The Middle East Situation

In the week of the US Presidential elections, we look ahead to the conditions the new administration will face in trying to revive the American role in the Middle East in the coming months. Washington will find the Arab moderates, who ten years ago began betting on the Americans to deliver a peace settlement with Israel, in a mood of deep disillusion about US credibility as an even-handed peace broker. It will also find them united in their belief that the Soviet...