Thoughts from Presentations at Yale and Columbia
Photo: Dr. Mandel’s presentation at Columbia University in November 2022. Message from Dr. Mandel: I was privileged to be invited to Columbia University and Yale in New Haven, to speak…
Remember ISIS? It’s why Biden must stop a Turkish invasion of Kurdish Syria
Photo: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, left, walks with U.S. President Joe Biden during the G20 leaders’ summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia on Nov. 15, 2022. Source: Made Nagi/Pool…
Americans cannot look away from what’s happening in Iran
Photo: Iranian soldiers stand next to Iranian Shahab-3 and Kheibar missiles during a rally marking Jerusalem day in Tehran, on April 29. Source: AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Published in The Hill…
Upcoming Talks November 29 and 30
Dr. Mandel will be speaking at Columbia on Tuesday, November 29th, and Yale on Wednesday, November 30th. If you are in the area and would like to hear him speak in…
Climate change is real, but are our options short-sighted?
Published in the November 21, 2022 issue of the Jerusalem Report Photo: People protest against global warming in Tel Aviv on October 29, 2021. Source: Corinna Kern/Reuters The US National…
How Saudi Arabia Sees Iran and America
Published in The National Interest on November 5, 2022. Image by Reuters. I recently returned from meetings in Saudi Arabia, hoping to bring back some understanding of their perspectives on…
Pushing the Saudis into China’s & Russia’s arms
Published in the Jerusalem Post on October 30, 2022. Photo: US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) sits alongside a photo from the war in Ukraine during a committee…
Will Saudi Arabia join the Abraham Accords?
Published on November 2, 2022 by JNS. Photo: US President Joe Biden and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Alsalam Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July…
The US-Saudi ties are more critical than Biden’s spat with the crown prince
Published in the Hill on October 31, 2022. Photo: Dr. Mandel at the Saudi Rasanah International Institute for Iranian Studies with the former Saudi Ambassadors to Iran, Pakistan, Lebanon and…
Recognizing that western Jerusalem is Israel’s capital should not be controversial
Published by JNS on October 24, 2022. Photo: Writing in the Australian Jewish News about the government’s reversal of recognising West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the foreign affairs minister, Penny…