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Source: http://www.jcpa.org/text/Teitelbaum-Regional.pdf
An Alternative Diplomatic Process: A Renewed Regional Framework for Cooperation in the Middle East
(Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Joshua Teitelbaum - Beginning in 1991 as part of the Madrid framework, five multilateral working groups addressed key regional issues: environment, arms control and regional security, water, refugees, and economic development. Restarting the multilateral talks and adopting a "code of conduct" for the negotiating process would allow the West to influence political evolution in the Arab world in a democratic and positive way.