Research and Writing

Items by: Michael Rubin

TitlePublicationDate
Why Does the United States Operate Blind in Yemen?  Middle East Forum Observer  April 22, 2024
Has Egypt Been Playing a Double Game with Hamas?  Middle East Forum Observer  April 19, 2024
Why Does Biden Reward Adversaries and Ignore Allies?  Washington Examiner  April 19, 2024
Does Biden Support the Anti-Israel Boycott?  Washington Examiner  April 15, 2024
Why Does Biden Treat Christianity with Disdain?  Washington Examiner  April 10, 2024
Criticism of Israel's Damascus Strike Is Dead Wrong  Washington Examiner  April 5, 2024
Does Diplomacy Work with Rogue Regimes? Two Tests Expose the Truth  The Washington Examiner  April 3, 2024
The West Must Ostracize – Not Reward – Hostage Takers  The Washington Examiner  April 2, 2024
Is Biden Normalizing Hamas?  Washington Examiner  March 27, 2024
Don't Play the Ethnic Card in Iran  Middle East Forum Observer  March 25, 2024
The Problem Isn't Just the Houthis; It's Yemeni Unity  Washington Examiner  March 24, 2024
How Far Can Turkish Lira Fall before Erdogan Starts a War?  Middle East Forum Observer  March 15, 2024
Do Not Let the Taliban Dictate the International Community's Interlocutors  Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies  March 14, 2024
Condescension and Virtue Signaling Don't Help Palestinians  Middle East Forum Observer  March 11, 2024
Is Hakan Fidan Seeking U.S. Endorsement to Succeed Erdoğan?  19FortyFive  March 7, 2024
Is U.S. Military Assistance Subsidizing Turkey's Occupation of Cyprus, Syria, and Iraq?  Middle East Forum Observer  March 6, 2024
Gaza Is Not the Real Crisis in the Middle East – Jordan Will Be  Middle East Forum Observer  March 4, 2024
The U.N. Won't Reform until Its Employees Lose Diplomatic Immunity  Washington Examiner  March 4, 2024
Recognizing Palestinian State Would Render All American Diplomacy Meaningless  Middle East Forum Observer  February 19, 2024
Dynastic Succession Will Underscore the End of the Islamic Republic's Claim to Legitimacy  Middle East Forum Observer  February 16, 2024
Did Biden Just Accidentally Ban Arms Sales to Turkey?  Washington Examiner  February 16, 2024
Playing Politics with Terrorist Designations Defeats Their Purpose  Washington Examiner  February 14, 2024
Accelerating Palestinian Statehood Would Be Dead Wrong  Washington Examiner  February 13, 2024
Do Iraqis Really Want the Americans to Withdraw?  Middle East Forum Observer  February 12, 2024
Turkey Threatens to Invade Greece and Armenia  Middle East Forum Observer  February 12, 2024
Did Iraqi Kurdish Allies Kill a U.S. Government Employee in Cold Blood?  Washington Examiner  February 4, 2024
Greece and Cyprus Should Link Turkey F-16s to Ending Occupation  Ekathimerini  January 30, 2024
How the US Should Respond to Turkey's Strings-Attached Gift to Sweden  The Washington Examiner  January 24, 2024
Turkey Humiliated NATO; If NATO Can't Expel It, Here's Plan B  Middle East Forum Observer  January 24, 2024
Is Qatar Putting the Squeeze on the Anti-Taliban Resistance?   Middle East Forum Observer  January 23, 2024
Don't Ban Muslim Immigrants; Just Choose the Right Ones  Middle East Forum Observer  January 20, 2024
Does Khamenei Want Iran to Be Bombed?  Middle East Forum Observer  January 18, 2024
The Islamic Republic Wants a Referendum? Start in Iran  Middle East Forum Observer  January 17, 2024
Al Jazeera Doesn't Deserve the Benefit of the Doubt  Washington Examiner  January 16, 2024
No, Erdogan Should Never Again Step Foot in the White House  Washington Examiner  January 15, 2024
South Africa, Turkey, Norway Must Face Consequences for Terror Support  Middle East Forum Observer  January 11, 2024
Exiling Hamas Is a Good Idea, but to Where Matters  Washington Examiner  January 9, 2024
U.S. Should Endorse Somaliland's Independence  Middle East Forum Observer  January 3, 2024
Is It Time to Sink the Iranian Navy?  The Washington Examiner  December 30, 2023
Should the State Department Designate Malaysia a Terror Sponsor?  Middle East Forum Observer  December 29, 2023
AOC's Moral, Religious, and Historic Christmas Confusion  Washington Examiner  December 27, 2023
How the Houthi Attacks Could Net Iran Billions of Dollars  Middle East Forum Observer  December 20, 2023
Forget a Two-State Solution for Palestinians; Three or Four Is More Realistic  Washington Examiner  December 20, 2023
Did North Korea Play a Role in Hamas Terrorism?  Washington Examiner  December 18, 2023
Congress Should Compel Ban Ki-moon and António Guterres to Testify  Middle East Forum Observer  December 18, 2023
Why Iran Is Going on the Offensive  Washington Examiner  December 17, 2023
We Need a Two State Solution (in Turkey)  Middle East Forum Observer  December 16, 2023
Israel Should Ignore Jake Sullivan  Washington Examiner  December 15, 2023
Why the Russia-Iran Alliance Will Backfire  Middle East Quarterly  Winter 2022
 

Books Reviewed by Michael Rubin

Review of: Towards an Independent Kurdistan: Self-Determination in International Law  Middle East Quarterly  Spring 2024