Iran’s retaliation was arguably the best-case scenario. And Trump is taking advantage.
An announced ceasefire between Israel and Iran followed Tehran symbolically firing missiles toward Qatar and Donald Trump thanking Iran for...
Daniel R. DePetris
The simple reason Trump didn’t want Israel to attack Iran
The Middle East could be headed toward a conflict between Israel and Iran, which Benjamin Netanyahu seems to want and...
The chance to pull Syria closer to U.S. interests was too good for Trump to ignore
President Donald Trump recently proclaimed that long-standing U.S. sanctions on Syria, a U.S. adversary in the Middle East since the...
Trump’s idea to use drones strikes in Mexico could make cartel violence worse
NBC News reported that the White House, the Defense Department and the intelligence community were discussing possible drone strikes on...
Israel and Hamas’ ceasefire collapsed. What happens now?
The cautious optimism that followed Israel and Hamas agreeing to the three-stage proposal in mid-January, at the urging of Trump,...