Tag: Middle East

Military force can destroy a hostile regime, but it cannot create a stable political order.

In the end, the U.S. will probably have made the entire Middle East even more unstable than it already was.

The Iranian axis, so to speak, is working to curb American influence — not to prove that the Shia are right or the Sunnis are wrong.

The United States did not simply stumble into a trap in the Middle East; it deliberately walked into one.

[These changes] reflect a deeper transformation in the concept of American national interest after two decades of wars in the region.

[Trump's] attack not only reinforced the value of nuclear weapons to Iran, but also to the other countries in the region.

There is an increasingly common perception . . . that Trump simply does not know what to do.

Netanyahu is lying. He knows he is lying. And others know it too.

If the [U.S.-Saudi] nuclear deal hits a deadlock, Riyadh may pivot to alternative suppliers — a shift that would significantly erode American strategic leverage in the Middle East.

[H]ow long will it take before Trump emerges from his fantasy world and recognizes that he is trapped?

Trump doesn't have many trump cards in his hand.

In Ankara, the key word will be “cheese” as TV cameras record yet another photo-up.