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US Foreign and Defense Policy
Watch Prof. Efraim Inbar deliver a speech on the shifting power dynamics in the Eastern Mediterranean at the Hudson Institute, Washington DC
- Prof. Jonathan Rynhold
- November 11, 2013
- Paper No. 220
The West was arrogant thinking it could transform Iraq into a stable democracy in 2003. Believing that Iran can be dissuaded from its course without the credible threat of military strikes is an even greater show of hubris.
- Prof. Eytan Gilboa
- February 19, 2013
- Paper No. 198
The United States and Iran are trading diplomatic fire, with neither side willing to budge. Iran will continue its drive to the bomb, leaving Obama with no other choice but to take military action.
- David Makovsky
- December 16, 2012
- Paper No. 193
The changes in the region will force the Obama administration to make some difficult decisions on how to act regarding Egypt, Syria, the Palestinians, and Iran. Alarmist scenarios that a second term Obama administration will abandon Israel are unwarranted.
- Prof. Eytan Gilboa
- February 21, 2012
- Paper No. 166
Mixed messages are continuously being broadcast and international
powers remain disunited on how to halt Iran’s nuclear program. It is unsurprising then that all of this “talk” has led to no action.
- Prof. Jonathan Rynhold
- February 15, 2012
- Paper No. 165
Support for Israel in the strategic sphere has become an acid test of presidential credibility on national security.
- Prof. Eytan Gilboa
- September 13, 2011
- Paper No. 149
The lack of leadership and clear policy principles evinced by the Obama White House have severely weakened America's position in the Middle East, leaving a void to be filled by hostile regional powers such as Iran.
- Prof. Jonathan Rynhold
- May 23, 2011
- Paper No. 141
Obama maintains a grossly overoptimistic assessment of regional realities, which could have dangerous unintended consequences for the US and Israel.
- Prof. Joshua Teitelbaum
- May 23, 2011
- Paper No. 140
For the rulers of Riyadh, the primary result of the "Arab Spring" has been a shaking of the strategic foundation and alignments that have shaped Saudi regional policy since the 1979 Iranian Revolution.