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Since early 2009, it has seemed that the once-warm relations between Turkey and Israel have reached crisis point. To complicate matters further, both countries are close partners of the United States. In this timely title, a group of leading scholar-practitioners from all three countries jointly explore this crisis. In April 2011, University of Virginia politics professor and veteran Middle East analyst William B. Quandt brought leading scholar-practitioners from Israel, Turkey, and the United States to a one-day gathering at the University of Virginia. Their task: To unravel and try to understand the tangle of accusations, sensitivities, fears, and misunderstandings that had arisen among policymakers in these three capitals. Troubled Triangle: The United States, Turkey, and Israel in the New Middle East is a record of the deliberations among these experts, that has been edited by Dr. Quandt.--Publisher description

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Note from the Center for International Studies, U.Va. -- Map -- Preface, by William B. Quandt -- Part I: Strategic Perspectives -- 1. The U.S.-Israeli-Turkish Strategic Triangle: Cold War Structures and Domestic Political Processes: F. Gregory Gause, III -- 2. Reshuffling the Cards: Turkey, Israel, and the United States in the Middle East: Soli Özel -- 3. The Israeli-Turkish Relationship: Shlomo Brom -- 4. Strategic Perspectives: Comments and Discussion: Ellen Laipson, Philip Zelikow, Brantly Womack, et al. -- Part II: The Perspective of the Obama Administration -- 5. The U.S.-Turkish Relationship: A View from the Obama Administration: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Tina S. Kaidanow -- Part III: Domestic Political Influences -- 6. The Broken Triangle: How the U.S.-Israeli-Turkish Relationship Got Unglued: Henri Barkey -- 7. Turkey's Relations with the United States and Israel under the Justice and Development Party Government: Yaprak Gürsoy -- 8. Israel and Turkey: Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy: Daniel Levy -- 9. Domestic Influences: Comments and Discussion: Allen Lynch, Jeffrey Legro, et al. -- Part IV. The Iranian Factor -- 10. Iran, Israel, the United States, and Turkey in a Changing Middle East Environment: Trita Parsi -- 11. The Iranian Factor: Comments and Discussion: Ruhi Ramazani, Farzaneh Milani, et al. -- Glossary and Dramatis Personae -- About the Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Back Cover.

A Brookings Institution Press and the University of California Press publication Updated through the first term of President George W. Bush, the latest edition of this classic work analyzes how each U.S. president since Lyndon Johnson has dealt with the complex challenge of Arab-Israeli peacemaking. There have been remarkable successes—such as the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty—frustrating failures, and dangerous wars along the way. This book helps to situate the current Middle East crisis in historical context and point to some possible ways out of the impasse between Israelis and Palestinians. Quandt suggests a clear U.S. commitment to a two-state solution—one that would assure Israel of security and peace within the 1967 treaty-established borders, offer the Palestinians an early end to Israeli occupation of Gaza and most of the West Bank, and establish both a Jewish and Arab Jerusalem. Written especially for classroom use, Peace Process is also an invaluable resource for policymakers and anyone interested in this vital region of the world. Praise for previous editions of Peace Process "Clearly written, carefully balanced and comprehensive in scope . . . should prove invaluable to all serious students of American foreign policy."—New York Times Book Review "A major work, whether judged by the standards of classical diplomatic history or modern political science."—Foreign Affairs "Provides fresh insights into the complexities of creating the process and defining the substance of American foreign policymaking."—Survival "While objective to a fault, Quandt writes with an insider's knowledge of policymaking and decisions taken at the highest levels of government."—Middle East Policy "Both a history and analysis of an evolving relationship between Israel and its Arab opponents."—Choice "A major contribution to understanding the complexity of U.S

Within the Middle East, the Camp David Accords are the subject of great debate. Many in the Arab world, and even some in Israel, regard them with hostility. Others, especially in the United States, see in the Camp David formula the only hope for successful resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict and lavish praise on the accords. But the broad impact of the accords on the Middle East and on the prospects for peace has never been fully analyzed by Middle Eastern or American specialists. This new work, published to mark the tenth anniversary of the accords, offers the comprehensive assessment necessary to discuss the next steps in the Middle East peace process. Now more than ever Americans need to understand how the Camp David Accords affected the entire Middle East region--not just Egypt and Israel--to deal with the complexities of future peace efforts. The authors provide an analytical basis for understanding the intricate links among domestic political forces, regional politics, and superpower policies as elements in the Arab-Israel peace process. By examining the past, the authors also show how to clarify choices that may confront Israelis and Arabs as they continue to work toward a settlement of their longstanding dispute.

"An examination of past policy, the nature of present constraints on the policymaker, and prospects for improving U.S. policies in the Middle East in the 1970s. In addition to choices available to the United States in the Arab-Israeli zone, policies are discussed for dealing with problems in the inter-Arab context, in North Africa, in the Northern Tier, and in the Persian-Arabian Gulf. The dilemma for today's policymaker: how can the United States exert some influence in each of these areas without becoming so deeply involved that negative effects are produced? There are no easy answers. However, a clearer understanding of past policies may help to improve those of the future. A misunderstanding of regional political forces and a simplistic adherence to inappropriate lessons of the past were primarily responsible for short-sighted policies that led to deterioration of relations with the Arab world."--Rand abstracts