Most policymakers and pundits are confounded by what to do about Lebanon. They ask: “What do the Lebanese people want? How strong is the hold of the sectarian elites and Hizbollah over the population?

There are many stories that will be written about the meaning of the 2021 elections, but for me the most important news was Abdullah Hammoud's victory as the mayor of Dearborn, Michigan.

Once again, gallons of ink are being spilled on articles arguing for and against US efforts to secure a new nuclear weapons pact with Iran. Will Iran return to the talks? Will the US agree to Iranian terms (and vice versa)?

I'm not going to contest the oft-repeated notion that democracy is the best form of government, but I am going to observe that the way democracy is being practiced in the US and Israel is testing its wisdom. In both societies, democracy has been perverted and now amounts to doing

This week I participated in a panel of leaders and experts invited to address the civil rights challenges facing the Department of Homeland Security.In post-9/11 America, the Bush administration and politicians in both parties were desperate to demonstrate that they could act to

When Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissed the country's prime minister and closed the Parliament, he said he was doing so to "restore social peace...

A quarter century ago, when the two-state solution was still possible and we were optimistic that there was a path to get there, I was co-chairing Builders for Peace, a post-Oslo project launched by then Vice President Al Gore.

In late August, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett returned home after meetings with US President Joseph Biden and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken saying his "arms were full", his upbeat way of describing the "goodies" he received from his American hosts.

A recent report published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) highlights the growing threat posed by the water crisis and drought confronting the future of millions of Arabs across the Middle East.