The U.S. State Department announced on July 19 that Abdul Latif Nasir, a detainee held at Guantanamo since 2002, had been transferred to his native country of Morocco. Nasir’s transfer from Guantánamo...
It’s impossible to say whether Israel’s new government will fail or succeed, whether it will long endure or fall apart, and whether its first steps this week will come to be seen as a dramatic...
¿Por qué la soberanía del Sáhara Occidental continúa siendo una disputa abierta? El confl icto continúa embravecido porque Naciones Unidas y la mayor parte de la comunidad internacional occidental,...
Excerpt Eight months since the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain shocked the world by announcing formal relations with Israel, diplomatic ties are facing their most severe test after the eruption of war...
On Iran, Biden is finishing what Obama started. And his top advisers are all on board.
New Zealand’s $36 billion sovereign wealth fund divested $4 million from five Israeli banks last month because of their West Bank operations. This could cause reputational and financial problems for New...
The Biden administration’s torching of U.S.-Saudi relations
Iran has historically supported any militancy against pro-Western regimes, regardless of their religious or political orientation.
Palestinians may be the unexpected beneficiaries of Israel’s improving relations with the Arab world.
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...
Saudi Arabia has freed activists and announced reforms, but must do more to win the new team’s favor.
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...
It may be that after years of vitriolic debates and nasty rhetoric, Democrats and Republicans actually agreed on more than they were willing to admit
The Way Forward for U.S. National Security
How has the situation changed over the last four years? One major strategic change was President Trump’s decision to impose maximum pressure on the Islamic Republic and move away from the Obama policy,...
Trump recognized threats, and at least began to address them