Posts Tagged: Trump foreign policy
US Foreign Policy Cannot Ignore Human Rights
US President Donald Trump traveled to Singapore to negotiate nuclear issues, not to discuss North Korean violations of basic human rights. Still, any such willful...
Donald Trump Could Free the US from OPEC
Every president since Bill Clinton promised to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. While his predecessors failed, President Trump had...
Trump Lays Waste to Obama’s Amoral Foreign Policy
It has been an incredible few weeks to be a lover of Israel. After eight years of tension with the Obama administration, Israel now has...
Wrong Man? Right Decision!
JNS.org – It took him 16 months to get around to it, but US President Donald Trump finally kept another campaign promise and pulled the...
Attention Donald Trump: Mission Not Accomplished
JNS.org - The five days that it took the US administration to respond to a chemical weapons attack in Syria were vital for two reasons: First,...
Should the US Really Withdraw From Iraq?
It takes only a quick read of the main articles featured in al-Wifaq, the Arabic-language mouthpiece of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to grasp the complexity...
A Delicate Dance Between Israel and Russia in Syria
JNS.org - Israel got an earful from Russia after allegedly bombing a joint Russian-Iranian base in the Homs province of Syria early on Monday. Iran has publicized...
Donald Trump, Syria, and the Prevention of Genocide
President Donald Trump recently announced his intention to get out of Syria "very soon." This would run counter to America's urgent obligations under binding international law. Moreover, because these...
Trump’s Foreign Policy: The Return of Geopolitics
On December 18, 2017, the US government unveiled the country’s new National Security Strategy. The document states unequivocally that “after being dismissed as a phenomenon...
Extreme Academic Voices Oppose Trump’s Iran Policy, and More
President Donald Trump is a “fascist who ... might even lead us into a new war” with Iran, raged University of California-Riverside professor Reza Aslan in February 2017. Aslan’s hyperbole...
How Israeli and American National Security Interests Converge
The chapter in the new US National Security Strategy (NSS) document on the Middle East is short, but powerful. It marks a significant departure from...
US Sanctions Six People, Seven Firms Under Rules Targeting Hezbollah
The Trump administration attacked Hezbollah's financial network on Friday by imposing sanctions on six people and seven entities in an effort to turn back Iran's...
The Dangerous Erosion of US Global Leadership
Only one year after Donald Trump was inaugurated, the US has already suffered an alarming setback to its global leadership role. In short order, Trump...
In Gaza, UNRWA Chief Says US Aid Cut Risks More Regional Instability
The head of the UN agency that helps Palestinian refugees said on Monday that US plans to cut funding to the body were abrupt and...
