EU Diplomacy and the Israeli–Arab Conflict, 1967–2019

Anders Persson is a political scientist and part of the research environment European Studies at Linnaeus University, Sweden. He is the author of The EU and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1971-2013: In Pursuit of a Just Peace (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015) and a contributor in Palestine and Rule of Power: Local Dissent vs. International Governance, Tartir & Seidel eds. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). His research has been previously published in the Journal of European Integration, Mediterranean Politics, and Journal of Conflict Transformation and Security. He also regularly appears as an expert commentator in Swedish media and writes for the Huffington Post, Haaretz, Al-Jazeera, EU Observer and Politico EU.

• Foreword by Nathalie Tocci; 1. More Important Than Other Conflicts; 2. 1967-1979: A ‘Marvellous Opportunity’ Opens Up For The EC’s Emerging Foreign Policy; 3. 1980-1991: Forward-Thinking on The Long Road to Oslo; 4. 1991-2000: Peace Through Regional Cooperation; 5. 2000-2009: The Israeli-Arab Conflict in the 9/11 Era; 6. 2009-2019: Upholding the Sacred Flame of the Two-State Solution; 7. Conclusions: The Past 50 Years - and the Next?

[...] his meticulous analysis draws attention to the more subtle shifts in language that the EC/EU has put forward over the decades. [...] The slim, easy-to-read volume will be a useful reference, in particular for scholars of EU integration and EU foreign policy, as well as for diplomats and others concerned with EU positions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.