Israel, the UAE, & Bahrain didn’t sign peace deals, they’re military alliances to counter Iran
These deals will fall apart should the UAE and Bahrain one day become democracies.
These deals will fall apart should the UAE and Bahrain one day become democracies.
The emerging power blocs in the region are more than sufficient to counter-balance each other without US interference
The main result of the “maximum pressure” policy to date, aside from the increasing immiseration of the Iranian people, has been the unprecedented degree to which Washington has been isolated from the rest of the world.
Despite bipartisan efforts in Congress to withdraw US support for the Saudi-led coalition, the Trump administration continues to add fuel to Yemen’s fire.
Foreseeing a battle to re-engage Iran in a potential Biden administration, more than a dozen progressive groups sent a letter to Capitol Hill calling on House Democrats to dig in.
The so-called ‘Abraham Accord’ is starting to look more like a campaign-related arms deal than a peace agreement.
The treaty changes nothing in the Middle East political equation, nor does it attenuate in any way the tragic disregard for the rights of the Palestinians which we have witnessed for so many years now.
Egypt has been fighting terrorism and an insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula for the past decade and a half with no sign of a decisive victory.
A recent Washington Post column claimed I ‘forcefully argued against increasing pressure on Assad,’ which is a complete misreading of what I wrote.
A loophole in the proposed fund, which the House passed in July, would allow Israeli settlers to reap most of the benefits.
With the Trump administration escalating tensions once again with its snapback scheme, it’s worth trying to figure out just what Tehran wants.
Tony Blinken, a likely candidate for the post of national security adviser, has said that the U.S. would return to the JCPOA only after Iran fulfills its commitments under the nuclear agreement.