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David Wurmser

David Wurmser

David Wurmser, Ph.D., an American foreign-policy specialist, is a fellow with the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, and a senior analyst for Middle East Affairs at the Center for Security Policy. He served as Middle East adviser to former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney.

A demonstrator waves a poster of the Islamic Republic’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, with a billboard in the background featuring predecessors Ruhollah Khomeini and Ali Khamenei. Enghelab Square, Tehran, Iran, March 9, 2026. Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images.
Opinion
The path to the mullahs’ ‘unconditional surrender’
The Iranian ayatollahs are the modern-day Circumcellions whose time is up.
Mar. 10, 2026
David Wurmser
Israel F-15 Iran
Opinion
Let Israel start, and let the Iranians win
Feb. 25, 2026
David Wurmser
The Middle East as seen from 250 miles above in this April 14, 2016 photo from the International Space Station. Countries seen, from left, along the Mediterranean coast include Egypt, Gaza, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. Credit: NASA via Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Reflections on the outlandish: Navigating the strategic earthquake in the fertile crescent
Dec. 1, 2024
David Wurmser
Foreign ministers from the United States, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt at the Negev Summit, March 28, 2022. Photo by Asi Efrati.
The Column
A tale of two summits
The Negev Summit was at once a spectacular success and one of the most flagrant displays of Israeli diplomatic incompetence in history.
Mar. 29, 2022
David Wurmser
Major tribes of Arabia at the dawn of Islam. Credit: Slackerlawstudent via Wikimedia Commons.
The Column
The bride of the JCPOA and America’s regional collapse
For the purpose of understanding what the Iran deal means in regional terms, one must consider first the dynamics of hostile relations among tribes.
Mar. 20, 2022
David Wurmser
A cedar forest in El-Arz, Bsharri, Lebanon, Dec. 1, 2006. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
The Column
Lebanon and the geography of Arab change
As goes the Land of Cedars, so too will go the region. It is therefore critical that the outside world, including and especially the oblivious United States, stand with the Lebanese on their way to build anew.
Aug. 12, 2021
David Wurmser
Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas and party members at their headquarters in Tamra on election night, March 23, 2021. Photo by Flash90.
The Column
Will an Arab party entering Israel’s government lead the region toward peace or war?
The success of Mansour Abbas represents a catastrophe for powerful interests everywhere. It is to be expected that interested parties with the power to act will work to sabotage him at all costs.
Jun. 7, 2021
David Wurmser
People wave Hamas flags outside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, May 7, 2021. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.
The Column
Jerusalem and the trap Hamas laid for Jordan and the PA
The terrorist group has positioned itself in a win-win position over its enemies—ready to gut Judaism, and threaten both Amman and Ramallah.
May. 23, 2021
David Wurmser
People wave Hamas flags outside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, May 7, 2021. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.
The Column
How Israel can reclaim the agenda and defeat Hamas
Gaza is not where Hamas can be defeated, because Hamas is no longer about Gaza. It is about Jerusalem and the heartland of the Holy Land.
May. 12, 2021
David Wurmser
Beirut, Damage After Explosion
The Column
Lebanon: What happened?
Part I of a series reviewing the facts of what we know has happened and an analysis of the horrific catastrophe in Beirut on Aug. 4 itself. Part II will focus on the ramifications.
Aug. 9, 2020
David Wurmser
An explosion at the Parchin complex near Tehran on June 26, 2020. Credit: Tasnim News Agency.
Opinion
Iran’s really, really bad week
Regardless of the actual cause of the several unfortunate events in Iran in recent days, the perception popularly is that the regime is under attack.
Jul. 6, 2020
David Wurmser
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