Victoria Coates, PhD & Robert Greenway
The Abraham Accords, brokered by President Trump in 2020, opened the door to groundbreaking economic innovation and security cooperation between the U.S. and its Israeli and Arab Middle Eastern allies. The accords have weathered even the Hamas terror attack of October 7, 2023, which demonstrates that strengthening this new paradigm of peace is far more critical to American national security than resolving the Palestinian issue is.
President Trump’s return to the White House has created a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deepen and expand the circle of peace and cooperation. The U.S. and its regional partners must come together and forge a shared future of mutual security, economic growth, and global technological leadership.
As former senior officials in the first Trump administration, we supported establishing the 2020 ties between Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan. However, the potential of the Abraham Accords goes far beyond the level of bilateral relations. Enhanced regional integration under American leadership opens the possibility for multilateral initiatives with global consequences.
One key example is the India–Middle East–Europe Corridor (IMEC). This effort would create a Western-aligned trade route stretching from India to Europe, cutting transit time for key goods such as pharmaceuticals and electronics by 40–50 percent versus sea routes. Such a corridor would encourage coordination between U.S. allies such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Israel; spur massive infrastructure projects that could benefit U.S. companies; and serve as an alternative to trade routes dominated by China, Iran, and Russia.
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