Posts Tagged: Trump
Why the Trump Peace Deal Can’t Ignore Jewish Refugees
JNS.org - For some weeks now, governments and opinion-makers have been waiting with baited breath for Donald Trump to unveil his peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We’ve had...
Why Nothing Will Change on Saudi Arabia
In my book The Arab Lobby, I documented how Saudi Arabia undermines our values and interests. No one cared then, and I don't think they...
Washington Conference Debates the Pros and Cons of Trump’s Israel Strategy
President Donald Trump believes that “Israel has won the historic struggle with the Palestinians,” stated University of Maryland Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development,...
No, Mr. President, Two States Won’t ‘Work Best’
JNS.org - How did Donald Trump go from “People have been talking about [the two-state solution] for so many years now; it so far hasn’t...
Trump Administration: No ‘Jerusalem, Israel’ on US Passports
JNS.org - Despite the United States recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last December and relocating its embassy from Tel Aviv in May, Americans born in...
Trump Puts the Ball Back in the Palestinians’ Court
JNS.org - Is the two-state solution back in play? That’s the upshot of the latest comments from Donald Trump. At the United Nations on Wednesday, Trump...
Saving the Transatlantic Partnership in the Age of Trump
These days, I consider myself an endangered species. I am a committed transatlanticist. Until just a few years back, that was rather unexceptional. But no...
Defending Donald Trump
During Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) questioned the legitimacy of the judge’s appointment to the High Court. Blumenthal said in his opening...
Rouhani: US Asks Iran ‘Every Day’ to Begin Talks
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that the United States continually sends messages to Iran asking it to begin negotiations. Tensions between Iran and the...
Why ‘America First’ Will Never Protect America
In the 17th century, English philosopher Thomas Hobbes famously warned against growing conditions of anarchy in world politics, conditions that he associated with a devastating...
The Deteriorating Trump Presidency: The Risk of Nuclear War
At a moment when the Trump presidency is plainly in steep decline, the ultimate hazard remains a nuclear incident. In essence, there are now various...
A Way Toward a Better World
In the introduction to his eccentric but still magisterial The Decline of the West (1918), Oswald Spengler acknowledges the inspirational “philosophy of Goethe.” More precisely,...
Mr. President: The Palestinians Already Had ‘Their Turn’
JNS.org - President Donald Trump said this week that following the move of the US embassy to Jerusalem, the Palestinian Arabs “will get something very...
US Not Considering Recognition of Israel’s Golan Hold, Trump Administration Official Says
The Trump administration is not discussing possible US recognition of Israel's claim of sovereignty over the Golan Heights, US National Security Adviser John Bolton said. Israel...
