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
Pan-Arabism
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’...
Op-eds
How A Weak Iran Deal Makes Us All Less Safe and War More Likely
The debate over whether Israel would launch an attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities to blunt Tehran’s nuclear ambitions has always loomed large in the mind of Western policymakers...
Op-eds
The Muddle East
If Congress refuses to support American military action against the Assad regime in Syria, and President Barack Obama declines to strike or strikes meekly, will American power—that marriage...
Op-eds
The Great Collision
For most of those who were so hopeful when the Great Arab Revolt downed the dictator Hosni Mubarak two years ago, the travails of Egypt’s fledgling democracy have been depressing. Many in t...
Op-eds
In Egypt, the Popularity of Islamism Shall Endure
How will the Egyptian army&rsqu...
Op-eds
Hezbollah’s Drone to Israel: Calculated Adventurism
On Thursday, Israeli fighter jets shot down a drone off of Haifa’s coastline. The drone, according to a statement from the Israeli military, was identified as it flew north...
Policy Briefs
The New War Against America
Last January, President Obama went over to the Pentagon to announce deep cuts in defense. He took the occasion to proclaim: “Even as our troops continue to fight in Afghanistan, the tide of...