New Essay on Insights — “The Superpowers, the Arab ‘Radicals,’ and the Coming of the Second Cold War, 1977–1984” by Benjamin V. Allison
21 February 2024 In November 1980, the Arab League met in Amman, Jordan, for a summit aimed at promoting Arab unity, particularly against Israel and Egypt, which had concluded a peace treaty the previous year. But the summit rapidly fell apart, as members of the Steadfastness and Confrontation Front (جبهة الصمود والتّصدي) — Syria, Algeria, Libya, […]