A discussion by ROBERT HUNTER
Lecturer in International Relations, University of London
MEIR MICHAELIS an Israeli university lecturer currently engaged in research at the London School of Economics
PHILIP WINDSOR
Reader in International Relations, University of London
Chairman,
Brigadier KENNETH HUNT
Deputy Director of the Institute for Strategic Studies
It is all too easy to imagine that the recurrent crises in the Middle East are simply the products of tension between Israel and the Arab States. But the Middle East can only be properly understood if one takes into account the politics of the Great Powers.
Produced by Daniel Snowman