United Arab Emirates
An interview with the senior adviser to the president on the thinking behind the deal, and America’s role in the Middle East.
An American-led alliance can be a strong deterrent to Iran and China.
It forestalls annexation and deals a blow to the longstanding Palestinian veto on Israel’s relationship with other countries. It promises even more, but that depends on hard work.
Arabs are finally concluding that they need to move past the toxic legacies of Arab nationalism and Islamism—which means moving past the mythology of Palestine too.
An American National Security Council veteran explains how the U.S. pressured Iran and built trust to broker last week’s accord, and the effects it will have throughout the region.
Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. joins us to share his vision for the region and the strategic insight that brought us to this moment.
The UAE is one of the youngest of the Arab states, and its distance from 1948, 1967 and the other Arab-Israeli wars of the past gives its leaders a freer mind to lead the way.
For a long time, Israel has been quietly making common cause with the victims of aggression in the Middle East. That’s now coming to light.
Normalization is here, and those refusing to join in will be left behind.
For security against Iran, and for their relationship with the U.S.
While Arab frustration with Mahmoud Abbas grows, Europe ignores his intransigence.
An interview with the community’s president.
Erasing the last remnants of an ancient community.
A mixed bag.