The Carter FP Legacy
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Some brief thoughts on Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy legacy…
Carter’s most enduring foreign policy legacy is the Camp David Accords, an agreement between Israel and Egypt that resulted in the recognition of the former by the latter and in a rearrangement of the military and territorial status quo. The essential elements of the accords have remained in place for more than forty years and are the cornerstone of Egyptian and Israeli foreign policy. The Camp David Accords did not bring about Middle East peace, in large part because they did not address the Palestinian issue. Still, they changed the nature of the conflict and made cooperation between Israel and Arab states possible across a range of issues.
But live by Middle East politics, die by Middle East politics. Carter’s handling of the Iranian Revolution signaled the death knell of his administration.
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