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Expand the Abraham Accords to Central Asia | Opinion

One of President-elect Donald Trump's greatest foreign policy achievements was the 2020 signing of the Abraham Accords, in which four Arab states...

18.12.2024 5

Newsweek

Joseph Epstein

Who Are the Winners and Losers in the Fall of Syria's Assad? | Opinion

In 2016, I broke a Ramadan fast with a group of Syrian ex-rebels fighters in the Turkish town of Kilis, three miles from the Syrian border. We...

09.12.2024 2

Newsweek

Joseph Epstein

Russia Would Sell Out Iran in a Heartbeat | Opinion

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has a black belt in judo, which, as he likes to say, has taught him an important life...

18.11.2024 2

Newsweek

Joseph Epstein

What a Trump or Harris Administration Will Mean for the Mideast | Opinion

As the United States prepares for elections, the world holds its breath. Given Washington's global importance and the vastly different outlooks of...

04.11.2024 3

Newsweek

Joseph Epstein

Meet Israel's Best Friends in the Muslim World | Opinion

Amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East—in which much of the Muslim world is opposed to the Jewish State—many Israel observers have...

15.10.2024 8

Newsweek

Joseph Epstein

Israel's Pager Strike May Have Arab Leaders (Quietly) Cheering | Opinion

In the wake of the alleged Israeli assault on thousands of Hezbollah members, whose pagers and walkie talkies simultaneously exploded on Monday and...

19.09.2024 1

Newsweek

Joseph Epstein

The Colonialism in the Middle East You Don't Hear About | Opinion

Since war broke out between Israel and Hamas, the anti-Israel trope of "settler-colonialism"—or foreign Jews displacing indigenous Palestinians...

29.08.2024 1

Newsweek

Joseph Epstein

How the U.S. Should Win Over Armenia | Opinion

As the Ukraine war slogs on and the Middle East is as unstable as ever, it has become clear that the world is not going the way Washington wants....

19.08.2024 2

Newsweek

Joseph Epstein

Sometimes You Have to Downsize Your Dreams to Find Peace | Opinion

From the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait to Russia's war with Ukraine, the pursuit of lost territory has caused enormous bloodshed. But the countries that...

19.07.2024 1

Newsweek

Joseph Epstein