Unless Ankara changes its course, Hamas is likely to benefit from any inclusion of Turkey in the process of stabilizing and reconstructing the Gaza Strip. “We want to believe that our allies will prefer to side with us, not with…
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa shot hoops with U.S. military commanders during his recent Washington visit, but where he really scored big was with Congress. It now looks certain that in the next few days, the House will follow the Senate…
Qatar is positioning itself to be a central player in Gaza’s high-stakes future. Yet the United States granting Doha such a role would be deeply unwise. Qatar’s century-long evolution from irrelevant backwater to hyper-wealthy energy exporter has given it the resources…
The U.S. proposal to establish a military presence at an airbase near Damascus is a welcome sign of deepening cooperation with Syria’s new government, but it may be insufficient to secure regional U.S. interests. A Damascus presence should complement—not replace—the U.S. partnership…
Bad actors stick together. Few relationships prove that more clearly than Iran and Venezuela’s. The regimes’ close ties are on full display with Iran’s foreign ministry on November 15, threatening the United States with “dangerous consequences” over the US military buildup near…
Peace with Israel might not be on the table when Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Washington next week, but the ultimate goal of normalization should still shape President Trump’s negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler. Saudi Arabia is the region’s largest economy, a key oil…
An irony of the Trump administration is that it has done more than any predecessor in recent memory to push back against antisemitism on the left, only to watch it rise on the political right. The far-left in America views…
Decades of tensions with Iran culminated in the short but sharp 12-Day War in June. The United States and Israel won the battle, but this is just one round in the war Tehran still intends to win. Iran’s atomic infrastructure…
In Syria, the southwestern governorate of al-Suwayda is collapsing under shortages of food, water, and fuel. The Druze, who follow a heterodox religion which is an offshoot of Islam, are the majority in al-Suwayda, with smaller communities of Sunni Muslim…
Excerpt below: The Middle East is often written off as a costly distraction from more pressing priorities. But in a global environment that is more complex, demanding and volatile than any point in decades, reenvisioning our Middle East partnerships can…