The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

October 28, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

How many air defense systems does Iran have?

Iran has seemingly focused on gaining a large quantity of defense systems - but it is unclear if any are actually effective.

October 18, 2024 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Iran is Gaining Ground in Jordan

A Jordanian population sympathetic to Iran’s ambitions, coupled with the country’s long border with Israel, could turn Jordan into a potential launching pad for attacks against Israel.

September 21, 2023 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Treasury sanctions Hezbollah’s network in Colombia, but what took so long?

The Biden administration wants to create the impression it is finally getting tough on Hezbollah, the Lebanese terror group and Iranian proxy. The Treasury Department’s sanctions last...

December 19, 2022 | Joe Truzman |

UNIFIL Peacekeepers Come Under Fire in Southern Lebanon, Hezbollah Denies Involvement

On Dec. 14, a convoy of Irish United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNFIL) peacekeepers belonging to the 121st Infantry Battalion came under fire while traveling in the southern Lebanon village of...

January 3, 2022 | Andrew J. Tabler, Matthew Zweig

Solving Syria’s Crisis Starts with Sanctioning Iranian Oil

Rather than rehabilitating the Assad regime through willful negligence in its sanctions policy, the administration should escalate economic pressure on the Assad regime’s Iranian enablers to regain a measure of leverage at the negotiating table.

June 1, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

A formula for strife

Download full article here Excerpt After 11 days of conflict, on May 20, Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire agreement brokered by Egypt. Thus ended the fifth round of hostilities between them since...

March 30, 2021 | Dennis Ross, Shany Mor

Securing Peace in the Middle East After Trump

Dennis Ross Shany and I both agree that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was existential insofar as it embodied two national movements competing for the same space. Oslo was supposed to turn an existential...

March 22, 2021 | Dennis Ross, Shany Mor

Securing Peace in the Middle East After Trump

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...

January 28, 2021 | Brig. Gen. Assaf Orion (Res.), RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Moving Israel to CENTCOM: Another Step Into the Light

The new command shift, which is rooted in years of growing collaboration away from the limelight, promises to facilitate bilateral and regional security cooperation and burden sharing, while the IDF-EUCOM-CENTCOM...

January 27, 2021 | Dennis Ross, Juan C. Zarate

Are there pieces of Trump’s foreign policy worth keeping?

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...

October 15, 2020 | Bradley Bowman |

Washington Should Avoid a Self-Inflicted Wound in the Sinai

Withdrawing from the Multinational Force and Observers might be penny-wise, but would certainly be pound-foolish.

May 14, 2020 | Tzvi Kahn, Allyson Gaines

Obama Officials Support U.S. Unilateral Snapback of Iran Sanctions

When Iran and world powers concluded the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), President Barack Obama and senior officials in his administration repeatedly...

December 24, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir, John Lechner

Erdogan’s Anti-Semitism Will Sink Turkey’s Economy

The Turkish president’s racist conspiracy theories are a threat to economic stability.

September 5, 2018 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

The Demographics of Southeast Asian Jihadism

An excerpt from the op-ed follows: Shortly after sunrise on July 31, soldiers at a military checkpoint outside Lamitan City in the Philippines...

March 2, 2018 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

Trump Should Block Iran’s Air Corridor to Syria

Last month, an Iranian drone reportedly violated Israeli airspace after taking off from a base i...

February 21, 2018 | Clifford D. May

Hopeless in Gaza

Gaza has been an unhappy place for a long time but the situation is now reportedly growing desperate. Jobs are scarce, electricity...

January 9, 2018 | Richard Goldberg |

On Iran, Trump Should Be Like Reagan

In just three days, President Donald Trump must once again decide what to do about the much-debated Iran nuclear deal. Most are framing his choice as a binary one: Kill it or keep it? Although th...

July 14, 2017 | David Weinberg |

Terror designation lists highlight Qatar’s failure to tackle extremist funding

Of the names that do not overlap, many are affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by the four Arab States. Experts point to a host of iss...

May 22, 2017 |

Gates to be Keynote Speaker at FDD, Hudson, Center for Cyber & Homeland Security Event

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will be the keynote speaker at an event jointly hosted by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Hudson Institute and the George Washington University...

January 18, 2017 | |

Qatar and Terror Finance

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