FROM THE ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT TO IRANIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY: humiliation, the forgotten variable in negotiations

The Israeli-Palestinian agreements of 1993 and the Iranian nuclear agreement of 2015 represented a hope for peace that was quickly dashed by the failure to implement them, plunging the Middle East back into uncertainty. At a time when the region is ablaze, tensions are resurfacing, and the Iranian nuclear issue is at the top of the diplomatic agenda, it is becoming urgent to understand the mechanisms blocking the resolution of these conflicts. This book looks at a variable that is all too often forgotten: humiliation. Does it play a role in the impossible resolution of these conflicts? Through diplomacy, we know how to make peace with an enemy, but can we make peace with someone who has humiliated us?