Dennis Ross

July 31, 2023 | Natalie Ecanow |

What Washington Got Wrong About Israel’s Northern Border 

July marked the 17th anniversary of the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. For Hezbollah, the occasion was ripe for incitement. On July 12, activists attacked the Israel-Lebanon border fence in...

May 27, 2021 | Richard Goldberg, Mark Dubowitz

Is the U.S. Caving on Iran Sanctions?

To try to wheedle Iran back into a nuclear deal, the administration is preparing to lift a raft of non-nuclear sanctions as well.

March 30, 2021 | Dennis Ross, Shany Mor

Securing Peace in the Middle East After Trump

Dennis Ross Shany and I both agree that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was existential insofar as it embodied two national movements competing for the same space. Oslo was supposed to turn an existential...

March 22, 2021 | Dennis Ross, Shany Mor

Securing Peace in the Middle East After Trump

Dennis Ross When it comes to the Abraham Accords, the Trump Administration deserves the credit for taking advantage of an opportunity, one it responded to but did not initiate. It was the UAE that came...

February 22, 2021 | Matthew Zweig, Alireza Nader, Richard Goldberg

Biden Administration Should Not Provide Sanctions Relief for Terrorism

As President Joe Biden looks to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran is likely to pressure the Biden administration to provide broad sanctions relief,...

January 27, 2021 | Dennis Ross, Juan C. Zarate

Are there pieces of Trump’s foreign policy worth keeping?

The shock of the Jan. 6 mob assault on the Congress and the stain on the image of American democracy will not wear off anytime soon. This moment has amplified the impulse to reject the vestiges of Trump...

November 24, 2020 | Richard Goldberg |

What Saudi Arabia Is Thinking

There’s talk of the new American administration moving closer to Iran. Could a Saudi step toward peace with Israel protect Riyadh from the troubles that might ensue?

June 7, 2020 | Tony Badran |

Bringing the Middle East Back Home

The American Orientalist Class attempts to paint a fantasy Middle Eastern landscape on the American canvas

December 2, 2018 | John Hannah

Once Upon a Time, U.S. Foreign Policy Worked

George H.W. Bush's administration was evidence of what the establishment was capable of.

January 9, 2018 | Richard Goldberg |

On Iran, Trump Should Be Like Reagan

In just three days, President Donald Trump must once again decide what to do about the much-debated Iran nuclear deal. Most are framing his choice as a binary one: Kill it or keep it? Although th...

March 27, 2015 | Annie Fixler |

Dealing with Iran: Get It in Writing

On March 25th, the New York Times ...

January 5, 2015 | Jonathan Schanzer Cited by the Tower |

Dennis Ross: Palestinians Must be Held Accountable for Failure to Make Peace

... After the collapse of the American-sponsored talks last year, Jonathan D. Halevi wrote in a paper for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs that the talks’ failure was the resu...

November 25, 2014 | Michael Ledeen |

Khamenei Spits in Our Face Again—and We Pay for the Pleasure

He did it again, as we should have expected.  Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei walked us right up to the finish line, spat on us, and walked away. Months and months of secret an...

October 23, 2014 | |

U.S., Israel Have Few Options to Stop the Palestinian Diplomatic Momentum

The Palestinian struggle with Israel has reached its diplomatic stage. In the months since this summer’s Gaza war, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ...

December 6, 2013 | Jonathan Schanzer |

We Really Need to Talk About Corruption

If peace were suddenly to break out in the Middle East, John Kerry would undoubtedly assure his place in the Secretary of State Hall of Fame. Defiantly challenging a chorus of naysayers at home a...

November 29, 2013 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Faith-Based Negotiations

O believers, when you encounter the unbelievers marching to battle, turn not your backs to them. Whoso turns his back that day to them, unless withdrawing to fight again...

November 20, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Obama Warns Egyptian President Morsi to Rein in Terrorists in Gaza

President Obama on Monday warned Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi that he must get the violence in Gaza under control. Frustration in the U.S. over rocket attacks on Israel from Hamas mi...

June 22, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Congress Tries to Lead on Iran; Obama Clings to Failed Diplomacy

The Obama administration won’t take no for an answer. The Iran talks yielded no progress again this week, and yet the Obama administration...

April 4, 2012 | Lee Smith Tablet |

Who Leaked Israeli Iran Plan?

Is the United States leaking information in order to discourage an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities? That’s what some experts are saying in the wake of a...

March 5, 2012 | Tony Badran NOW Lebanon |

Moscow’s Interests in Assad

With the Obama administration adamantly opposed to integrating a military component into its Syria policy, the debate on what to do next continues to revolve around possible diplomatic options. I...