What’s next after the UAE-Israel deal?
It appears that the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative has been scrapped and tensions with Iran will increase.
Dr. Gawdat Bahgat is a professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University. He is the author of 11 books on the Middle East. His areas of expertise include energy security, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and American foreign policy.
It appears that the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative has been scrapped and tensions with Iran will increase.
A close look at the strategic landscape suggests that lifting or extending the arms embargo will have a limited security impact.