POLITSC 2300 Lecture 25: Arab-Israeli Dispute
12 Dec 2016
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Focus on anarchy and uncertainty, which leads states to maximize security/power. Liberals accept anarchic world, but focus on set of mechanisms that mitigate its effects a. Ideas/identities matter - actors construct their own conflicts (wendt 1991) They may be worried about their domestic survival, thus: i. ii. iii. Consider realist, liberal, constructivist, and domestic reasons why the arab-israeli dispute persists into the 21st century . In fact, both sides seriously sought peace and almost succeeded, but failed due to misperceptions and miscommunications! Attempt to destroy israeli via violence and demography ii. Didn"t want to destroy israel (evolving positions, intensive negotiating strategy, polling data) Israeli offer incomplete, but unprecedented - and evolving. Palestinians failed to rein in militants that fueled violence i. In sum, after oslo, both sides said the other didn"t want peace. Reality is that both did seek peace - and almost achieved it! ii. Miscommunications: failed to highlight progress of other side in process c. d. e.
