
Middle East expert Professor William B. Quandt has given two seminars in Oslo, invited by the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) and the University of Oslo. Both seminars attracted audiences of close to 200. The first seminar focused on ‘What Has Worked?’, the second on ‘What Has Not Worked?’. Both seminars were chaired by Hilde Henriksen Waage, Associate Professor (UiO) and Senior Researcher (PRIO). |
US Policy Toward the Arab–Israeli Conflict: What Has Worked? Among the key ingredients of success were deep presidential involvement and an active role by a US secretary of state closely identified with the president. There was a close-knit support team, realistic goals, a strong definition of the US interests at stake and considerable attention to detail. US Policy Toward the Arab–Israeli Conflict: What Has Not Worked? Common elements here include uneven or non-existent presidential leadership, lack of clarity about how US-led mediation could serve US national interests, mixed signals to the local parties, a poor sense of timing and excessive sensitivity to domestic political considerations. William B. Quandt is Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, where he teaches courses on the Middle East and US Foreign Policy. His research specialization is US policies toward the Arab–Israeli conflict. He has also served on the US National Security Council in the 1970s and was actively engaged in the negotiations that led to the Camp David Accords and the Egyptian–Israeli Peace Treaty. Publications by William B. Quandt include: |