西蒙·塞巴格-蒙蒂菲奥里是一位历史学家，也是《熔炉：现代中东的形成》的作者。
Simon Sebag-Montefiore is a historian and author of “The Cauldron: the Making of the Modern Middle East.”
如果从中东的暴力痉挛中退一步来看，显而易见，每一天都在一连串的发展中带来新的启示——重大的交易和联盟不仅标志着一个新纪元的开启，更推动了地缘政治舞台的剧烈汇聚，正在改变世界博弈的格局。
IF ONE STEPS BACK from the spasms of violence in the Middle East, it’s clear that every day brings another revelation in a cascade of developments—momentous deals and alliances that not only mark a new epoch, but drive a dramatic convergence of geopolitical theaters that is changing the world game.
仅看近几个月发生的部分事件：在阿联酋宣布一架从迪拜飞往特拉维夫的航班遭遇恐怖袭击的几天前，阿联酋总统穆罕默德·本·扎耶德首次公开承认了以色列总理内塔尼亚胡的访问——这发生在阿联酋部署“铁穹”技术和以色列人员以击退伊朗袭击几个月后。
Consider just some of the events of recent months: Days before what the Emiratis have declared a terrorist attack on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, the United Arab Emirates’ president Mohamed bin Zayed publicly acknowledged for the first time a visit by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu—months after deploying Iron Dome technology and Israeli personnel to the U.A.E. to repel Iranian attacks.
《亚伯拉罕协议》依然充满活力。
The Abraham Accords are still very much alive.