Recent Articles:

• US vs. Iran: Battle of Wills in the Gulf
• FO° Talks: Trump’s 20-Point Peace Deal: Can Israel and Hamas Finally End the War?
• Could Trump’s Shocking Plan for Gaza Lead Anywhere?
• Memo to the 47th President: A New and Dangerous Middle East
• Post-Assad Syria: ‘Now Comes the Hard Part’
• FO° Talks: America’s New Fast-Changing Role in the Middle East, Part 1
• FO° Talks: America’s New Fast-Changing Role in the Middle East (Part 2)
• What Happens Now That the Iranian President Is Dead?
• FO° Talks: The ICC Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu Is Devastating
• Make Sense of the Latest Israel-Iran Clash
• May Hasn’t Been a Good Month for Netanyahu or Israel
• FO° Talks: Israel’s Invasion of Gaza Will Not Be Over Quickly
• The World As Seen by Gary Grappo: A Lifetime of Service and Diplomacy
• How to Contain Iran’s Dangerous Warmongers
• FO° Talks: Daring Houthi Assaults in the Red Sea Threaten World Trade
• Israel Faces Big Challenges After Three Months of War
• Peacemaker, Warmonger, Genius: The Titanic Legacy of Henry Kissinger
• How the Israel-Hamas War Threatens the Middle East
• FO° Live: Make Sense of the New Israel-Gaza War
• This Israel–Hamas Conflict Is Not The Same
• Is There a US–Iran “Non-Agreement”?
• Israel Moves to Round Two of Its Democracy Stress Test
• What’s Behind Biden’s Delayed Invitation to Netanyahu?
• Old Game, New Gold: What Is Saudi Arabia Planning With Golf?
• 1535
• From Upstart to Start-Up Nation, Israel at 75 Faces New Challenges
• Book Review: In the Nation’s Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz
• Imagine Russia in 2040
• Late Cardinal Pell Wrong, Pope Francis Plans New Future
• Totalitarianism Now Presents an Unprecedented Global Threat
• R.I.P. JCPOA?
• To Save Ukraine, America Must Help Europe
• Decision Time on JCPOA
• The Issue of Abortion Is a Litmus Test for the American Catholic Church
• Will the US and Iran Meet Jaw to Jaw?
• A Perspective on America’s Imperfect Democracy
• Joe Biden Will Face a Much-Changed and Skeptical World
• Biden Holds the Cards on Iran, But Will He Play Them?
• Joe Biden and America’s Second Reconstruction
• Amid Normalization With Israel, Sudan’s Future Hangs in the Balance
• Foreign Policy, Anxiety and the US Election
• Hezbollah and the Path to Ending Lebanon’s Occupation
• Israel-UAE Deal: Arab States Are Tired of Waiting on Palestine
• Was the First Gulf War the Last Triumph of Multilateralism?
• The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Faces Its Most Consequential Decision in Decades
• Student Visa Debacle: All One Needs to Know About Trump’s Presidency
• Can the Saudi Call for Ceasefire in Yemen Work?
• As President, Donald Trump Has a Duty
• One Antidote to Coronavirus: More Multilateralism
• What Made Sultan Qaboos the Best Friend Americans Never Knew
• With Trump’s Peace Plan on the Table, Palestinians Face an Existential Decision
• Sultan Qaboos Brought Light and Modernity to Oman
• Who Wins and Loses in the Middle East?
• The Stage Is Set for the Middle East in 2020
• US Position on Legality of Israeli Settlements Not Good for Peace
• Confessions of a Public Servant
• Facing the Consequences of Abandoning the Kurds
• Forever Enemies and Forever Wars
• Jamal Khashoggi Continues to Haunt the World’s Conscience
• Another Middle East War Is Internationalized
• The World Without American Leadership
• Is it Time for Diplomacy in Iran?
• Why Aren’t Americans Paying Attention to Pope Francis’ Progressive Ideas?
• For Iran, Options Are Few and Prospects Are Grim
• The Mecca Summits: Is Something Going On?
• The End of the Iran Nuclear Deal
• Burns’ Back Channel to the Head of the Line
• America’s Role in a Changing World
• Setting U.S. Relations with Saudi Arabia on a Correction Course
• Pompeo Attempts US Reset in the Middle East
• With Mattis Departure, Who Will Keep Trump in Check Now?
• Are Saudi Arabia and MBS Becoming a Liability for the White House?
• Are US Sanctions Losing their Clout?
• A King, a President and the Fate of MbS
• The US Is in Uncharted Territory with Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Arabia’s Complicated Troubles
• The Tehran Summit Much Ado but Nothing for Syria
• “Arab NATO” Still Not Ready for Prime Time
• Trump’s Disgraceful Capitulation in Helsinki
• The US President Attacks NATO
• Trump in Ottawa and Singapore: The World Turned Upside Down
• America under Trump: From Global Bridge Building to Demolition
• North Korea’s Denuclearization: Is Cuba a Better Model than Libya?
• The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is So Predictable
• Iraq’s New Kingmaker?
• US Is Out: What Next for the Iran Deal?
• Is America’s Disruptor-in-Chief Making an Impact?
• Amb. Gary Grappo Reflects on a Tense Middle East
• Syrian Civil War Escalates to International Crisis
• The Saudi Royal Schmooze Tour
• Shock, But Hold the Awe: Trump to Meet Kim
• Wooing the West
• Rex Tillerson’s The Magical, Mystery Tour of the Middle East
• Putin Learning The Hard Lessons Of The Middle East
• Is America’s Balancing Act in the Gulf Sustainable?
• Government Shutdown and Partisanship in America
• There Are No “Shithole Countries”
• Palestinians Must Ditch Old Leaders, Chart New Course
• Extinguishing the World’s Oldest Democratic Project
• Trump Botches Jerusalem Opportunity
• America’s Absence from the Global Stage
• Staying with Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Trump’s Only Real Option’
• Chances ‘Slim’ for a Quick Fix to GCC Standoff
• In France, Savoring a Day When Americans Were the Good Guys
• Donald Trump’s Month of Decision
• Gulf States Need to Compromise with Qatar
• Globalization: Made in the USA
• China Looking to Expand Saudi Trade Via Renewable Energy, Petrochemicals
• An American President in Saudi Arabia
• Trump in the Middle East: Going Back to the Old Days
• America’s Values Should Guide its Foreign Policy
• Ex-ambassador to Secretary Rex Tillerson: You’re wrong, values matter in America
• Trump-Abbas Meeting: Hold Off on the Ululating and Mazel Tovs
• Is the White House Changing Trump?
• Making Iraq Great Again
• Saudi King Goes on Asian Investment Tour
• Saudi-Iranian Tension Drives GCC Policy
• Democracy in a Nation Divided
• Can Trump Break The Status Quo in Israeli-Palestinian Relations?
• Obama Leaves No Legacy in the Middle East
• Six Ways to Recommit to the U.S. Partnership with Saudi Arabia
• Ending the Global Crime of Human Trafficking
• UN Resolution on Israel Changes Nothing
• The World Is Watching: Global Views on the U.S. Election — Saudi Arabia
• The Complex Portrait of Saudi Arabia
• Globalization: Made in the USA!
• In Defense of Globalization
• Why Can’t Islam Unite Against Violent Extremism?
• The U.S. and Saudi Arabia: A Special Relationship
• Terror Comes to My Hometown
• Saudi Arabia: Setting Lofty Goals
• More Puzzling Decision-Making From Saudi Arabia
• Ambassador Grappo Interviewed on Leslie Marshall Show on the Battle for Northern Syria
• Ambassador Grappo Interviewed on the Leslie Marshall Show on Syria Crisis
• Arab Military Forces to Take on ISIS: More Questions With No Answers
• A Plan to Defeat the Islamic State and End the Assad Regime
• Are Saudi Arabia and Iran on a Collision Course?
• Is There a Future For Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations?
• Resolve, Not Rhetoric, Will Defeat the Islamic State
• Events Portend Worsening Middle East Crises
• The Middle East’s Perfect Storm?
• A Glimmer of Hope for the Syrian Crisis… But Only
• A Foreign Policy Checklist for US Presidential Candidates
• Saudi Arabia and Israel’s Fertile Common Ground
• In the Shadow of Qaboos: Contemplating Leadership Change in Oman
• Palestinians Must Launch a Third Intifada, But Not Against Israel
• New Leadership Is Sorely Needed to Make Progress for the Palestinians
• On the Front Lines of American Diplomacy
• Iran’s Strategic Victory: Hezbollah-ized Iraq
• Iran’s Strategic Victory: Hezbollah-ized Iraq
• Saudi Arabia and Oman Have Different Experiences With Extremism
• The One-State Solution: Simplistic Illusion
• Given His Past Failures, Can Obama Strike a Verifiable Nuke Deal With Iran?
• The Case for US Intervention in the Middle East
• Steep Mountain of US-Iran Relations
• Obama’s Flawed Anti-ISIS Strategy
• The Islamic State’s Challenge to the GCC
• Defeating ISIS Requires a Comprehensive Strategy Beyond Drone & Air Strikes
• James Foley’s Murder & the Strategy of Making Terrorism Personal
• The Case for War and Peace in the Middle East
• Maliki’s Inevitable Demise
• Time for a Shift in the Middle East Peace Paradigm
• Few Common Interests Undermine US-Iran Cooperation in Iraq
• Bush and Obama: Ignorance and Errors Compound Middle East Problems
• Iraq: Collapse and Chaos in the Cradle of Civilization
• Virtualizing the Syrian Revolution
• The Collapse of Iraq Would Open a New Front in the Sunni-Shia War
• Palestinian Unity Government: What’s Next for the Peace Effort?
• GCC Moves into Uncertain Territory
• What Happens After Mideast Peace Deadline Passes with No Framework?
• Clash of Old and New Complicates Middle East Peace
• The Fallacies of Russia’s Apologists
• Return of the Great Game or the Cold War?
• Why the U.S. Must Aid Iraqi Democracy Now
• With Iraq in Deep Trouble, US Military Aid Now Key to Stabilizing Middle East
• Lesson of Lebanon Can Help Solve Syrian Crisis
• Middle East Peace Only Gets Harder
• Failure at Geneva
• Syria, Iraq and the Middle East’s Enduring Sectarian Conflict
• Here’s a Plan to End the Conflcit in Syria — Support Assad
• Saving Syria May Mean Accepting Assad — For Now
• What the Saudis Are Not Saying
• Five Things Rouhani Can Do to Show Iran Is Serious About Rapprochement
• Rethinking Democracy and Conflict in the Middle East
• Rethinking Democracy and Conflict in the Middle East
• Syria’s Act III: A Religious War in the Middle East
• Syria’s Act III: A Religious War in the Middle East
• American Leadership Is Vital to Confront Islamist Terrorism
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