Proponents of forever war in Syria can’t answer one question: Why?
The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies cites the US experience in Syria as a model for endless war.
The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies cites the US experience in Syria as a model for endless war.
Biden’s Middle East policy will run up against a region where Trump and Netanyahu shattered norms with little consequence.
Given a survey of Arab and Iranian opinion, it seems that the incoming Biden administration may be on the right track.
Turkey helped Azerbaijan win on the battlefield, but what Ankara stands to gain geopolitically remains to be seen.
If the Biden administration develops a long-term engagement agenda, it should take an all-government capacity approach.
Saudi Arabia appears to be drawing lines in the sand as the kingdom prepares for a new era in relations with the U.S. once Joe Biden assumes office.
Democrats organized a letter to Joe Biden ‘strongly endorsing’ his pledge to rejoin the 2015 accord that blocked Iran’s pathways to a nuclear weapon.
Morocco is now the third largest producer of phosphates, but given its massive reserve, it stands to dictate the world’s future ability to grow food crops.
Trump’s Syria envoy said the US is discouraging aid efforts despite widespread poverty and imminent economic collapse.
Trump’s Syria envoy admitted to giving special treatment to the firm and that no other companies were involved.
The short answer is, no, it is not. Yet it may be understandable why the US might well believe it so.
The Netanyahu government’s primary goal is to keep Iran forever ostracized, sanctioned, and loathed.
Everything the outgoing administration is doing today seems coordinated to obstruct the Biden team tomorrow.
Israel certainly wants the Saudis to get on the normalization bandwagon, but the monarchy has other, domestic considerations.
Because it’s all about Iran — that’s why neoconservative think tanks here had their thumb on the scale the entire time.
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.
Biden will need to reverse Trump’s policies quickly if the idea of two states has any chance of surviving.
Saudi Arabia and UAE will have to face that this unconventional and largely transactional presidency is coming to an end.
Here are four critical issues that must be addressed when a new administration takes over.
Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s bad faith attacks are standard fare, and unfortunately so was the response from her challenger, Rev. Raphael Warnock.
Biden has signaled constructive steps forward but there are also signs of a retreat to the pre-Trump status quo.