Between Kim and Qom: Iran and North Korea

The Trump-Kim summit raises more questions than it has yet been able to answer. And the Iranians await those answers with bated breath because a very short rope connects Tehran to North Korea.
Will The Middle East Be Trump’s Next Peace Deal?

The Trump-Kim summit generated a renewed sense of hope along with questions about the future.
Keep Your Eyes on Iran. Syria. Iran in Syria

It’s an irony that as Russia celebrated Victory Day, 73 years since the Allied victory of the tyranny of the Nazis, President Putin hosted Prime Minister Netanyahu as an honored guest.
Trump’s ‘Madness’ May be Doing the Trick

An American success vis-à -vis North Korea will weaken Iran’s bargaining position, which in turn will affect Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. There is a difference between a plan presented by an inarticulate and rejected US president and a peace plan presented by a president who has scored significant achievements in the international arena.
Altogether Bewildering Challenges

US President Donald Trump, plainly over his depth in strategic matters, could soon be faced with unprecedented challenges to American national security. In this connection, the most expectedly daunting threats will concern some forms or other of nuclear strategy and nuclear war.
Estimating Risks of an Israel-Iran Nuclear War

Israel-Iran Nuclear War: it may be sensible to study what is currently happening between Washington and Pyongyang as a suitable “model” for ascertaining Israel’s long-term existential threats originating from Iran.
When Trump Tweets, Let The Palestinians Tremble

The Pakistanis, he correctly noted, “give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan.”
Facing Off with North Korea: Victory, Complexity & Strategic Gain

To expect cumulative strategic gain for itself and its allies regarding North Korea, including Israel, the United States must ultimately depend upon several forms of nuclear deterrence.
Trump and Obama’s Third Term

The problem is that substantively, there is no real difference between Obama and Trump, not in the Middle East and not anywhere.
Donald Trump and US History

The puzzle of Donald Trump is parallel to the puzzle of the United States.