Will new US-Israel-Arab security pacts leave Iran with a bad hand?
The winners and losers of this latest round of Middle East poker will depend on how each country plays its cards.
The winners and losers of this latest round of Middle East poker will depend on how each country plays its cards.
Campaign promises prove to be just that, as the administration prioritizes Israel-Gulf State security over dwindling prospects for peace.
Behind closed doors, the head of the Defense Ministry’s political-military bureau said what many in Israel’s security establishment believe.
Previous killings all took place at times when Washington and Tehran appeared to be on the cusp of a diplomatic breakthrough.
At what point will Washington acknowledge that our “special bond” is helping forestall peace and hurting US interests in the region?
The high level delegation sent to Abu Dhabi in the wake of Sheikh Khalifa’s death shows where the administration’s priorities are.
Israeli officials admit that they’ll have little choice but to toe the Western line — and the Gulf states may soon face a similar choice.
Why did Biden’s energy envoy issue a poison pill that is sure not only to kill the deal but give Hezbollah a new reason to fight?
The Biden administration will find it tricky to navigate the political scenarios emerging after PM Naftali Bennett lost his majority last week.
What the historic Negev Desert meeting this week says about the emerging power re-alignment in the region.
It was odd that Blinken chose to meet with Middle East autocrats in Israel at the same time Biden was marshaling the forces of the ‘rules based order.’
All the cards have been tossed in the air — including the Vienna talks over the JCPOA — and it is unclear how they will land now.
They don’t have much to lose by crossing Russia, but so far Tel Aviv has largely ignored Washington’s requests for back up.
The bottom line is that neither Russia nor China is willing or able to replace the United States as the Gulf’s security guarantor.
Trump recognized the wholesale annexation of one country by another. If Biden lets that stand, the global implications are deeply troubling.
It is kind of a non-doctrine that balances manifold priorities and values in ways that can be helpful and, at times, frustrating.
Not holding partners to account for human rights abuses makes them burdens rather than assets to the U.S.
Lawmakers are threatening sanctions under the Magnitsky Act, which would cut the company off from US financing and customers.
The Israel normalization agreements have stepped up weapons sales and emboldened despots’ grip on their people. Was this the point all along?
Tel Aviv has been canny about keeping its neighborhood undemocratic, and the balance of power in its favor.
Recent regional developments are being driven by local dynamics, not great power rivalry. But China’s role in the Middle East is sure to grow.