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April 17, 2003
Conference Overview
This report draws on a conference held at the Carnegie Council headquarters
on February 15, 2001. The conference, co-sponsored by the Begin-Sadat
Center for Strategic Studies, was attended by Israelis, Arabs, Europeans,
and Americans. Some were scholars. Others were policy practitioners.
Still others were religious leaders. All were working to bring about
sustainable peace in the Middle Eastern region. In the months since
the conference was held, much has changed, both in the Middle East and
around the world. It is the Council's hope that this report will offer
helpful ways to think about more recent events.
Ten years ago, the United States ended the Gulf War without removing
Saddam Hussein from power. At the same time, then U.S. Secretary of
State James Baker convinced the Arabs and Israelis to enter into a sustained
negotiation process concerning the future of the Middle Eastern region.
Conference participants were asked to evaluate the past ten years of
U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Specifically, they were asked
to address:
- What
motivations drive U.S. policy in the region?
- What ideas and interests shape
U.S. foreign policy?
- Can those interests and ideas
be assessed within a normative framework?
- Also, what are the consequences
of this engagement? Has the United States contributed to the creation
of a prosperous, peaceful, and stable Middle East? Or have its policies
led to greater instability, lack of economic growth, and continued violence?
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