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Bill Quandt: Jimmy Carter and Middle East Peacemaking, 1977–79

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Starts:

Tuesday April 09, 2024

    12:00 PM

Ends:

 

    2:00 PM

 

*For non-member event reservations: please email pfitzgerald@democraticwoman.org or telephone (202) 232-7363 Ext. 402 (voicemails will also be accepted).*

Jimmy Carter came to the presidency with little experience in foreign affairs, and yet he spent much of his time in office promoting Arab-Israeli peace. As a staff member on the National Security Council, Bill Quandt was actively involved in the Carter administration’s negotiations that led to the Camp David Accords in 1978 and the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty in 1979. Quandt will try to explain Carter’s motivations, assess his partial success, and discuss the most obvious shortcoming: Carter’s inability to forge a workable framework for lasting peace.

EVENT DETAILS:

  • Remarks and Q&A, in-person and via Zoom.
  • Noon bar opens, 12:15 p.m. lunch (optional), 1–2 p.m. program.
  • $10 lecture or Zoom only, $30 members and $35 guests for lunch. Cash bar.

From 1994 to 2013, William B. Quandt held the Edward R. Stettinius chair in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. He taught courses on the Middle East and American Foreign Policy. Prior to this appointment, he was a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution, where he conducted research on the Middle East, American policy toward the Arab-Israeli conflict, and energy policy.

Before going to Brookings in 1979, Dr. Quandt served as a staff member on the National Security Council (1972-1974, 1977-1979). He was actively involved in the negotiations that led to the Camp David Accords and the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty.

William Quandt has written numerous books, and his articles have appeared in a wide variety of publications. His books include: Peace Process: American Diplomacy and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1967, (Brookings, 2005, third edition); Camp David: Peacemaking and Politics, (Brookings, 1986). He also co-authored Peace Puzzle: America’s Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989-2011, (Cornell University Press, 2013).