July 23rd, 2008 by Adam

In an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, former Jordanian foreign minister, Marwan Muasher says that the U.S. needs to help bolster moderate Arabs by sincerely pushing to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict in order to deprive radical elements of the idea that violence works and the moderate path will lead to failure. Furthermore, Muasher says Arab reformers must help themselves by focusing their efforts on issues more appealing to the public, such as political reform, good governance, and economic development. He concludes that Arab reformers must be at the forefront of serious, but gradual political reform because a failure to change benefits radical elements that are seen as the only alternative to the current group of elites.

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