Foreign Aid and Middle East Peace.

Abstract

This thesis examines the relationship between foreign aid and Middle East peace. The focus of this research is on Israel, and its relations with Egypt, Syria and the Palestinians. The thesis highlights the opposing interests of these actors and the United States interest in the region, and how these contrasting views seem to be roadblocks to a comprehensive peace. However, there is evidence that U.S. foreign aid can act as compensation for the compromises incurred by these actors, for the sake of peace in the region. The thesis concludes that by inadequately addressing the root of the Arab-Israeli problem: territorial claims that essentially predate Israel's establishment, but more specifically the pre-1997 claims, and the security of all parties, U.S. foreign assistance to the region will serve as a band-Aid approach to regional stability. However, present indicators dictate that this method is meeting U.S. Middle East Foreign Policy goals, and securing its vital interests in the region.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA327061

Entities

People

  • Marion W. Daniel

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Federal Budgets
  • Foreign Aid
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Middle East
  • Military Assistance
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Terrorists
  • Treaties
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union