Benjamin V. Allison
@benvallison.bsky.social
Christian. History PhD Candidate at UT-Austin. US relations w MENA and Russia since 1945. Nat sec, terries/insurgency, proxy war. My opinions. Spitballer.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The first time???
Reagan's team, on the other hand, dismissed this as magical thinking, and believed that the Arabs and Israelis needed to be convinced to make concessions for peace in order to counter the Soviets.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Reagan's team, on the other hand, dismissed this as magical thinking, and believed that the Arabs and Israelis needed to be convinced to make concessions for peace in order to counter the Soviets.
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Carter's team believed, to the very end, that solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was necessary to stabilize the region, and saw the conflict's persistence as blocking their efforts at securitization against the Soviet threat.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Carter's team believed, to the very end, that solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was necessary to stabilize the region, and saw the conflict's persistence as blocking their efforts at securitization against the Soviet threat.
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