Even being targeted by Iranian drone strikes is not enough to stop Oman from hedgingand even trying to accommodate Tehran. While other Gulf states issued severe condemnations of attacks on their...
In recent comments to CNN, Qatar’s prime minister reflected on his country’s unique ability to “convene between conflicted parties and understand the grievances.” ...
We’re in an arms race and there can be only one winner
The time is ripe not for an accord, but for increased global economic pressure that would deter the Islamic Republic from ever reconstituting its atomic program.
US Envoy to Syria and Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack has reversed three decades of US policy by no longer labeling Hezbollah a terrorist organization. The shift de-internationalizes the issue of the...
When confronted with a firm United States, Iran has remained largely restrained to avoid provoking direct military confrontation.
A Unique Opportunity to Confront the Iranian Nuclear Threat
Cast your mind back to September 6, 2019, when presidential candidate Joe Biden, campaigning in New Hampshire, took the hand of a 24-year-old activist. “Kiddo,” he said, “look in my eyes. I...
That used to be common knowledge
The question now is whether the new Syrian government will seek to try to play countries against each other or work to be a unifying and stabilizing force in the region
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Rewarding thugs is not an adequate policy response
America empowers its adversaries
Xi Jinping doesn’t see global warming as a crisis
The U.S. retreats while China’s Communist rulers advance
Ahead of his victory in Israel’s election in November, Benjamin Netanyahu had been telegraphing loudly that his top priority is to pursue a peace accord with Saudi Arabia. As he put the finishing touches...
That’s the indictment handed up by COP27
The one he should give (but don’t hold your breath)