The Arab-Israeli Peace Process : Lessons for India and Pakistan

Contents : Foreword. Preface. Introduction. I. The conceptual framework : 1. The concept of a peace process/Moonis Ahmar. 2. Peace processes : a comparative study/Talat A. Wizarat. II. The South Asian perspectives : 1. Lessons for India and Pakistan from the Arab-Israeli peace process : a view from New Delhi/Amitabh Mattoo. 2. Lessons for India and Pakistan from the Arab-Israeli peace process : a view from Islamabad/Maqsoodul Hasan Nuri. 3. Crossroads of conflict and peace in South Asia : a regional perspective/Iftekharuzzaman. III. The middle eastern perspectives : 1. What South Asia can learn from the middle east : an Egyptian perspective/Ibrahim Arafat. 2. What South Asia can learn from the middle east peace process : an Israeli perspective/Moshe Ma’oz. 3. The peace process in the middle east and its implications for the South Asian region : a Palestinian perspective/Kamal M.M. Al-Astal. 4. Lebanon and the peace process : lessons for India and Pakistan/Farid El-Khazen. 5. The Syrian-Israeli peace process/Walid Kazziha. 6. The impact of the peace process on Jordan/Mohammad Kazziha. IV. Military and economic dimensions : 1. Military aspects of the middle east peace process : some South Asian parallels and lessons/Mohammad El-Sayed Selim. 2. Economic dimensions of the peace process and their implications for South Asia/Bashir Zu’Bi and Yusuf Mansur. V. Third party mediation : 1. The role of the US as a third party mediator in the middle east peace process : implications for an Indo-Pakistan peace process/Wadouda Badran. VI. The role of the media : 1. The role of the media in crisis prevention and management : the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and South Asia/Lalita Panickar. 2. The role of the media in the two peace processes : a south Asian perspective/Ghazi Salahuddin. Afterword. Tables. Index.

"With the peace talks between India and Pakistan seemingly at a dead end, this book seeks to open a new way of dealing with the Indo-Pak conflict. The contributors to this volume argue for the adoption of the Arab-Israeli peace process as a model to be followed. They point to the similarities and differences between the contours of the conflicts in the middle East and in South Asia. While there are clear structural differences between the two areas of conflict, the less complicated nature of the South Asian differences suggests that this region is in an excellent position to successfully embark on the road to resolution.

This book is a systematic and comprehensive study of a very topical subject--a subject of considerable urgency. The Arab-Israeli Peace Process is a collection of presentations in which the authors contend that South Asia can learn important lessons from the processes being undertaken in the Middle East. It also discusses various other dimensions of a peace process, such as military and economic factors, political considerations, the role of the media and third party mediation".