All Policy Analysis by رابرت ستلوف

If Washington Post reporters had asked Israeli officials, they would have written a very different story.

Laying the groundwork for an eventual Hamas surrender would break the current binary choice between more destructive conflict and an ineffectual ceasefire.

Despite not taking the time to speak with Israeli officials or even verify key details on the ground, reporters proceeded with a heavily slanted piece that raised further questions about the paper’s wartime editorial policies.

برای فکر کردن به «فردا»ی پس از جنگ اصلا زود نیست و چه ‌بسا برنامه‌ریزی اولیه برای ساختن یک دولت موقت به روشن‌ شدن اهداف رهبران اسرائیل، حفظ حمایت آمریکا، ارائه جایگزین مثبت‌تری برای آینده فلسطینی‌ها، و ارائه منطقی به متحدان عرب برای ایفای نقش سازنده‌تر، کمک خواهد کرد.

Changing the minds of anti-Semites is a lost cause, but Israel can win over other critics by committing more effort and ingenuity to the task of saving innocent Palestinian lives.

What Hamas unleashed on October 7 was so jarring that it is only natural to seek the comfort of historical examples to put Israel’s response in some digestible context.

حمله حماس از لحاظ گستره، شرارت، و تاثیرگذاری ملی آن، شوک بسیار بزرگ‌تری برای ملت اسرائیل است، و پاسخ اسرائیل هم باید از این منظر دیده شود.

Despite well-meaning concerns about civilian casualties, pushing Israel to pursue a premature and false “calm” is more likely to widen the conflict in the long term.

The war triggered by the shocking Hamas assault will be the first zero-sum conflict in the Arab-Israeli arena since 1948, and U.S. policymakers should prepare accordingly.

Veteran U.S., Palestinian, and Israeli experts and policy practitioners explore the broader strategic repercussions of the unfolding war, as well as the factors that enabled Hamas to reach its current level of malign regional influence.

The October 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel represent a turning point that should bring home oft-overlooked realities about the Middle East and compel U.S. policymakers to rethink preconceptions about the region and America's role and interests in it.

The history is clear—well-intentioned intervention in an ally’s domestic politics often triggers bigger problems, and the president’s stance could conjure a self-fulfilling prophecy about the erosion of U.S.-Israel ties.

Opposition leader and former defense minister Benny Gantz discusses Israel’s domestic political challenges, the triggers for action against Iran’s nuclear program, the prospects of normalization with Saudi Arabia, and more.

A recent essay touting a “one-state” approach to Israeli-Palestinian issues is more about eliminating the world’s only Jewish state than offering real solutions to complex regional problems.

A near-term breakthrough may be unlikely, but President Biden is well positioned to apply his energy toward negotiating a historic deal that establishes peace and advances American interests.

The vow of “never again” taken by virtually all nations after the Second World War remains unfulfilled.

کارشناسان انستیتو واشنگتن بعد از یک سفر مفصل گروهی به پنج شهر پادشاهی عربستان، دیدگاه‌هایی از ملاقات‌های خود با مقامات دولتی، دینی، تجاری، و فرهنگی ارائه می‌کنند.

The second week of November 1942 has much to tell us about the region’s geopolitical centrality, its enduring political currents, and its role in the future of the Jewish people—not to mention the evolution of American foreign policy.

برنامه هسته‌ای ایران به‌ سرعت پیش می‌رود، و آمریکا کار چندانی درباره آن نمی‌کند.

چهار دیپلمات کارکشته و پژوهشگر از خلیج فارس، اسرائیل، و واشنگتن درباره اهداف و خطرها و همچنین فرصت‌های رییس‌جمهوری آمریکا برای موفقیت در خاورمیانه بحث می‌کنند.