U.S. Foreign Policy
In the face of Tehran’s determination and continued violations of the 2015 agreement, the U.S. administration’s firm stance on full Iranian compliance as a condition for lifting sanctions may crack.
For the past several years, Jordan has come under increasing strain due to wars in bordering Iraq and Syria, which has led to many refugees resettling in Jordan. Combine a population holding divergent loyalties with a poor economic situation, and the result has been unrest.
Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthis have significantly escalated missile and drone attack on Saudi targets, as Houthi leadership also threatens to target the Jewish state.
A rare interview with IDF Maj. Gen. Tal Kalman, the head of the Israeli military’s Iran directorate.
In what he says might be his last message, the former Jordanian crown prince, accused of the plot, claims that he’s confined to his home, with his Internet and phone lines cut.
“The new agreement reflects Jordan’s increasing importance as a logistical and operative center in anticipation of further U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq and Syria at a time when the need for a U.S. military presence increases rather than decreases,” said Hillel Frisch.
In the first of a planned series of working meetings with European leaders, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, discuss Iran, the ICC, COVID-19 and more.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif calls on the United States “not to be shy, but takes measures that they need to take.”
Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Biden administration’s foreign-policy agenda, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged the work of his predecessor, Mike Pompeo.
“Attempting to abide by the JCPOA would result in more for less: Iran more capable and the U.S. with less leverage,” said Michael Makovsky, president and CEO of JINSA.
Jim Philips, a senior research fellow for Middle Eastern affairs at The Heritage Foundation, said the Biden administration’s early efforts to distance itself from Saudi Arabia “could give Israel additional influence because Riyadh may seek to stave off further criticisms from Washington by underscoring its warming ties with Jerusalem.”
Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Cardin and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said they are “concerned that the court’s recent actions” have “inappropriately infused politics into the judicial process.”
