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…
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…
Is the Biden administration about to put the Abraham Accords at risk?
Published in The Hill on October 16, 2022. Photo: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addresses the parliament in a vote of confidence session for his proposed labor minister…
Watch Last Week’s Webinar with Lt. Col (res.) Sarit Zehavi!
For those of you that asked for a link to the webinar on Iran, the status of the JCPOA, Israeli strategic options, the history of the Iran agreement, Hezbollah and…
The new Iran deal: Can Biden tie the hands of the next president?
Published in the October 3, 2022 issue of the Jerusalem Report. Photo: Iranian opposition supporters protest in front of the Palais Coburg, where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran took place…
Webinar Sep. 21 with Lt. Col (res.) Sarit Zehavi
Please join us for a webinar to discuss Iran, the JCPOA, and the Islamic Republic’s malevolent behavior in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq, with my colleague and friend, Lt. Col (res.)…
Al Arabiya Interview on Iran and Israel’s Red Lines for Nuclear Weapons
Dr. Mandel’s interview in Al Arabiya is in Arabic for MEPIN’s Arabic listeners. It covers Iran and Israel’s red lines for their nuclear weapons program. You can listen to the…
Will a third intifada follow a new Iran nuclear agreement?
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks at the military’s Kirya headquarters in Tel Aviv on June 18, 2020.By IDF Spokesperson’s Unit Published on September 11, 2022 in the Jerusalem…
The very real dangers of Biden’s pending Iran nuclear deal
Photo: In this photo made available by the U.S. Navy, a boat of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) operates in close proximity to patrol coastal ship USS Sirocco…