Ardeshir Zahedi, ambassador to the stars.

Take religion seriously.

“Terrorists take their place in the first row, we in Europe in the second.”

International pressure on Israel to concede, without pressure on the Palestinians to match Israeli concessions.

Iran’s mullahs are likely to scrap the nuclear deal the moment doing so becomes convenient.

A popular idea that’s failed many times.

President Obama’s recent letter to Ayatollah Khameini, the forth such personal appeal to Iran’s Supreme Leader, can serve only to undermine efforts at preventing Iran. . .

The Obama administration saw its first-term Middle East policy go awry when it mishandled America’s relationship with Israel. Is it about to do the same. . .

Israel is much less isolated in the international arena than the standard version would have you believe, and its popularity is growing.

John Kerry claims to have picked the new American envoy to the peace process for his diplomatic experience. The record shows that his true specialty. . .

“Qatar can’t continue to be an American ally on Monday that sends money to Hamas on Tuesday,” warned John Kerry in 2009. Now Congress is. . .

In approaching the latest turmoil in the Middle East, Washington should use every means at its disposal, short of war, to influence countries whose. . .

A decade ago, the United States vetoed burgeoning ties between Israel and China. Now Sino-Israeli relations are flourishing again—this time, apparently, with Washington’s blessing.

No hard evidence exists that a friendlier American policy has changed Arab views of the United States for the better.