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Damascus, Jerusalem, and Washington : the Syrian-Israeli relationship as a U.S. policy issue /

This analysis paper brings together three interrelated issues: 1). The Israeli-Syrian relationship (i.e., the two countries' conflict and the efforts to resolve it ; 2). Washington's bilateral relationship with Damascus ; 3). And the role played by these two issues within the larger contex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rabinovich, Itamar, 1942-
Corporate Author: Brookings Institution. Saban Center for Middle East Policy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, [2009]
Series:Analysis paper (Brookings Institution. Saban Center for Middle East Policy) ; no. 19.
Subjects:
United States > Foreign relations > Syria.
Syria > Foreign relations > United States.
Israel > Foreign relations > Syria.
Syria > Foreign relations > Israel.
United States > Foreign relations > Middle East.
Middle East > Foreign relations > United States.
Arab-Israeli conflict > 1973-1993.
Arab-Israeli conflict > 1993- > Peace.
Table of Contents:
  • Executive summary
  • Preface
  • A trilateral relationship : the United States, Israel, and Syria, 1974-2001
  • The Bush Administration, Syria, and Israel : 2001-2008
  • Lessons for the Obama Administration
  • Postscript