Tag: Middle East

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.

[W]hat the Switzerland negotiations ultimately lead to may help determine who the next U.S. president will be, as much as they will define the rules of the game in the Middle East.

Major wars do not always create permanent enemies. Sometimes they create the conditions for entirely new political arrangements.

The challenge for Washington is no longer whether it possesses sufficient capabilities, but whether the political system can align those capabilities behind a coherent long-term priority.

The Beijing summit did not produce a major agreement between the great powers on the region, but it firmly established that Middle Eastern crises are now deeply tied to the great-power dialogue.

Trump has dropped the hammer on his own toes.

Trump has had his fill of a war he let Benjamin Netanyahu talk him into.