America’s Faltering Search for Peace in the Middle East: Openings for Others?

Readers will be interested to read the speech of Chas Freeman, Chairman of the Committee for the Republic , delivered in Oslo on September 1st. This offers a trenchant analysis of the reasons for the underwhelming results achieved to date by the traditional US approach to the Middle East peace process -- as well as four concrete suggestions for breaking the cycle of disappointment. The speech may be accessed at: http://www.mepc.org/main/main.asp