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25 Years Later, Oslo Accords Fail to Deliver for Palestinians

Twenty-five years ago, the Oslo accords heralded a promising new era in the long quest for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. The agreements, signed on the White House lawn on September 13, 1993, "culminated in mutual recognition between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, which Israel had long banned as...

Tillerson's Firing and Pompeo's Rise Make Mideast War More Likely

After U.S. president Donald Trump fired his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, many analysts have focused on how this high-level ouster took place: unceremoniously, on Twitter, not in a face-to-face meeting. As a former Middle East analyst at the State Department, though, I think the real drama of replacing America’s...

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