Middle East
Embracing Qatar and Turkey is bad both for Mahmoud Abbas and for his neighbors.
Just a few years ago, Israel’s massive natural-gas fields were caught up in endless infighting. Now, thanks in part to the UAE deal, they’re about to transform the region’s economy.
Twenty years after the second intifada began, the states have returned.
Will Sudan become the third member of the Arab League this year to normalize ties with Israel? Rumors and mixed messages abound. Here’s what we know.
Putin wants to be the Middle East’s indispensable intermediary.
The U.S. has repeatedly chosen the wrong allies in Iraq. Now Iran is poised for total control over its old adversary, a development that carries grave costs.
The anti-Israel cause is losing its power over the Arab world.
How the Palestinian cause became “the flag of convenience for every rogue and genocidal maniac in the region.”
The bitter fruit of the Iran deal, harvested by China.
Erdogan’s grand ambitions.
Is Beijing pivoting to the Middle East?
Confronting the West.
One of many “tectonic shifts.”
An interview with the senior adviser to the president on the thinking behind the deal, and America’s role in the Middle East.
