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Fire and fury could return if US-Korea summit fails
The preferred outcomes of North Korea and the US are at odds and yet both feel they are negotiating from a position of strength, writes Hussein Ibish
Trump is attacking public institutions one by one to de-fang anyone who can threaten his authority
The logic of de-institutionalisation is simple. There’s only one legitimate authority: the leader, writes Hussein Ibish
Trump's 'art of the deal' has failed him in negotiations with both Pyongyang and Tehran
The only deal on offer is the bargain-priced replica coin commemorating a summit that might not even take place between the US and North Korea, writes Hussein Ibish
Palestinians need a Gandhi-like figure to front non-violent protests against Israeli rule
Israeli soldiers are trained to kill and Palestinians to see them as brutal oppressors. It will take a powerful resistance leader to overcome the cycle of dominance and subordination, writes Hussein Ibish
Does Washington have the power to prevent nuclear weapon proliferation?
Trump has adopted two radically different approaches to the same conundrum – both with a terrible incentive structure, writes Hussein Ibish
Why an attempt to fix, not nix, the Iran nuclear deal with the help of Europe is Trump's only sensible option
A week before the crucial deadline on the deal, the choices before the US president are far from binary, writes Hussein Ibish
One president, two threats and three flawed deals: how Trump's nuclear victories will be hollow ones
His bombast notwithstanding, war is the last thing the US president wants. Yet the deals he is presiding over are fundamentally flawed, writes Hussein Ibish
The new US report robs Palestinians of the protection of occupied status without any citizenship rights
By dropping the term "occupied territories" from its report, the US administration is relieving Israel of the burden of having to act as an occupying power in a formal and legal sense, writes Hussein Ibish
With the military attack, the US can finally start to get it right in Syria
Washington now has to decide what it wants in Syria, beyond obliterating ISIS, writes Hussein Ibish
It will be a political miracle if there isn’t a major uptick of violence in Gaza
The next six weeks are a nightmare for deescalation prospects, writes Hussein Ibish
With Bolton, Trump looks to toughen up ahead of Iran and North Korea deals
Trump peels away another of 'the grown-ups' from his team as he looks to toughen up ahead of Iran and North Korea deals, writes Hussein Ibish
Gun control debate shows how motivated minorities dominate US politics and policy
Hussein Ibish on the Parkland shooting, the subsequent student uprising and whether it will result in meaningful gun control measures
How Kim Jong-un is following the playbook of his father
It has been argued that US threats have incentivised North Korean cooperation, but in reality the latter is getting exactly what it wants, writes Hussein Ibish
Trump’s new trade war is absurd national and economic policy – but it’s great politicking and exactly what he promised
Even though it makes absolutely no sense, this bellicose, irrational protectionism sounds great to many Americans right now, writes Hussein Ibish
Eastern Ghouta: the guilty parties have a terrible account to settle
The international community should lay the groundwork now for future war crimes prosecutions, writes Hussein Ibish
