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Diplomacy

Iran’s mullahs are likely to scrap the nuclear deal the moment doing so becomes convenient.

Dalibor Rohac
March 15 2018 12:01AM

A popular idea that’s failed many times.

John Jenkins
Aug. 18 2017 12:01AM

President Obama’s recent letter to Ayatollah Khameini, the forth such personal appeal to Iran’s Supreme Leader, can serve only to undermine efforts at preventing Iran. . .

Suzanne Maloney
Nov. 10 2014 12:01AM

The Obama administration saw its first-term Middle East policy go awry when it mishandled America’s relationship with Israel. Is it about to do the same. . .

Oct. 24 2013 12:00AM

Israel is much less isolated in the international arena than the standard version would have you believe, and its popularity is growing.

Michael Freund
Oct. 16 2013 12:00AM

John Kerry claims to have picked the new American envoy to the peace process for his diplomatic experience. The record shows that his true specialty. . .

Aug. 1 2013 12:00AM

“Qatar can’t continue to be an American ally on Monday that sends money to Hamas on Tuesday,” warned John Kerry in 2009. Now Congress is. . .

Jonathan Schanzer
July 12 2013 12:00AM

In approaching the latest turmoil in the Middle East, Washington should use every means at its disposal, short of war, to influence countries whose. . .

July 5 2013 12:00AM

A decade ago, the United States vetoed burgeoning ties between Israel and China. Now Sino-Israeli relations are flourishing again—this time, apparently, with Washington’s blessing.

Sam Chester
July 1 2013 12:00AM

No hard evidence exists that a friendlier American policy has changed Arab views of the United States for the better.

Marc Lynch
June 26 2013 12:00AM

Its bonanza in natural gas could transform Israel’s strategic relations with regional neighbors  and others—but only if energy policy is properly managed.

Calev Ben-David
June 14 2013 12:00AM