Why the Senate went against Trump on Yemen
Nov 29, 2018
Senior Fellow Tamara Cofman Wittes discusses the United States Senate’s recent vote to advance a measure that would cut support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, a reaction to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi despite President Trump’s unwavering support of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed...
How will political strife in Israel impact Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’?
Nov 19, 2018
Natan Sachs, director for Middle East Policy, discusses how recent events in Israeli politics, including corruption accusations against Prime Minister Netanyahu, a controversial ceasefire with Hamas, and the cancelled resignation of Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, will impact the upcoming Israeli elections and...
Trump-Macron spat exposes clashing US-French interests
Nov 14, 2018
Visiting Fellow Celia Belin discusses Trump’s recent visit to France, the Twitter rant that followed it, and the future of Franco-U.S. relations.
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The facts about the ‘migrant caravan’
Nov 2, 2018
David M. Rubenstein Fellow Dany Bahar explains why a group of several thousand Central Americans have fled their home countries for Mexico and are potentially headed to the United States. Bahar further describes how these migrants could seek asylum in the U.S. and the significance of President Trump’s plan to send...