Middle East
The UAE is the best; Iran and Houthi Yemen the worst.
The late historian’s memoir, an unstinting portrait of the unhappy collision of tradition and modernity in Lebanon in the years following World War II, is one of the best of our time.
Lessons learned, and opportunities missed.
The pivot to Asia starts in the Middle East.
When it comes to Israel, the longtime columnist, a bellwether for conventional American opinion on the Middle East, is stuck three decades in the past.
The war in Ukraine has caused economic woes, while undermining faith in Russian arms.
Until now, the administration has failed to realize that America’s actions in one part of the globe have consequences in another. Can it change course?
An interview with the author of Mosaic’s June essay on how to understand Turkish politics, and the prospects for its relations with America and Israel.
Failure could undermine the Abraham Accords.
After years of watching Erdoğan gut Turkey’s institutions and offer jihadists of all stripes a warm welcome, Israel no longer trusts its former ally.
Most American and Israeli foreign-policy thinkers are blind to what’s really going on in Turkey, the opportunities there are, and the challenges it presents.
The only way to strike a better political deal with the Houthis would be to weaken them militarily.
Braggadocio conceals self-doubt.
While making the Middle East safer.
