Scene of a siege: Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas (Source: Twitter)
Unspoken truths in Texas
Islamist antisemitism in a synagogue attack   The...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the US will consider “other options” against Iran, but what does that mean? (Credit: GPO/Flickr)
The “Plan B” problem
Israel could be forced to attack Iran due...
US President Joe Biden needs to accept “no” for an answer from Teheran and formulate a new policy (Credit: Official White House Photo/Adam Schultz/Flickr)
Decision time on Iran
The Biden Administration now has only one good...
Regional capitals have been seeing signs of a US trend toward military disengagement from the Mideast since at least 2010 (Source: US Army/Flickr)
The Middle East adjusts to US retreat
“The military mission is over,” said US Secretary...
After 20 years, is the US back to Sept. 10, 2001 in terms of understanding the terrorism threat? (Credit: Shutterstock)
9/11 anniversaries tell a tale
On the first anniversary of the Sept. 11,...
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The US must reverse image of defeat and turn eyes towards Iran
An edited version of this article was published...
The US-trained Afghan army was improving, but everyone knew it was not yet ready to operate without international assistance (Source: Flickr)
Afghanistan didn’t have to end this way
As Afghanistan collapsed, there was no shortage of...
Mahmoud Abbas and his Palestinian Authority are deeply flawed, but there is no alternative to seeking to strengthen them in post-conflict diplomacy (Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/ Shutterstock)
What the Biden Administration needs to do now
With a welcome ceasefire in the Hamas-Israel conflict,...
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Deconstruction Zone: Funding UNRWA harms Palestinians 
The US Biden Administration’s recent decision to provide...
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From Trump to Biden: Shifting Policies Towards the Middle East – David Schenker
David Schenker is a Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute....
US President Biden needs to recognise that the JCPOA’s verification regime has been proven ineffective (Credit: Whitehouse.gov)
Biden must make Iran come clean
President Joe Biden’s Iran policy centres on the...
To their credit, Biden’s team is focussing on Iran’s non-nuclear activities, but not with the right diplomatic tools (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Biden’s Iran policy needs more sticks
  There is good news and bad news...
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