Abraham Accords

Donald Trump Shouldn’t Make a Deal with Iran

Trump should abandon the peace talks with Iran and instead focus on creating an alliance consisting of Israel and the Sunni Arab states.

A Bold Vision For Peace and Prosperity in the Middle East

To peruse Charai’s new work is to realize that he has long been a percipient observer of the Middle East and foreign affairs. For the past several decades, Ahmed Charai,...

Trump’s Abraham Accords vs. Biden’s Esau Accords

In his first term, Donald Trump shepherded four Arab states into the Abraham Accords. These deals saw these states recognize Israel and establish relations with it. Trump’s accords took their...

Israel And Donald Trump 2.0: Rerunning Trump 1.0?

It wasn’t at all surprising that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was one of the first foreign leaders to congratulate Donald Trump on his election win, calling it a “huge...

After COP29, Israel and the Region Can Reaffirm the Abraham Accords Vision

COP29, the global climate conference, wrapped up in Azerbaijan last week. For twelve days, diplomats, innovators, and activists gathered in Baku to wrestle with the challenges facing our planet. An...

What Does Donald Trump 2.0 Mean for the Middle East?

By any standard of measurement, Joe Biden’s Middle East policy was a failure. A cascade of misjudgments and misapprehensions has caused the region to be dangerous and unstable. All this...

How Trump Could Restore America’s Influence and Inspire Global Youth

As Donald Trump considers a second presidential term, he faces the opportunity to redefine America’s global role. A new mandate offers a chance to focus on pragmatic alliances and champion...

One Year Into the Israel-Gaza War, Regional Integration Is Still The Way Forward

A year has passed since the deadly Hamas attack on October 7, 2023—an event that has fundamentally altered the trajectory of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and shattered long-held assumptions. This surprise...

Joe Biden’s Gaza Pier Plan Runs Aground

Get ready for what may be the final round of President Biden’s ill-fated Gaza pier adventure. After rough seas scattered parts of the project across the Eastern Mediterranean in late...

Whether Peace or Escalation in Israel-Gaza, Watch Saudi Arabia

As Israel’s war in Gaza continues to rage, there has been no shortage of mixed signals recently over whether the conflict is on the verge of a major escalation or...

How a Bureaucratic Change Helped Save Israel

An obscure bureaucratic change enabled the extremely successful, coordinated defense of Israel against the recent Iranian attack. President Donald Trump’s January 2021 decision to transfer Israel to U.S. Central Command...

Iran Strikes Israel: What’s Next?

Iran’s attack on Israel, with more than 170 drones and 120 ballistic missiles, is the largest airstrike that Tehran has ever launched against the Jewish State.  Previously, Iran used proxy...