M. E. Ahrari’s scientific contributions

The peace process in the Middle East should be examined for the treatment it has received from its critics, the New Rejectionist Front. The term ‘rejectionist front’ was used during the Cold War years to describe the activities of a number of Middle Eastern countries – Syria, Iraq and Libya – which rejected the notion of a political solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Since these countries were also allied with the former Soviet Union, the role of that superpower was depicted in the West as that of a Spoiler’.