Trump’s Hard-line, Pro-Israel Cabinet Disrupts Peace Hopes

[I]f in the past the [U.S.] stood by Israel, today it is more present inside the decision-making process itself.

The summits are not endpoints. They are the mechanism by which two countries, which can neither resolve their differences nor afford to rupture them, manage the interval between crises.

'Prematurely reducing America’s forward presence in Europe ... risks undermining deterrence and sending the wrong signal to Vladimir Putin.'

Without the U.S., the alpha dog that pulls everyone together in a crisis would not exist.