The Arab Center; The Promise of Moderation

312 pages. Illus. Introduction, Notes, and Index. Includes Notes and Index, as well as Appendices on King Hussein's Letter to Prime Minister Rabin Regarding the Jerusalem Land Expropriation Issue; Note Verbale to the Israeli Foreign Ministry on Absentee Property; The Clinton Parameters; The Arab Peace Initiative Adopted at the Beirut Arab Summit, March 2002; and A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Black and white illustrations follow page 198. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads: To General Scowcoft, with much admiration for your leadership and gratitude for your friendship. I hope you enjoy it! Marwan, May 9, 08. Brent Scowcroft is a former USAF officer who was twice United States National Security Advisor - under U.S. President Gerald Ford and under George H. W. Bush. He served as Military Assistant to President Nixon and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs for Nixon and Ford. He was Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under President George W. Bush from 2001-2005. Includes Acknowledgments, The book includes chapters on Jordan's Changing Role and the Evolution of the Two-State Solution Concept; First Ambassador to Israel; The Last Six Months of King Hussein's Life; The Arab Initiative; The Middle East Road Map; Launching the Road Map and the Aqaba summit; Bush's Letters to Prime Minister Sharon and King Abdullah II; The Israeli Separation Wall: An End to the Two-State Solution?; Arab Reform; Is There Hope for the Arab Center? Marwan al-Muasher (born 1956) is a Jordanian diplomat and politician who was Jordan's foreign minister from 2002 to 2004 and its deputy prime minister during 2004 and 2005. He currently serves as vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research on the Middle East. He was Jordan's first ambassador to Israel and former ambassador to the United States. Marwan Muasher, a prominent Jordanian diplomat, has been instrumental in shaping Middle East peace efforts for over twenty years. He was also ambassador to the United States, spokesperson at peace talks in Madrid and Washington, minister of foreign affairs, and deputy prime minister in charge of reform. Here he recounts the behind-the-scenes details of diplomatic ventures over the two decades, including the Arab Peace Initiative and the Middle East Road Map. Part memoir and part analysis, this book reveals the human side of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Marwan Muasher, a prominent Jordanian diplomat, has been instrumental in shaping Middle East peace efforts for nearly twenty years. He served as Jordan's first ambassador to Israel and was also ambassador to the United States, spokesperson at peace talks in Madrid and Washington, minister of foreign affairs, and deputy prime minister in charge of reform. Here he recounts the behind-the-scenes details of diplomatic ventures over the past two decades, including such recent undertakings as the Arab Peace Initiative and the Middle East Road Map. Muasher's insights into internal Arab politics and the successes and failures of the Arab Center are uniquely informed and deeply felt. He assesses how the middle road approach to reform is faring and explains why current tactics used by the West to deal with Islamic groups are doomed to failure. He examines why the Arab Center has made so little progress and which Arab, Israeli, and American policies need rethinking. Part memoir and part analysis, this book reveals the human side of the Arab-Israeli conflict. It is essential reading for all who share the hope that moderate, pragmatic Arab voices will be heard in today's vitriolic debates over how to achieve an enduring peace in the Middle East.…