LEADER 03457nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910968110303321 005 20251117062554.0 010 $a1-282-08953-6 010 $a9786612089534 010 $a0-300-14539-X 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300145397 035 $a(CKB)1000000000764856 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23049973 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000105015 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11140709 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105015 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10086872 035 $a(PQKB)10658209 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420555 035 $a(DE-B1597)485253 035 $a(OCoLC)631639797 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300145397 035 $z(OCoLC)631639797 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000764856 100 $a20071018d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Arab center $ethe promise of moderation /$fMarwan Muasher 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-300-12300-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aJordan's changing role and the evolution to the two-state solution concept -- First ambassador to Israel -- The last six months of King Hussein's life -- The Arab initiative -- The Middle East road map -- Launching the road map and the Aqaba summit -- Bush's letters to Prime Minister Sharon and King Abdullah II -- The Israeli separation wall: an end to the two-state solution? -- Arab reform -- Is there hope for the Arab center? 330 $aMarwan Muasher, a prominent Jordanian diplomat, has been instrumental in shaping Middle East peace efforts for nearly twenty years. He served as Jordan's first ambassador to Israel and was also ambassador to the United States, spokesperson at peace talks in Madrid and Washington, minister of foreign affairs, and deputy prime minister in charge of reform. Here he recounts the behind-the-scenes details of diplomatic ventures over the past two decades, including such recent undertakings as the Arab Peace Initiative and the Middle East Road Map. Muasher's insights into internal Arab politics and the successes and failures of the Arab Center are uniquely informed and deeply felt. He assesses how the middle road approach to reform is faring and explains why current tactics used by the West to deal with Islamic groups are doomed to failure. He examines why the Arab Center has made so little progress and which Arab, Israeli, and American policies need rethinking. Part memoir and part analysis, this book reveals the human side of the Arab-Israeli conflict. It is essential reading for all who share the hope that moderate, pragmatic Arab voices will be heard in today's vitriolic debates over how to achieve an enduring peace in the Middle East. 606 $aArab-Israeli conflict$y1993-$xPeace 607 $aJordan$xPolitics and government$y1952-1999 607 $aJordan$xPolitics and government$y1999- 607 $aArab countries$xPolitics and government$y1945- 615 0$aArab-Israeli conflict$xPeace. 676 $a956.05/4 700 $aMuasher$b Marwan$01604844 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968110303321 996 $aThe Arab center$94528857 997 $aUNINA