abraham accords

Building Networks in the Shadows of War: Mapping Challenges and Opportunities

In September 2023, Mitvim – The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies – and the U.S. Department of State launched a joint project to create a civil-society network of regional thinkers

The UAE’s Foreign Policy Anchors and Their Influence on Israel and the Region

This policy paper explores the fast-moving expansion of the UAE’s influence in the Middle East through physical control of territories and assets beyond its borders, analysing the implications

Leveraging Friction: Using Israel’s tensions with normalization countries to engage them in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking

Since the signing of the Abraham Accords, Israeli governments have successfully isolated the normalization process from events in the Israeli-Palestinian arena. This separation has assisted the

The Israel-UAE Agreement and its Regional Implications

On August 17, 2020, Mitvim hosted a briefing on the newly announced and historic Israel-UAE normalization agreement, and the new opportunities and implications it has for the country and the

Do the Abraham Accords open up new energy opportunities?

The signing of the Abraham Accords and warming ties with Saudi Arabia open up many and varied regional cooperation opportunities for Israel. A key cooperation opportunity lies in the field of