The US-Qatar Relationship is More Complex Than Just ‘Friend’ or ‘Foe’
Photo: Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani speaks at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 20, 2022.…
The Abraham Accords may not be the best path toward Arab-Israeli normalization
Photo: AP Photo/Haim Zach Published in The Hill on May 26, 2023. In the heady days of 2020, when the Abraham Accords between Israel and four Arab nations seemed to…
MEPIN Weekend Note: Some thoughts on Bob Woodward’s latest book, Peril
I am finishing Bob Woodward’s new book, Peril. Like his previous books, it has been very insightful and provided details I was unaware of. However, it also reminded me there…
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 /…