What does the future hold for the Abraham Accords?
The year 2020 was a watershed for geopolitics as the world watched the UAE and Bahrain normalize relationships with Israel under the US-brokered Abraham Accords. Announcements on Kosovo, Sudan and Morocco, signaled the beginning of broader Israeli integration into the Arab world.
The world and the Middle East, in particular, has gone through the wringer since, plagued with disrupted supply chains, the Gaza conflict, and centennial high trade tariffs. Furthermore, rising nationalism, deep ideological divides and power shifts have left the world reeling.
Hence, what was billed as the beginning of transcontinental trade corridors, mending of schisms and greater financial and economic integration has instead been marked by a hardening of positions, fueled by Israel’s war and conduct in Gaza and the indiscriminate attack on several Middle Eastern countries.
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