Posts Tagged: Trump Middle East
Trump’s Flaws Enabled His Middle East Successes
For those of my particular political persuasion, who might be called liberal conservatives or conservative liberals, the spectacle of the Trump presidency has not been...
Post-Trump: Challenges and Opportunities in the Middle East
JNS.org - When the dust settles on the Trump presidency, historians will try to assess Donald Trump’s reshuffling of the Obama legacy toward the Middle...
Trump Scores Diplomatic Deal With Middle East Allies Before Election
President Donald Trump on Thursday managed to pull off a rare victory for US diplomacy in the Middle East ahead of his Nov. 3 re-election...
A Historic Peace Opportunity That Must Be Seized
On May 14, 1948, a few hours before the declaration of Israel’s establishment, Chaim Weizmann, soon to become the Jewish state’s first president, sent an...
The Trump Effect
The initial two and a half years of President Donald Trump’s national security policy have departed sharply from those of President Barack Obama, his predecessor...
Should Trump Rethink His Approach to Egypt and the Middle East?
Several weeks ago, Cairo discreetly notified Riyadh and Washington that it was suspending its participation in MESA (the Middle East Strategic Alliance) -- the US-Saudi...
Will Trump’s Withdrawal from Syria Endanger the Region and Israel’s Security?
JNS.org - A decision by Donald Trump to pull some 2,000 American special force troops from eastern Syria will provide a boost to Russia and...
Why the Trump Peace Deal Can’t Ignore Jewish Refugees
JNS.org - For some weeks now, governments and opinion-makers have been waiting with baited breath for Donald Trump to unveil his peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We’ve had...
Trump Cites Middle East Progress, but Mum on Peace Plan
President Donald Trump said on Monday that a lot of progress had been made in the Middle East, but he declined to say when the...
A Delicate Dance Between Israel and Russia in Syria
JNS.org - Israel got an earful from Russia after allegedly bombing a joint Russian-Iranian base in the Homs province of Syria early on Monday. Iran has publicized...
Report: US Peace Plan to Include Eastern Jerusalem as Palestinian Capital
JNS.org - US President Donald Trump’s Israel-Palestinian peace plan will call for an independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital, the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper...
The Trump Peace Plan for Israel Won’t Work
President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel occurred against the backdrop of his ambition to devise a comprehensive peace proposal...
Time Is Ticking for Trump in Afghanistan
As President Trump wrestles with America's role in Afghanistan, he should first decide what our objectives are today, compared to what we wanted immediately after...
Could the Mideast Use Some ‘Trumpification’?
Germany’s foreign minister, Sigmar Gabriel, recently spoke out against what he called the “Trumpification” of the Middle East. “The recent massive arms deals President Trump made...
