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US-Iranian war of words is unlikely to be matched with action
We have entered a period of mutual pressure and bluster in which both sides, believing that they are operating from considerable strengths, will seek to harass and isolate each other, writes Hussein Ibish
Trump's foreign policy surrenders US power rather than leveraging it
His credibility in foreign policy circles, even among his supporters, has sunk to a new low, writes Hussein Ibish
Look to the Helsinki summit for Trump's true intentions
On Crimea and Syria, Trump could hand Putin significant unearned concessions that strengthen the Russian hand at the expense of Washington and its allies, writes Hussein Ibish
'America first' is quickly turning into America alone
If order and alliances really are burdensome, then Trump is on the right track. But if he is wrong, the implications of his foreign policy could be disastrous, writes Hussein Ibish
When being a 'yes man' isn't quite what it seems
Palestinians should take a leaf out of the Israeli playbook and say 'yes' to a peace plan – only with a qualifying 'but' to protect their rights, writes Hussein Ibish
How scaremongering and a fictional narrative are keeping migrant parents and children apart
Whether the US president has to ultimately back down on family separation and imprisonment will reveal much about the condition of the American political soul, writes Hussein Ibish
The White House iftar with no Muslim Americans perfectly encapsulated Trump's attitude to Islam
The US president has instead cast himself as the champion of white Christian Americans, writes Hussein Ibish
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
