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Pieces of U.S. Foreign Policy Worth Keeping
(Washington Institute for Near East Policy) Dennis Ross and Juan Zarate - Some Trump administration approaches to foreign policy should not be reversed reflexively. For example, the recent establishment of formal relations between Israel and four Arab countries - the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco - creates new realities in the Middle East. It reflects a strategic convergence between many Arab states and Israel, not just on threats but also on their common interest to promote more technologically driven economies and to address water and food security needs. Normalization with Arab nations will not produce Israeli-Palestinian peace in the short run, but it can be a means to break the stalemate and reestablish a sense of possibility. Dennis Ross, counselor at The Washington Institute, served in senior national security positions in four U.S. administrations. Juan Zarate, chairman of the Center on Economic and Financial Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, was deputy national security advisor in the George W. Bush administration.