UNITED STATE OF AMNESIA
Are we in for a major realignment because Trump has forgotten who America’s friends are? Almost certainly not. And here’s why.
Aaron David Miller is a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He served as a State Department Middle East analyst, adviser and negotiator in Republican and Democratic Administrations and is the author of The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President. Follow him on Twitter: @aarondmiller2.
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MANY ME'S
The mix of personalities and issues is highly combustible and the choices of who to see and what to say fraught with risk, complexity and even embarrassment. Not for Donald Trump.
Giveaway
Why would the mullahs cheat on a deal as good for them as this one?
Comedy of Terror
Washington is getting sucked deeper and deeper into the Yemen war, and there is no upside to its involvement.
Wishing and Hoping
In the best of all possible worlds, Obama’s apparent success with Iran would open new paths to Arab-Israeli peace. But the Mideast is not the best of all possible worlds.
Scorecard
Amid the onslaught of hype and headlines, if we want to find real solutions we’d better get our language under control.
RSVP
Israel’s prime minister has been asked by John Boehner to address a joint meeting of Congress next month. It’s a campaign stop for him, in fact, and also for the Republicans.
It’s Not Over
Nobody in America wanted to spend generations fighting terrorists, but that’s what it’s going to take.
All in the Timing
The EU and the Palestinians would be better to wait until after the Israeli elections to push for change on the ground.
Anybody But Bibi
Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu is headed for new elections. Obama will be tempted to try to bring him down. Not a good idea.