Comment and Opinion
Foreign Policy: Stepping Up to the Plate, by Aaron David Miller
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“Can the Arab states rescue the peace process? U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry seems to think so. Last week’s announcement by the Arab League endorsing land swaps, the re-emergence of the Arab Peace Initiative, and rumors of a June summit meeting in Amman, Jordan, suggest we’re seeing a reprise of that old canard.
Kerry is right to try. But we should have no illusions: The odds are the Arabs won’t step up.
And here’s why.”