Posts Tagged: Arab states
Israel Is Overhauling Its Defense Ideology; Will Arab States Finally Support It?
Israel is perhaps the most muscular and influential power in the Middle East today. When Israel changes its defense ideology, as per the Nagel Committee...
‘Exceptional Opportunity’: Blinken Says ‘Virtually Every Arab Country’ Wants to Normalize Ties with Israel
i24 News - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday that the present moment represented an "exceptional opportunity"...
Arab States to Press Blinken for Gaza Ceasefire
U.S.-allied Arab states will press Secretary of State Antony Blinken for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza at a meeting of foreign ministers in Amman on...
Why the Gulf Arab States Support Erdogan: Money and Geopolitical Power
When jailed Turkish politician Selahattin Demirtas apologized for his pro-Kurdish party’s poor performance in the recent Turkish elections, he did more than take responsibility. Demirtas implicitly...
Middle Eastern Rivalries Are Alive and Kicking Despite Recent Deescalation
Middle Eastern battlegrounds are alive and kicking, even though rivals want to soothe contentious relations. Take efforts by the United Arab Emirates, and more recently Saudi...
Syria Touts for Gulf Tourists Amid Emerging Arab Rapprochement
Overlooked by a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad and offering sticky sweets, a Syrian tourism booth in Dubai is trying to seize on an emerging rapprochement with Arab states to win...
Do Autocratic Rulers Have a Future in the Middle East?
Several recent public opinion surveys send a mixed message to autocratic reformers in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, which hosts the World...
Why Does the Media Ignore the Only True Democracy in the Middle East?
A recent opinion column by the journalist Gwynne Dyer was titled “No Functioning Democracies in Arab World.” The article notes that in Syria, Yemen, and Libya,...
‘2020 Is Not 2015’: Israeli US Envoy Urges Biden to Forge ‘Common Policy’ on Iran With Israel and Arab Allies
Israel's outgoing ambassador to the US, Ron Dermer, said on Monday he hoped the incoming Biden administration would forge a "common policy" on Iran with...
In a Remarkable Move, Gulf Cooperation Council Condemns Palestinian Leaders
A remarkable thing has just happened. This is from Al Arabiya: The Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has called on Palestinian leaders, headed by...
It’s Time to Shutter the Arab League
The Arab League is a union of 22 Arab-speaking Afro-Asian countries and four observers headquartered in Cairo, Egypt. The idea of such a League was offered...
Will Trump’s Peace Plan Matter?
Almost every US administration has come up with a peace plan, and they all have one thing in common -- failure. The Trump plan will...
Noura Erakat’s Reinterpretation of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
JNS.org - Noura Erakat’s speech at Columbia Law School on October 24 was articulate and intelligent, mirroring many students on our campus. The Palestinian American...
Political Islam Is Declining in the Middle East
Few live images were more dramatic than the collapse and death of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, the first-ever Muslim Brotherhood head of state, in...
