Gaza
The First Phase of the Ceasefire in Gaza Is Still in Effect, but It Remains So Only Because of a Concerted Diplomatic Effort from the United States
The Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip Has Been Fragile Since U.S. President Donald Trump Willed It Into Existence Earlier This Month
The Path to Implementing the 20-Point Peace Plan Remains Strewn with Obstacles
From Assad’s Palace Perched on Mount Mezzeh, He Could See East Ghouta, a Sprawling Suburb of Multistory Apartment Buildings, and a Slum Which More than a Million Sunni Arabs Called Home
The Real Opportunity Lies in Engaging Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and Other Arab and Muslim Nations Open to Reconciliation with Israel and the West
The Broad Framework, Based on past Peace Efforts, Would Grow Trade Relations and Create Joint Security Arrangements
Hamas Seems Determined to Show That It Controls Events on the Ground
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Presence at the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit Is a Clear Geopolitical Mistake
At Its Height, in the 15-Month Period Between April 2024 and July 2025, This Was a Region-Wide, State-to-State Conflict
Gaza Is Collapsing Under the Weight of Its Own Contradictions
The October 2023 Hamas Attack on Israel Exposed a Fundamental Truth: Hamas’s Control Masked but Never Eliminated Deeper Tribal Loyalties
Without a Fundamental Shift in Iran’s Policy, the United States Will Struggle to Advance Lasting Arab-Israeli Peace
Tehran Skips the Gaza Peace Summit, Exposing Deep Fractures Among Leaders as the Economy Crumbles and Sanctions Bite
When a U.S. Ambassador Was Killed in Benghazi, Turkey Looked Away—and Has Continued to Encourage Islamist Extremism
How a Ceasefire Snatched Defeat from the Jaws of Victory, Ensuring the Terror Group Survives to Fight Another Day
If Hamas Survives to Fight Another Day, Hundreds of Thousands More May Die in the Coming Decades
From an Israeli Point of View, the Plan Appears to Offer Much That Israel Has Sought in Its Prosecution of the War, Though Not Without Cost