The Senate’s Role in Military and International Affairs
{Previously published by the JNS} U.S. President Joe Biden ordered airstrikes late last week in eastern Syria against the Iranian-controlled…
A Cold Egyptian-Israeli Peace Undermines Both Culture and Security
by Marwa Maziad and Eric Mandel {Previously published in The National Security Magazine} Recently, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
A Return to the Iran Nuclear Deal Would Increase the Chances of War
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Report} For the third time in 2021, the US recently flew B-52 bombers along the…
Republicans Should Insist Biden Submit the JCPOA as a Treaty to the Senate
{Previously published by the JNS} The Obama-Biden administration claimed in 2015 that the Iran nuclear deal—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of…
For their survival, Saudis need to follow UAE’s lead
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} In the five-dimensional chess board of the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates’ announcement…
Why Palestinians can’t sign an end-of-conflict pact
Palestinian Arabs cannot sign an agreement that ends all claims and recognizes the right of a Jewish state to exist…
Will annexation embolden Iran?
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} Could the ramifications of annexation reverberate from an exclusively Israeli-Palestinian issue, into one with…
The case for the status quo in Judea and Samaria
{Previously published in the Jerusalem Post} Supporters of extending Israeli sovereignty to 30% of the West Bank claim this is a once…
Trump Has Changed the Landscape of the Middle East
Love him or hate him, President Donald Trump has defied conventional wisdom in the Middle East, and yet the Sun still rises…
Where Do We Go from Here with Iran?
{Previously published in the JNS} We need to look at the new possibilities and perils in the post-Soleimani era. The…