Lazar Focus: Is Trump’s ‘pathway to a Palestinian state’ code for nation-building?
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman delves into the West's history of attempting to rejuvenate formerly despotic states and applies the model to what's playing out in the Gaza Strip
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Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Lazar Focus. Each Friday, join host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman for a deep dive into what’s behind the news that spins the globe.
Last week, the pair spoke with foremost urban warfare expert John Spencer and Borschel-Dan noted that a term — “nation-building” — was raised repeatedly.
In this week’s episode, we explore this concept, starting with defining the term.
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We hear about previous models of nation-building, starting from Japan and Germany, following their defeats in World War II. We learn how these attempts were successful — and former enemies quickly turned into allies.
We then turn to more recent history with the West’s attempts to reshape Afghanistan and Iraq. What were the differences between the two wars and their aftermaths?
And finally, Berman applies the lessons learned in these previous attempts at nation-building and conjectures how they could — or could not — be applied in Gaza.
Lazar Focus can be found on all podcast platforms. This episode was produced by the Pod-Waves.