In 2016 President Obama signed a ten-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) that pledged an unprecedented level of U.S. military assistance to the Jewish state. Such concrete support for Israel’s self-defense has been a key element of U.S. policy for decades,…

The recent Abraham Accords between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain both reflect and augur a growing strategic alignment between Israel and key American partners in the Middle East, driven primarily by the worsening Iranian nuclear and regional…

Regardless of the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, it appears likely the winner will attempt renewed diplomacy with Iran over its nuclear weapons program, either by trying to reenter the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or pursuing…

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic’s shake-up of domestic politics and international relations across the globe, Turkey is expanding its influence in the Eastern Mediterranean and creating challenging new conditions on the ground and offshore that the United States could struggle to…