
The parameters of the Arab-Israeli peace process are known. What is needed is the political will.

Secretary of State John Kerry and the White House appear to have given up hope of pressuring the Israelis to conduct meaningful negotiations with Palestine.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to blame the Palestinians if the peace process talks fail, but blame should almost certainly be assigned to Netanyahu and the Israelis.

Drawn into the Syrian conflict, Palestinian refugees in Yarmouk are turning to social media to generate support and to hold their divided leadership and the international community accountable.

Throughout the Middle East, the overthrow of Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi has heightened Islamist-secularist tensions and pushed actors toward zero-sum politics.

If current political and economic conditions in the West Bank continue, the Salafi-jihadi threat may grow to pose a real challenge.

The fatal flaw in American policy can be traced back to the Truman years. What happened between 1945 and 1949 sealed the fate of the Middle East for the remainder of the century.

The 50th Munich Security Conference marked the charting of a course toward Berlin’s more robust engagement in the world, including with military means. At the same time, the conference was overshadowed by the unfolding crisis in Ukraine.

A big decision from the Israeli prime minister is in the offing, one that could determine whether there will be a two-state solution.

The current ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, based on mutual short-term goals of deterrence, lacks a strategy for maintaining peace in the long term.