Could the Trump administration be close to brokering a normalization agreement between Syria and Israel? The State Department just announced 180-day sanctions relief for Syria, and the special envoy to Syria and the U.S. ambassador to Turkey commended Syria’s actions…
The Middle East stands on the edge of a historic diplomatic transformation that could redefine regional dynamics and reshape global alliances. At the center of this potential breakthrough is Saudi Arabia — a dominant economic and religious force in the…
Media reports are increasingly suggesting that President Donald Trump favors U.S. recognition of a state for Palestinian Arabs. Then again, this is the Middle East — rumors abound endlessly. Trump has not previously expressed any intention to acknowledge such a…
Sell the sizzle, not the steak. That was the mantra coined by the American master salesman Elmer Wheeler in the 1930s. What he meant was this — you don’t sell by reasoning. You get people to buy by evoking the…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump started the first major international travel of his second term in Riyadh, where he publicly bonded with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Pundits call the crown prince, the nation’s de facto leader, MBS. Trump…
In his first term, President Trump accomplished what once seemed impossible by forging new agreements with Israel and neighboring Arab states. Key to the success of the Abraham Accords was that they formed significant political, economic, security, and cultural ties…
Most of the media failed to report on a tremendously important development last week: King Abdullah of Jordan banned the Muslim Brotherhood in his country. We last heard of the Muslim Brotherhood (“the Brotherhood” or “al-Ikhwan”) six years ago when…
There’s a story in the Talmud of a rabbi whose son comes to him one morning and says, “Father, I had a horrible dream. Those unworthy bottom-dwellers were on the top, and the lofty people were on the bottom. I…
On Monday, March 10, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that the direct talks between President Donald Trump’s hostage negotiator, Adam Boehler, and the Hamas leadership in Doha last week were a “one-off” situation and “hasn’t borne fruit.”…
