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In a rare and welcome display of bipartisan celebration, Democrats and Republicans are welcoming the new peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and crediting U.S. policy for its success. The plan has been lauded as a “ huge achievement [[link removed]]” and “ an important contribution to peace-building between Arabs and Israelis [[link removed]].” Even former Vice President Joe Biden praised [[link removed]] the peace deal. Given this remarkable development, we’ve flagged three items in this week’s Hudson in 5 by our scholars to provide greater context to this groundbreaking agreement; help understand how it could alter the dynamic in the region; and what it might mean for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Aiming to Make a Deal Possible
President Trump’s "vision" for Arab-Israeli peace was widely declared "stillborn" when it was rolled out in January 2020. But anyone who wants to understand how the Trump administration’s peace plan made this deal possible should read the recently published major analysis on that plan. Writing in BESA, Lewis Libby and Douglas Feith bucked the consensus and stressed that the plan introduced dramatic and dynamic new elements into Israel’s relations with Arab states and Palestinians. They explained how such policy innovations could open the way to additional Israeli cooperation with Arab states and to a possible diplomatic breakthrough with the Palestinians. As they chronicle in the article, Trump’s plan has historical roots in policies that Feith and Libby helped promote while serving in the George W. Bush administration.
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What's Next for the Middle East?
Israeli-UAE relations are just one aspect of a complex region with multifaceted challenges. In National Review, Feith and Libby look at Trump's plan for peace in the Middle East and the historic ways Palestine's leaders have leveraged conflict for its advantage: "The plan’s goal is to change the diplomatic circumstances that have perversely incentivized the Palestinian side to keep the conflict going."
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Disrupting Regional Dynamics
Not since 1994 has an Arab state made peace with Israel. In an interview with CBC, Peter Rough explains the historic significance of the agreement, how it might put pressure on the Palestinians to seek peace, and how it could disrupt "business as usual" throughout the broader region.
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General Hyten at Hudson Institute
Amid an ongoing pandemic, the United States faces a diverse range of security challenges. However, great power competition with China and Russia continues to be the greatest animating force of U.S. defense policy. In conversation with Rebeccah Heinrichs, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General John E. Hyten describes how the National Defense Strategy is guiding this competition, the future of world order, and the fight to push back against authoritarianism's spread.
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False Dreams of a Neo-Ottoman World
Tension between Riyadh and Islamabad has been steadily growing over the past few months. In The Print, Husain Haqqani explains why Pakistan can't afford to continue alienating Saudi Arabia and why Prime Minister Imran Kahn's populism, coupled with the visions by some of a Pakistan-led global order, is frustrating cooperation between the two nations.
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BEFORE YOU GO...
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