Amid Iraqi Protests, Kurdish Region Balances Iran’s IRGC
{article previously published in The Defense Post written by Seth J. Frantzman and Dr. Eric R. Mandel} At the Black Tiger Base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq the concerns…
America Needs to Impose Consequences for Working with Iran
by Dr. Eric R. Mandel and Seth J. Frantzman {Previously published in the JNS} Why do we allow the Iraqi and Lebanese governments to have it both ways, receiving American…
Reevaluating America’s Foreign Policy for Iraq, Kurdistan and Syria
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} You can replace Afghanistan with Iraq, Kurdistan or Syria in the title and ask: Can they survive America’s exit, and does it serve America’s…
Will Territorial Annexation Weaken Support for Israel in Congress?
{Previously published by the JNS} It certainly could. Timing it to coincide with a Trump second term would be a much better strategy. There is a solid consensus within Israel…
Israel’s Self-Destructive PR Must Change in its Next Government
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} Wouldn’t be great if Isrotel worked with StandWithUs like El Al, to empower their employees, helping them to realize they are the face of…
A Year of Weaponized Words, Antisemitism, and Revisionist History
{Previously Published in The Jerusalem Post} Another misused word directed at Israel is the charge of apartheid. Anyone opening up a real dictionary would see that the true meaning of…
Israel’s Self-Inflicted Black Eye
{Previously published in the JNS} If Israel had better control of its foreign-policy public relations, lemonade could have been made out of lemons. Instead, the harsh critics of American mainstream…
What Freshman Members of Congress Should Learn on Their Trip to Israel
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} How does one reconcile this moral dilemma if you believe Israel has a right to exist as the home of the Jewish people but…
Israelis and Arabs Say One Thing in Public and Another Behind Closed Doors. Politicians and Pundits Need to Understand the Difference.
{Previously published in the JTA} By the end of this year, my research and travels in the Middle East will have brought me through Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Israel, the…
Hezbollah’s Largest Attack Tunnel and its Financial Supporters
{Previously published in the JNS} The significance of the Hezbollah tunnel is clear. It is just one element of the multi-dimensional, long-term Iranian strategy to threaten and eventually destroy Israel,…