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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

David Ben-Gurion. (Wikimedia Commons)

Commentary

Netanyahu’s Bid for a Role in Zionist History

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Mar 13, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

(Screenshot via CNN)

In the Media

Saudi Arabia and Iran End Years of Hostilities

Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi on March 7, 2023. (Iranian Presidency Office)

Commentary

From Moscow to Tehran: Putting the US Sanctions Review to the Test

Jonathan Schachter

Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Yair Albeck

Former Visiting Research Fellow

Jonathan Schachter & Yair Albeck

Mar 8, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks as part of the forty-fourth anniversary events of the Iranian Revolution in Tehran, Iran on February 8, 2023. (Iranian Leader Press Office/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Needy Lover

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Michael Doran

Mar 7, 2023

Commentary

10 Min Read

US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides presents his credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, Israel, on December 5, 2021. (US Embassy Jerusalem via Flickr)

Commentary

How US Ambassador Tom Nides Became Israel’s Arsonist-in-Chief

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Michael Doran

Mar 6, 2023

Commentary

12 Min Read

The Israeli Knesset on February 16, 2022. (US Embassy Jerusalem via Flickr)

Commentary

The Shepherd Boy, the Wolf, and the Threat to Israeli Democracy

Jonathan Schachter

Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jonathan Schachter

Mar 1, 2023

Commentary

3 Min Read

(Getty Images)

Reports

Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: Abraham Accords Free Trade Area

Robert Greenway

Former Adjunct Fellow

Robert Greenway

Feb 28, 2023

Reports

14 Min Read

(Screenshot via Fox Business)

In the Media

Saudi Arabia's $400 Million Aid Package for Ukraine

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Feb 28, 2023

In the Media

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to China's President Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) leaders' summit in Samarkand on September 16, 2022. (Photo by Sergei BOBYLYOV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI BOBYLYOV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to China's President Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation leaders' summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 16, 2022. (Photo by Sergei Bobylov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

War in the Middle East Is Closer than You Think

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Feb 27, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken signs a book of condolence after the earthquake disaster in Türkiye during his visit to the Turkish Embassy in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2023. (State Department photo by Freddie Everett)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken signs a book of condolence after the earthquake in Türkiye during his visit to the Turkish Embassy in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2023. (State Department photo by Freddie Everett)

Commentary

How Hope Can Rise from the Rubble