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In March 1991, President George Bush proclaimed the existence of a New World Order, one in which ‘the principles of justice and fairplay… protect the weak against the strong’.1 The New World Order was to be far more than the simple realignment of the global balance of power which accompanied the decline and eventual breakup of the Soviet Union. The war which had just been concluded in the Gulf had demonstrated that in this world order, an effective and consensual United Nations, supported by the military might and moral will of the United States, would ensure the protection of weak and vulnerable states from the roguish elements of the international community. Democracy, economic prosperity and regional security were just around the corner for all.
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Stephen Graubard, Mr. Bush’s War ( Taurin, London, 1992 ), p. 165.
Jeff McMahon, Reagan and the World ( Pluto Press, London, 1984 ), p. 74.
See G. Joffé, ‘The Implications of the New World Order for the Middle East and North Africa’, in The Middle East and North Africa ( Europa, London, 1992 ).
See Jonathan Broder, ‘Mideast security or Midwest jobs?’, The Jerusalem Report, 7 May 1992, Jerusalem.
Hugh Carnegy, Financial Times Survey: Israel, 7 December 1992, p. 4.
See ‘An interview with Dr. Yossi Olmert’, New Outlook, November/ December 1992.
Paul Cossali, ‘The Arab—Israeli Confrontation 1967–92’, in The Middle East and North Africa 1993 ( Europa Publications, London, 1992 ), p. 61.
A. Ehteshami, ‘Palestinian Perspectives on the Gulf Crisis’, in A. Danchev, International Perspectives on the Gulf Crisis ( Macmillan, London, 1993 ).
See Khaled al-Hassan, Grasping the Nettle of Peace ( Saqi Books, London, 1992 ), pp. 26–7.
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Murphy, E.C. (1994). The Arab—Israeli Conflict and the New World Order. In: Jawad, H.A. (eds) The Middle East in the New World Order. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23556-8_6
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