The institutionalization of conflict and the responsibility of great powers

The text analyzes the complex role of great powers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, pointing to the paradox of humanitarian and development aid (aid dependency), which may unconsciously stabilize the status quo instead of building sovereignty. The author introduces a key distinction between enabling conditions and the proximate agency of the parties, rejecting both imperial determinism and analytical isolationism. Five types of great power responsibility are identified: historical, causal, legal, political, and moral. The conclusion is a postulate for the creation of a multi-level guarantee contract, in which a local agreement between the parties is supported by hard security guarantees from the USA and regional integration of Arab states, which would allow for the breaking of the current system of incentives favoring the continuation of the conflict.