Overview
This exam requires you to analyse the impact and status of the Abraham Accords as they approach their fifth anniversary in 2025. Using the Situational Assessment Framework, you will evaluate what the Accords have achieved, the challenges, and make informed predictions about their future trajectory.
Critical Requirement: Throughout your analysis, where appropriate, integrate concepts from our study of decision-making processes and cognitive biases to explain diplomatic outcomes. Your essay should demonstrate how cognitive biases, and decision-making frameworks have influenced and will continue to influence key regional leaders' decisions and shape the implementation of the regional agenda. Draw on your knowledge of both Middle Eastern geopolitics and psychological factors in international relations to create a multi-dimensional analysis that accounts for recent regional developments.
Background Context
The Abraham Accords were signed in September 2020, establishing peace agreements and normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and several Arab nations, including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan.
Since their signing, the region has experienced significant developments including leadership transitions, conflicts, and economic shifts, all of which have influenced how decision-makers have approached the Accords' implementation.
APPLY COGNITIVE AND CONFIRMATION BIAS. SHOW KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING, APPLICATION, EVALUATION AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS. FOCUS ON CRITICAL ANALYSIS.