ABRAHAM BEN-ZVI is professor in the Department of Political Science and a research fellow at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University. In addition, Professor Ben-Zvi will become, in October 1998, the head of the Morris E. Ruriel Center for International Studies, Tel Aviv University. He is author of The Illusion of Deterrence: The Roosevelt Presidency and the Origins of the Pacific War and The United States and Israel: The Limits of the Special Relationship (Columbia).

• 1. A Theoretical Framework: Presentation and Implementation 2. In Pursuit of the 'Geneva Option': A Juxtaposition, 1985–1988 and Beyond 3. Conclusions and Postscript

ABRAHAM BEN-ZVI is professor in the Department of Political Science and a research fellow at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University. In addition, Professor Ben-Zvi will become, in October 1998, the head of the Morris E. Ruriel Center for International Studies, Tel Aviv University. He is author of The Illusion of Deterrence: The Roosevelt Presidency and the Origins of the Pacific War and The United States and Israel: The Limits of the Special Relationship (Columbia).

• 1. A Theoretical Framework: Presentation and Implementation 2. In Pursuit of the 'Geneva Option': A Juxtaposition, 1985–1988 and Beyond 3. Conclusions and Postscript

ABRAHAM BEN-ZVI is professor in the Department of Political Science and a research fellow at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University. In addition, Professor Ben-Zvi will become, in October 1998, the head of the Morris E. Ruriel Center for International Studies, Tel Aviv University. He is author of The Illusion of Deterrence: The Roosevelt Presidency and the Origins of the Pacific War and The United States and Israel: The Limits of the Special Relationship (Columbia).

• 1. A Theoretical Framework: Presentation and Implementation 2. In Pursuit of the 'Geneva Option': A Juxtaposition, 1985–1988 and Beyond 3. Conclusions and Postscript