-Arab nationalist ideology and Islamic political culture.The book scrutinizes the role of Arab summit conferences which, since 1964, became the main collective Arab institution for decision making on common core issues-foremost of which was the conflict with Israel. The summits' main role was to legitimize incremental departure from the overburdening Palestine conflict whose powerful collective symbolism threatened states' autonomy. Summits' consensus sanctioned shifts from hitherto established collective Arab norms toward Israel as well as on inter-Arab relations, in accordance with core actors' interests. The summits offer a view to the Arab regional system's evolution as a negotiated inter-state order based on mutual recognition of sovereign states as opposed to compulsive collectivism in the name of Pan-Arabism. They were, in fact, a manipulation of the regional Arab system by primary participants' coalitions through employment of financial, ideological, and political trade-offs to resolve inter-Arab differences and reach a consensus on redefined collective goals.

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Utgivningsdatum1997-12-04
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt544 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor440
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791435380

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PrefaceList of Abbreviations I. Nation, State, and Regional Conflict 1. Introduction: Explaining Regional Arab Politics2. The Regional Arab System3. The Emergence of a Regional Conflict SystemII. The Politics of Escalation—From the "Arab Cold War" to the June 1967 War 4. For the Sake of Palestine: "Unity of Action"5. Collapse of Summitry and the Road to WarIII. The Politics of Reappraisal and Adaptation 6. A Turning Point in Khartoum7. The Beleaguered Nasir8. The Road to the October WarIV. The Politics of the Peace Process 9. The Divisive Peace Diplomacy10. The Lebanese Civil War: Brokers and Pawns11. The Burden of Arab Consensus: Egypt-Israel Peace Accord and Arab Response V. The Decade of Fragmentation and Disarray The Arab World in the 1980s: An Overview12. The Iraq-Syria Conflict and the Gulf War13. Crossroads of the Lebanon War14. In Search of Another Peace ProcessVI. The Dialectic of Force and Diplomacy Between the Palestinian and Gulf Crises15. The Intifada and New Regional Alignment16. The Kuwait Crisis and the Peace Process: Toward A New Middle East Order?ConclusionAppendicesNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

"Unlike other studies … this book accentuates the shifting powers from the Arab League to Arab summitry as an instrument of regional dialogue … This is the best book yet written on inter-Arab alignments, the historical drift of Arab summitry, the fading of Pan-Arabism since the 1967 war, and the evolution toward Middle East peace." — American Historical Review"…an excellent book … meticulously detailed and documented…" — SHOFAR"This is an extremely complete account of the public record of the diplomatic history of the Arab world with regard to Israel and inter-Arab conflict. It's meticulous in its presentation of the available record regarding the historical drift of Arab summitry." — Ellis Goldberg, University of Washington