The Taliban Takeover
Published in The Jerusalem Report on September 13, 2021. Score one for Sunni Jihadism. Twenty years after 9/11 and two years after America’s victory over ISIS, another Islamist caliphate has…
Withdrawal can’t sweep away terrorists or their ambitions
Published in the Jerusalem Post on August 26, 2021. by Eric R. Mandel The 24/7 coverage of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan has neglected to focus on four key points that…
Afghanistan debacle upends Biden’s upcoming summit with Israel’s Bennett
What a difference a month makes. In July, Israel’s new prime minister, Naftali Bennett, met with his military, security and intelligence advisers to plan for his Aug. 26 summit with…
The flight of the human-rights warriors from Afghanistan and Iran
Published by JNS. The leading proponents of the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan were liberals and progressives, including supposed interventionists like Joe Biden. Eric R. Mandel(August 23, 2021 /…
A way to end the long ‘Middle East Winter’
by Dr. Eric R. Mandel Published in The Hill. Ten years ago, the Arab Spring gave hope to people of the Middle East that they could take more control of…
Should the West support the Lebanese army to counterweight Hezbollah?
Written with Sarit Zehavi for the Jerusalem Post. Lebanon is on the verge of collapse. There is little reason to believe the latest attempt to form a government will be…
It’s the ‘hasbara,’ stupid: The new Israeli government must prioritize PR
Published in the August 19, 2021 issue of The Jerusalem Report. Israel has a national security blind spot. It is called effective public relations or, in Hebrew, hasbara. Israel does…
Just how dangerous is Iran to the world?
In this article: Using a Western mindset to understand Iran will be counterproductive Former UK PM Tony Blair: Iran is a state with an ideology, but more accurately should be…
Is Israel preparing for the inevitable civil war in the West Bank?
Published in The Hill. As President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken ponder how to entice the Palestinian Authority (PA) to negotiate with Israel, a far more significant problem…