The Abraham Accords:

National Security, Regional Order, and Popular Representation

Jointly written with Robert Mason and Banafsheh Keynoush, The Abraham Accords is available from December 2024 as an eBook and in hardback from January 2025 from Lexington.

The book looks at the background, motivations and implications around the Abraham Accords for Israel, the Palestinians and each of the Gulf Arab states and Iran up to the Gaza War since 2023.

The book’s chapters are structured in a comparative manner, thereby making it eacy to cross-reference across different states. Each chapter examines the role of the US, economic exchange, security concerns, the impact of domestic leadership and relations since the signing of the Abraham Accords.

This is a superb work of scholarship that is at once thorough in its coverage, theoretically informed, and incisive in its analysis. For anyone seeking to better understand the intricacies of the complex relationship between Israel, Palestine, and the states of the Persian Gulf, The Abraham Accords is a must-read.
— Mehran Kamrava, Georgetown University in Qatar
The Abraham Accords: National Security, Regional Order, and Popular Representation offers a timely and insightful analysis of the Abraham Accords and their impact on Middle Eastern diplomacy and regional cooperation. Its nuanced analyses of drivers and sustainability prospects of the accords contribute essential insights regarding the future of this complex region.
— Lisa Strombom, Lund University