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Eric Bordenkircher

Eric Bordenkircher

Eric Bordenkircher, Ph.D., is a research fellow at UCLA’s Center for Middle East Development and was formerly a visiting assistant professor in government at Claremont McKenna College and Pepperdine University. His writing has appeared in National Review, Newsweek, the American Mind, the National Interest, the American Conservative, Providence, RealClearWorld, Newsmax, the Jerusalem Post, the Times of Israel, the Washington Examiner, the San Diego Union Tribune, Middle East Policy, Review of Middle East Studies, Middle East Quarterly, 1945, and the Fikra Forum. He can be found on X @UCLA_Eagle. The views represented in his pieces are his own and do not necessarily represent the position of UCLA or the Center for Middle East Development.
by | Oct 18, 2025

Despite a 60-day deadline and a 22-day extension, the terms of the U.S.-mediated ceasefire agreement between the Israeli and Lebanese…

by | Oct 9, 2024

The violence between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah jeopardizes Kamala Harris’ presidential aspirations, as it threatens to lay bare…

by | Jul 12, 2024

Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, made several unprecedented incendiary comments during a speech on June 19….

by | Jan 21, 2024

The Israel-Hamas war has placed a spotlight on the absurdity enveloping the parts of the Arab world subjected to Iranian…

by | Dec 8, 2023

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has become a liability for America. Its transformation from an economic and…

by | Mar 10, 2023

President Joe Biden’s diplomacy in the Middle East is an exercise in how to appease and empower a hardline antagonist….

by | Apr 14, 2022

Progressive U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East deserves a tragicomic TV series called How to Undermine Friends and Empower…

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