Matthew RJ Brodsky
ARTICLES BY: Matthew RJ Brodsky

Will America’s Inaction in Syria Help Lead to an Israeli-Hezbollah War?
Are Israel and Hezbollah headed for war? That's the question that many analysts are grappling with in the wake of recent escalations, including an Israeli strike inside Syria...

Making the Most of the Bad Nuclear Deal
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US President Donald Trump today, they will already share a major point of agreement: that the nuclear deal...

Israel’s Game-Changer with Hezbollah
The international media have focused on the recent Israeli airstrikes in Syria and what it means to the region. What and whom did Israel...

Never Mind that Red Line in Syria
At first blush, it appeared that the Obama administration finally agreed with the intelligence assessments of its allies—Britain, France, and Israel—namely, that the...

The Cost of Inaction in Syria
Pressure is mounting on the Obama Administration to respond more decisively to the situation in Syria after the White House conceded that it believes the...

An Interview with Ambassador Michael Oren: The Enduring Israeli-U.S. Partnership (INTERVIEW)
On February 21, inFOCUS editor Matthew RJ Brodsky interviewed Ambassador Michael Oren. Born and raised in New Jersey before attending Princeton and...
Opinion: Israeli Elections and the Peace Process
In the run up to the Israeli elections, the great fear discussed by pundits the world over was that Israelis would take a drastic...

Opinion: Inside the Israeli Elections
Leave it to the Israeli electorate to produce such a complicated election result that confounded most analysts' projections. In general, the election was...

U.S. at a Crossroads: The Jewish Policy Center With Senator Joseph Lieberman (INTERVIEW)
On September 13, The Jewish Policy Center's inFOCUS magazine editor Matthew RJ Brodsky interviewed Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut. Over the course of his four...

America’s Credibility Problem with Iran
In recent weeks, Iran has been ratcheting up pressure on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), accusing its inspectors of spying and sabotage, and threatening...

Comparing President Obama and Mitt Romney on Iran
Republican hopeful Governor Mitt Romney laid out his vision for American foreign policy in his October 2012 address entitled, "The Mantle of Leadership," and it...

Assessing the Syrian Uprising (VIDEO)
What is really going in the Syrian uprising? Is it al-Qaeda and foreign fighters versus the al-Asad regime? What is the Free Syrian Army?...

The ‘Desert Rose’ Who’s Standing by her Murderous Husband
From "A Rose in the Desert" to the target of European Union sanctions, what a difference a year has made for Asma Assad, the...

Keeping U.S. and Israeli Red Lines Pink on Iran
Iran's steady march towards building a nuclear weapon dominated the 2012 American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) policy convention in Washington, DC. It also was...