By James M. Dorsey Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Israel’s ultra-nationalists and ultra-conservatives have turned Israel into a ‘haven’ for some Jews rather than all Jews. Not only by encouraging…
By James M. Dorsey US President Donald J. Trump risks putting relations with Saudi Arabia and other US partners in the region on a knife’s edge, sending the Middle East…
Trump’s Middle East policy: Searching for clues By James M. Dorsey President Donald J. Trump is signaling a potential willingness to impose his will on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on…
By James M. Dorsey US President Donald J. Trump has foreign governments, domestic constituencies, journalists, and pundits running in circles as they attempt to identify his Middle East policy. To…
By James M. Dorsey US President-elect Donald J. Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may soon diverge in their approaches to a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet, the…
By James M. Dorsey Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may welcome two Middle East policy goals articulated by US President-elect Donald J. Trump in response to the Gaza ceasefire but…
By James M. Dorsey Iran’s newly minted strategic partnership treaty with Russia may not be more than a bargaining chip if the first five years of Iran’s 25-year, US$400 billion…
By James M. Dorsey The Gaza ceasefire negotiations, coupled with recent opinion polls, suggest the time may be ripe for more than an end to the Gaza war. They raise…
Afterthe Syrian people themselves, it is Turkey that has emerged as the biggest winner from the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. As soon as Assad fled…
By James M. Dorsey Decimating Hezbollah and ousting President Bashar al-Assad were the first steps in a Middle Eastern power struggle that is likely to define not only who wields…