This article was originally published in American Diplomacy on May 10th, and can be accessed at http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/

As the Obama administration is reviewing how to restart th...

It has been almost a year now since President Obama set out for Cairo to deliver what has been seen as one of the largest overtures by the US to publicly engage the Middle East. Unfortunately, despite the high hopes that this new administration garnered ...

*This essay was recently published in The Harvard International Review Magazine

Much has been written and argued about what Israel can do to effectively address Iran's nuclear program, which Israel views as a credible existentia...

President Barack Obama's meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Palestinians' President Mahmoud Abbas last September fuelled speculation that there would be palpable progress in the Middle East peace process. Yet so f...

Ankara, Turkey

Once again, as has happened every spring for years running, the debate over whether the ethnic clashes against the Armenians in the break up of the Ottoman Empire amounted to genocide has made it into the US political arena for...

It is time for the Israeli government to be realistic with the changing political conditions in the Middle East. The national security paranoia that has defined its policy toward the Arab world is dated, and no longer helps Israel in dealing with its reg...