Our Separate Ways

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The Struggle for the Future of the U.S.-Israel Alliance

By Dana Allin and Steven N Simon

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Our Separate Ways by Dana Allin and Steven N. Simon examines the fractured relationship between the United States and the Middle East, focusing on how historical decisions and political dynamics have led to the current strained situation. The authors provide a detailed analysis of key events and policies that have influenced both sides over time, offering insights into the complexities of international relations in a region crucial to global politics.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in understanding the intricate dynamics of American foreign policy and its impact on global relations, particularly in the Middle East. With a focus on political and current affairs, the authors offer insightful analysis and thought-provoking perspectives that can shed light on the complexities of international diplomacy and strategy.

Our Separate Ways

The inside story of the delicate alliance between US and Israel: what has pushed it to the brink of dissolution and how both countries must salvage some sort of relationship in order to safeguard against a perilous future-from a former presidential adviser and Middle East analyst.

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Anger and distrust have strained the U.S.-Israeli alliance as the Obama administration and Netanyahu government have clashed over Israeli settlements, convulsions in the Arab world, and negotiating with Iran. Our Separate Ways is an urgent examination of why the alliance has deteriorated and the dangers of its neglect.

Powerful demographic, cultural, and strategic currents in Israel and the United States are driving the two countries apart. In America, the once-solid pro-Israel consensus is being corroded by partisan rancour, which also pits conservative Jews against the more liberal Jewish majority. In Israel, surveys of young Jewish citizens reveal a disdain for democracy, and, in some cases, a readiness to curb the civil liberties of non-Jews.

Prospects for preserving a liberal Zionism against the pressures for "Greater Israel" are dimming as hopes for a two-state solution fade. The acrimony between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been a symptom, not a cause, of the deeper crisis.

If the alliance becomes just a transactional arrangement, then the moral, emotional, and largely intangible bonds that have long tied the two countries together will continue to weaken. Going separate ways at a time of Middle East chaos, and despite profound historical commitment, would be an immense tragedy. The partnership must restore the shared vision that created it.

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Our Separate Ways by Dana Allin and Steven N Simon has been praised for its engaging yet comprehensive exploration of U.S.-Israeli relations, particularly during the Obama administration. The work is noted for its insightful analysis of the growing divisions within this alliance, appealing to a broad audience from casual readers to experts in Middle Eastern affairs. It is considered essential reading for those interested in the diplomatic dynamics of the region.

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ISBN: 9781610396417

Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 June 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: PublicAffairs,U.S.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 34.0mm

Width: 157.0mm

Height: 243.0mm

Weight: 542g

Pages: 304

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Dana Allin Education & Reference History & Military Middle Eastern History Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs Science & Nature Steven N Simon

About the Author

Steven Simon is a diplomat and policymaker. He previously served as a senior director for Middle Eastern and North African affairs at the White House, advising President Obama during a most difficult period in US-Israeli relations and with the tumultuous changes of the Arab Spring. He is coauthor of The Age of Sacred Terror (Random House, 2002), which won the 2004 Arthur Ross Book Award for best book on international relations; coeditor of Iraq at the Crossroads: State and Society in the Shadow of Regime Change (Oxford University Press, 2003), coauthor of Building a Successful Palestinian State (RAND Corporation, 2005), The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State (RAND Corporation, 2005), and coauthor of The Next Attack (Henry Holt, 2005), which examined the evolution of the jihad since September 11, 2001, and America's response, and which was a finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize in 2006.

Dana Allin is a senior fellow for US Foreign Policy and Transatlantic Affairs at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). His published work includes Cold War Illusions: America, Europe and Soviet Power, 1969-1989 (St. Martin's Press, 1995), NATO's Balkan Interventions (Oxford University Press for the IISS, 2002), Repairing the Damage: Possibilities and Limits of Transatlantic Consensus (Routledge for the IISS, 2007), and Weary Policeman: American Power in an Age of Austerity (Routledge for the IISS, 2012). Under Allin's editorship, the IISS journal Survival: Global Politics and Strategy has been one of the most highly regarded publications in the field of international relations and strategy.