The Regional Track
Normalisation, security, and economic integration — and how a regional framework can underwrite a two-state outcome rather than bypass it.
The region has never been more willing to integrate — the question is whether that momentum includes the Palestinians.
A decade of normalisation has reshaped the Middle East's diplomatic map. For ECF, the central question is one of linkage: whether regional integration is built around a credible path to Palestinian statehood, or around its absence.
We study how normalisation tracks, security cooperation and economic corridors could be structured to reinforce a two-state outcome — and where, left unconditioned, they risk entrenching the status quo instead.
The Arab Peace Initiative still frames the bargain: full normalisation in exchange for a negotiated settlement. Our work keeps that framework operational — translating a diplomatic principle into the arrangements that would make it real.
Indicative planning figures compiled by ECF from public sources, 2026. Provided for orientation; consult primary data before citation.
Integration that includes, not bypasses.
Our regional work concentrates on keeping normalisation tied to a credible political horizon.
Normalisation & linkage
Examining how normalisation agreements can be conditioned to reinforce a two-state outcome.
Regional security
Assessing the security architecture a settlement would require and the regional guarantees that could underwrite it.
Economic integration
Modelling trade corridors and energy and water cooperation that include a future Palestinian state.
From our work on The Regional Track.
The team on The Regional Track.
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Leads ECF's regional diplomacy and normalisation work.
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Specialist in regional security and guarantees.
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Focus on economic integration and corridors.
