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Foreign Policy

Residents in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights celebrate after rebels took over Syria from the Bashar Assad regime, Dec. 9, 2024. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

Trump should trust his instincts and ignore the Syria ‘experts’

Bashar Assad’s fall is not an opportunity for the United States to return to nation-building or foolish interventions in wars where there are no good guys.

Jonathan S. Tobin

Dec. 9, 2024

Analyzing national defense and security. Credit: TungArt7/Pixabay.

Project 2028: How changing politics will affect US security assistance to Israel

The shifting political landscape calls on Israel and its supporters to adjust agendas and talking points.

Elad Israeli

Nov. 22, 2024

People walk through a shopping district in the Iranian capital Tehran on Nov. 6, 2024. Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images.

Strengthening US national security under Trump

A strategic approach to confronting Iran’s destabilizing influence includes easing hardships faced by ordinary citizens.

Aidin Panahi

Nov. 21, 2024

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Hossein Fereydoun (center), the brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, before they addressed an international press corps gathered at the Austria Center in Vienna after the European Union, United States, and the rest of its P5+1 partners reached agreement on a plan to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon in exchange for sanctions relief, July 14, 2015. Credit: U.S. State Department Photo/Public Domain.

The State Department’s last-gasp effort to sabotage an Israeli victory over terrorists

The incoming president’s foreign-policy team should clean house of the Arabists.

Mitchell Bard

Nov. 20, 2024

U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, May 22, 2017. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Will Trump’s ‘America First’ foreign policy help or hurt Israel?

The new administration won’t be isolationist. But unlike its predecessor, it will be skeptical of the United Nations, European opinion and a blank check for Ukraine.

Jonathan S. Tobin

Nov. 8, 2024

Thomas Nides, then U.S. ambassador to Israel, in May 2022. Credit: U.S. Embassy Jerusalem.

Harris ‘last person in room’ with Biden on foreign-policy decisions, former US envoy says

Thomas Nides insisted in an interview with JNS that the U.S. vice president doesn’t support an arms embargo on the Jewish state.

Mike Wagenheim

Aug. 20, 2024

Fans display a banner in support of Evan Gershkovich, an American journalist imprisoned in Russia, during a Premier League match at Emirates Stadium in London, England on April 3, 2024. Credit: Shaun Botterill / Getty Images.

America held hostage

Rewarding thugs is not an adequate policy response.

Clifford D. May

July 24, 2024

Smoke rises during an exchange of fire between the IDF and Hezbollah on the Israel-Lebanon border, Dec. 16, 2023. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

Hezbollah and Israel approach the breaking point

By overlooking Iran’s malign influence, Washington's Middle East policy will not succeed.

Dror Doron

July 23, 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the opening session of the NATO Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on July 10, 2024. Credit: Chuck Kennedy/U.S. State Department.

The problem is what Biden remembers, not what he forgets

His press conference performance featured a recycling of attacks on Israel and lies about the Palestinians that led to war and won’t deter Iran.

Jonathan S. Tobin

July 12, 2024