Israel certainly wants the Saudis to get on the normalization bandwagon, but the monarchy has other, domestic considerations.
By invoking the fall of Saigon in 1975, the Senate Majority Leader only reveals his ignorance.
On security, economy, and heath: we need to think about new frameworks rather than retreating to policies of the past.
As Americans learned in Vietnam, the only way to end a war gone wrong is to leave the field of battle.
The Biden administration will need to work with Europe to get back to the nuclear deal and beyond.
Because it’s all about Iran — that’s why neoconservative think tanks here had their thumb on the scale the entire time.
Opponents of diplomacy will be pushing for Biden to squeeze more out of Iran before returning to the deal; it won’t work.
While he would be a vast improvement over Secretary of State Pompeo, Biden’s pick for the job has his own share of interventionist impulses.
A former Biden Senate staffer argues that the president-elect must not only repudiate Trumpism, but also decades of pre-Trump militarism.
The sky will not fall if we leave, but the Blob is trying to convince anyone who will listen that it will, and worse.
Like other countries that fear a Biden administration may be less friendly than its predecessor.
The UAE’s willingness to engage with the Syrian regime despite the potential negative implications may be thwarted by U.S. sanctions.
Those who oppose labelling BDS antisemitic, but imply that BDS is illegitimate, create space for cynical efforts to suppress criticism of the Israeli gov’t.
China is signaling to Gulf states adjustments they would have to make to enable China to become more engaged in regional security and geopolitics.
Biden will need to reverse Trump’s policies quickly if the idea of two states has any chance of surviving.
War: what is it good for? Apparently, in Washington’s world of think tanks, the answer is: the bottom line.
Both groups have serious differences to overcome, but a shared aversion to the Blob and endless conflict is a powerful motivator.
The appointment of Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad as Bahrain’s new prime minister could chart a new path for reform and communal harmony in Bahrain.
Bipartisan effort would try to block sale of F-35s, drones, and bombs to known human rights abusers.
We learned this week that Trump asked for plans to bomb Iran, but the full scope of the issue went largely unaddressed.
Biden administration national security personnel without conflicts of interest can help establish a more ethical and just US foreign policy.