John Hannah
Turn-Key Alternatives to Replace UNRWA Immediately
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Memos
The Urgent Need for UN Reform
The UN’s response to October 7 makes reform more urgent than ever. UN reform used to be a bipartisan priority — it must now be again.
Memos
The Road to Israel-Saudi Normalization Runs Through Washington
Open ties between the two nations are in everyone’s interest, but it will take serious intent and deft maneuvering from America to get there. Is the administration up to it?
Op-eds
The United States and Saudi Arabia: A Possible Path Forward
Memos
Arsenal
Assessing the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program
Monographs
Engines of Influence
Turkey’s Defense Industry Under Erdogan
Memos
Why “Anything But Trump” Should Not Be Biden’s Foreign Policy Mantra
Trump made many errors, but there are some policies that are worth building upon.
Op-eds
From Trump to Biden
The Way Forward for U.S. National Security
Monographs
Saudi Arabia
Biden Shouldn’t Rush to Restore the Iran Nuclear Deal
Moving quickly to resurrect the JCPOA, as Biden seems set to do, would start his presidency with a hugely divisive controversy.
Op-eds
Strengthen the Alliance with Israel to Contain China
American Interests in the Eastern Mediterranean
Countering the Iranian Threat in the Persian Gulf
Note to Mohammed bin Salman: Stop Digging Yourself Deeper
The Saudis need to get on Biden’s good side. Obvious places to start include releasing women’s rights activists.
Op-eds
The Trump Administration’s High-Stakes Gambit to Curtail Rocket Attacks in Iraq
In an unexpected announcement on October 10, a group of Iran-backed Shiite militia groups declared their intention to suspend forthwith their attacks on U.S. interests in Iraq, while conditioning the ceasefire’s...
Insights
The UAE-Israel Deal Spells Big Trouble For Iran
Watching Israel’s national carrier, El Al, make its maiden trip to the United Arab Emirates on Monday, including an overflight of Saudi Arabia, was itself history-making. The passenger list—a group...
Op-eds
The Israel-UAE Deal Is Trump’s First Unambiguous Diplomatic Success
It’s a historic achievement that eluded other presidents. Trump will try to make the most of it.
Op-eds
Destruction of Iranian Nuclear Facility Should Remind Democrats of Israel’s Unique Value as an Ally
An explosion at the Natanz nuclear complex on July 2 laid waste to the Iran Centrifuge Assembly Center (ICAC), a workshop designed to mass produce thousands of advanced centrifuges for enriching uranium....
Op-eds
UPDATE: COVID-19 In Iraq
Iraq’s luck with the coronavirus appears to have run out. Though it weathered the pandemic’s first two months better than anticipated, in recent weeks the virus has spread at an alarming rate. As Iraq’s...