Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 09/2008

PolicyWatch #1308: Six Critical Questions for Annapolis and Beyond

Robert Satloff

November 2007

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

The purpose of the Annapolis summit now is to launch negotiations within the framework of the Roadmap to Middle East peace, the dormant and often maligned plan that provides neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians a setting to establish a "political horizon" for a future Palestinian state. With lowering expectations over the past few weeks, the event itself is -- almost by definition -- doomed to succeed. Only a few days remain before the conference begins, but the following critical questions remain unanswered....