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Steven A. Cook

Steven A. Cook

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War Between Israel and Hezbollah Is Becoming Inevitable

It is likely that there is going to be a war between Hezbollah and Israel within the next six to eight months. It is likely that there is going to be...

29.02.2024 5

Foreign Policy

Steven A. Cook

The ‘Biden Doctrine’ Will Make Things Worse

Does the United States need a “Biden Doctrine for the Middle East”? I ask because Thomas Friedman laid it out in the New York Times last week....

09.02.2024 6

Foreign Policy

Steven A. Cook

Netanyahu Is a Failure—and Israel’s Next Winner

On Jan. 18, Gadi Eisenkot, a former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief of staff who also serves as an observer on Israel’s war cabinet, assailed...

30.01.2024 30

Foreign Policy

Steven A. Cook

Prudence Means Fighting the Houthis Now

Yemen’s Ansar Allah—also known as the Houthis—poses a threat to commercial shipping in the Red Sea. From mid-November through mid-December, the...

29.12.2023 4

Foreign Policy

Steven A. Cook

Why Israel Will Probably End Up Reoccupying Gaza

News, analysis, and background on the ongoing conflict. More on this topic Over the last two months of war in the Middle East, no one in Washington...

07.12.2023 5

Foreign Policy

Steven A. Cook

One Way or Another, Turkey Finds a Seat at the Table

Eric Adams is just the latest politician to be ensnared in a scandal involving Turkey. What is it about the country that makes it so hungry for U.S....

23.11.2023 5

Politico

Steven A. Cook

This War Won’t Solve the Israel-Palestine Conflict

News, analysis, and background on the ongoing conflict. More on this topic Last weekend, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Israel,...

11.11.2023 7

Foreign Policy

Steven A. Cook

Saudi Arabia Is Mysteriously Absent in the Israel-Hamas War

News, analysis, and background on the ongoing conflict. More on this topic On Oct. 23, at around the same time the world was learning that the...

27.10.2023 10

Foreign Policy

Steven A. Cook

Egypt’s Gaza Problem

Navigating this crisis requires a deft touch that Sisi has never had. Israel is not the only Middle Eastern power that has a tortured relationship...

19.10.2023 6

The Atlantic

Steven A. Cook

Why the U.S. Tolerates Qatar’s Hamas Ties

News, analysis, and background on the ongoing conflict. More on this topic Among the questions that keep coming in the nonstop discussion of...

17.10.2023 5

Foreign Policy

Steven A. Cook

The Hamas Attack Has Changed Everything

News, analysis, and background on the ongoing conflict. More on this topic This was not supposed to happen. Israel’s vaunted military and...

10.10.2023 30

Foreign Policy

Steven A. Cook

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