American Diplomacy towards the Arab-Israeli Conflict in the Twenty-First Century
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American diplomacy, Arab-Israeli conflict, Eisenhower Doctrine, Middle East, Policy AnalysesAbstract
The purpose of this paper is to establish a standard based on U.S. motives, policy analyses, policy advice, and the political phenomenon called political feasibility for future evaluations of U.S. Arab-Israeli policymaking. This represents a changed focus for our analysis of U.S. involvement; from providing advice that could enable all parties to the conflict to successfully address the underlying issues on their own through the peace process to putting the spotlight on the absence of political will that could enable each party to choose and subsequently exit from negotiations with relevant promises. Through American diplomacy, we find that there has been a kind of improvement in Arab-Israeli relations, especially with the oil states in the Gulf, which has reduced this concern. But the previously strong domestic cultural and political pillars are now under pressure. Following the sharp decline in sympathy for Israel within the Democratic Party, bipartisan support for Israel is now in doubt. The new Israeli government can stop and reverse this decline. But in the absence of progress towards a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the challenge will remain.
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