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At The Crossroads: U.S. National Interests In The Gulf And The Middle East, Khalid I. Dekhayel
At The Crossroads: U.S. National Interests In The Gulf And The Middle East, Khalid I. Dekhayel
Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations
The United States not only has profound interests in the Middle East but, as the dominant international power, has an obligation to help· achieve peace and stability in that part of the world. As such, it should strive to play the leading role of championing a just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians because the conflict in reality is not an Arab-Israeli one but is Israeli-Palestinian at its core. There are, of course, many barriers in the way of reaching that goal. Chief among them are the extremists on both sides. But the United States is in a unique …