Will Jordan be Iran’s next target?
Published in the Hill on July 7, 2023. Photo: King Abdullah II of Jordan | File photo: Getty Images/Sean Gallup One of the pillars of Iran’s long-term strategy to destroy…
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.…
Biden must strengthen US-Israel relationship to decrease chances of war with Iran
Published in the Hill on April 13, 2023. Photo: Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister’s office in…
Open-Source Intelligence is Indispensable for Countering Threats
Published on March 4, 2023 in The National Interest. When most people hear the word intelligence in a political context, they immediately think of clandestine sources, spies, and secret meetings.…
Is Hezbollah trying to provoke a confrontation with Israel?
Photo: The flag of the “Green Without Borders” association from Alma. Published on February 2, 2023 by JNS. Why is a Lebanese environmental NGO locating shipping containers, prefabricated buildings and…
Thursday, January 5: Zoom on Israel’s Challenges in 2023
This Thursday, January 5, 2023, Dr. Mandel will be speaking on Zoom to 13 synagogues in the Northeast at 8:30 PM EST. The topic will be “Israel’s Challenges 2023: Iran,…
What I learned lecturing on Israel and the Middle East at Columbia and Yale
Image: Students at Yale University attending Dr. Mandel’s presentation. Published by JNS on December 8, 2022. A professional in the pro-Israel world read that I had lectured at his and…
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…
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…
America’s next crisis may be Lebanon — not Ukraine or Taiwan
Published in The Hill. Photo: Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun is pictured as he delivers a televised speech at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon December 27, 2021. Dalati Nohra/Handout Could…