Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Jon Alterman, director of the CSIS Middle East Program, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Bush Has Missed Targets on Middle East Peace."
In the Media | Detail
Jon Alterman, director of the CSIS Middle East Program, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Bush Has Missed Targets on Middle East Peace."
WASHINGTON - President Bush has a faulty calendar and questionable optimism when it comes to the Middle East. By his original reckoning, an elusive peace should have happened three years ago and a democratic Palestinian state should now be living in harmony with longtime enemy Israel.
"It's hard to remember a less auspicious time to pursue Arab-Israeli peacemaking than right now," said Jonathan Alterman, director of the Middle East program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "The politics on the ground are absolutely miserable. U.S. power and influence are at a low ebb in the region."
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a private, tax-exempt institution focusing on international public policy issues. Its research is nonpartisan and nonproprietary. CSIS does not take specific policy positions; accordingly, all views, positions, and conclusions expressed in these publications should be understood to be solely those of the authors.
