Posts Tagged: Donald Trump
A Strategic Israeli View of the Turkish Campaign Against the Kurds
In light of recent regional events in general, and the Turkish invasion of Syria in particular, Israel needs to reconsider the underlying strategic rationale not...
The West Tolerates Turkey Mainly Out of Fear
Turkey’s value for the West is not about the good it can offer, but the evil it might choose not to spread. In recent years,...
How Tehran Sees Turkey’s Invasion of Syria
Turkey’s military offensive against the Kurds in northeastern Syria prompted recriminations from the Islamic Republic, but the Iranian regime understands that it could ultimately redound...
Netanyahu Congratulates Trump on Killing of Islamic State Leader: ‘An Important Milestone’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Donald Trump on Sunday after the US president announced the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in...
Islamic State’s Baghdadi: A Trail of Horror and Death
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Iraqi jihadist who rose from obscurity to declare himself "caliph" of all Muslims as the leader of Islamic State, has died...
Trump Announces Grisly Death of Islamic State Leader Baghdadi During US Raid
President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during an overnight raid led by US military forces in Syria, a major victory...
Do Americans Have Foreign-Policy Principles or Just Partisan Interests?
JNS.org - As a general rule, the average American doesn’t care much about foreign policy as long as the discussion doesn’t involve sending Americans to...
Erdogan and the Kurds: Inspired By Putin?
Turkey’s policy of suppressing Kurdish identity and denying the Kurds their cultural and political rights midwifed the birth in the 1970s of militant groups like...
Turkey Will Resume Syria Assault If US Promises Not Met: Erdogan
Hundreds of Kurdish forces remain near Syria's northeast border despite a US-brokered truce demanding their withdrawal and Turkey could resume its offensive in the area...
Pentagon Chief in Afghanistan as US Looks to Kickstart Taliban Talks
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Afghanistan on Sunday in a bid to bring talks with the Taliban back on track after President Donald...
Why America Can’t Escape the Middle East
JNS.org - The excuses President Donald Trump and his loyal fans continue to put forward for his disastrous decision to give Turkey a green light...
Trump’s Mideast Moves Show Why Israeli Deterrence Is Crucial
JNS.org - Donald Trump’s latest Mideast decisions cast Israeli airstrikes in Syria and (reportedly) Iraq in a different light. Previously, these airstrikes seemed to be...
Trump Envoy Kushner to Visit Israel at End of Month to Assess Possibility of Unveiling Long-Awaited Peace Plan
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner will visit Israel at the end of the month in preparation for unveiling the administration’s “deal...
Troop Withdrawals in Afghanistan and Syria Are Guaranteed to Fail
JNS.org - The Trump administration has held numerous meetings with Taliban officials in an attempt to reach a compromise solution that would allow the United...
