Syria Can Squeeze Hezbollah, But Caution Is Necessary
Syrian forces may be returning to Lebanon more than twenty years after Damascus withdrew its military from its smaller neighbor’s territory. Reuters reported on March 17 that the...
Pan-Arabism
Lebanon Must Pick the Abraham Accords over the Muslim Brotherhood
It would be a grave mistake for Lebanon to swap the Islamist resistance axis of Iran for the Muslim Brotherhood of Turkey and Qatar. ...
Op-eds
Lebanon Must Answer the Pope’s Call for Peace
Lebanon, and the world, must heed the Pope of Peace over the so-called “Party of God,” Hezbollah. From the heart of Lebanon—a biblical land living under Hezbollah’s shadow—Pope Leo XIV issued...
Op-eds
America’s Debt to Israel
The Jewish state has taken on many U.S. enemies since Oct. 7, 2023, even as the left turned against it.
Op-eds
Syrian Druze are not entitled to self-determination, and Kurds cannot yet pursue secession
Syria is a patchwork of identities, par for the course in a region where novel nationalities vie with tribe and religion for the citizenry’s loyalty. For most of the country’s history, the Assad family...
Op-eds
‘Historic, Festive Day’: Elated Crowds of Israeli Druze Welcome Syrian Druze Clerics Visiting Israel
First Syrian Druze Crossing in Half a Century: Nearly 100 Syrian Druze religious leaders traveled to Israel on March 14 for the first time in 50 years.
Flash Briefs
The Abraham Accords are not about Palestinians
Palestinians are welcome to join the Israel-Arab accords but if they’d prefer to keep fighting they’ll be on their own
Op-eds
The Israeli Moment
If anyone is going to derail the Islamic Republic’s regional ambitions, Israel is really the only local counterweight that counts.
Op-eds
Israeli-Saudi Deal Over Two Islands Is a Step Toward Peace
Israel and Saudi Arabia have reportedly agreed on a security arrangement enabling Egypt to transfer to the Saudis two strategic islands near Israel. In return for Israel’s acquiescence, Saudi Arabia is...
Insights
Egypt’s President Sisi is moving to thaw relations with Israel, reap economic rewards
For the first time in a decade, an Israeli prime minister is visiting Egypt. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is hosting Naftali Bennett at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, at a time when Cairo has...
Op-eds
The Abraham Accords
Will they transform the Middle East?
Op-eds
The End of Arab Nationalism
How the Abraham Accords put the final nail in the coffin of a bad idea.
Op-eds
German intel says Iran ‘massively promotes antisemitism, Israel hatred’
Neo-Nazi politician met with Iran's chief proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Op-eds
Qatar vs. Saudi Arabia: How Iran and the Brotherhood Tore the Gulf Apart
The Gulf monarchies face the most serious crisis in their history. It is largely being covered as a diplomatic spat, since several Arab nations terminated their relations with Qatar on Monday to...
Op-eds
Meet Venezuela’s new VP, fan of Iran and Hezbollah
Facing a parliamentary vote to oust him and a call for new...
Op-eds
How Barack is like Ike
The Islamic Republic of Iran is, according to no less an authority than the U.S. government, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. Its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah, suicide-bombed U....
Op-eds
The Camp David Summit: Major or modest moves in U.S.-Gulf ties?
In the run up to Thursday's summit at Camp David, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had predicted that &ldq...
Op-eds
Understanding ‘Operation Renewal of Hope’ in Yemen
The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen declared the end of Operation Decisive Storm yesterday, to be replaced with Operation Renewal of Hope effective midnight. Although coalition spokesperson...
Op-eds
Sandstorm
The great medieval historian Ibn Khaldun centered his understanding of history on asabiyya, which is perhaps best translated as esprit de corps mixed with the will to power. In his maste...
Op-eds
A Baleful Peace Process
To be outrageously iconoclastic among the Washington foreign-policy crowd is easy: Just suggest that the Israeli-Arab peace process is not merely pointless but actually damaging to America’...