Word: quandt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Arabs that he had not sold out the Palestinian cause, and helped catapult the peace process into the limbo in which it remains today. How did the confusion arise? In a new book, Camp David: Peacemaking and Politics, published last week by the Brookings Institution, Middle East Expert William Quandt, a staff member of the National Security Council during the Carter Administration and a participant in the Camp David talks, provides an insider's account of the flaw at the heart of Carter's greatest foreign- policy success. It is a cautionary tale about the frailties of diplomacy...
...Quandt believes Carter was essentially correct in thinking that, at a crucial Sept. 16 meeting, Begin agreed the settlements freeze was to be linked to the autonomy talks. On the other hand, Quandt adds, "it is clear from most accounts that Begin did say something about a freeze for only three months, though he apparently implied that it could be extended...
...extremists, political violence has become a dangerous vogue. "Committing terrorism is like achieving manhood for a Shi'ite," says William Quandt, a Middle East specialist at Washington's Brookings Institution. "Everybody is scrambling to be the most militant...
...Said a British government official: "Until there is a just Palestinian settlement that assures Israel's statehood and security and grants self-determination to the Palestinians, there will be no ending to the sort of violence we have seen this week." Some Middle East experts, including William Quandt of the Brookings Institution, advocate closer U.S. ties with Syria as a possible way of reducing the risks of such terrorism. Quandt argues that neither Syria nor any of the other main powers in the area benefit from these acts, and therefore he cautions against any retaliatory strike that...
...possessed of the demon." Mubarak's style is to be more restrained in his criticism of fellow Arab rulers, but he has often told visitors privately that he thinks Gaddafi is "crazy." Though reluctant to voice its suspicions, the U.S. apparently agrees. Brookings Institution Middle East Expert William Quandt said that he believes Iran had "its hands full in the gulf" and that the Red Sea's mining is consistent with Libya's "history of disruptive behavior...