Daniel Kurtzer

1 month ago | foreignpolicy.com | Dana Sherne |Ravi Agrawal |Daniel Kurtzer |Aaron Miller

Donald Trump’s second term as president has begun at a furious pace. From a flurry of executive orders to dramatic changes on key issues such as alliances and trade, it’s fair to say the new White House is upending a decades-old consensus on Washington’s role in the world. At the 50-day mark, are we seeing clear contours of a Trump foreign-policy doctrine? What is the administration’s end goal?

Oct 23, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Daniel Kurtzer |Aaron Miller

Iran Middle East and North Africa Transformations in life—and in politics—are very rare. And yet there’s a persistent and perhaps understandable temptation to turn breathless headlines into potentially transformative trend lines.

Sep 30, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Daniel Byman |Dana Sherne |Aaron Miller |Daniel Kurtzer

On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas launched a brutal attack on Israel and set in motion a new cycle of violence that has rocked the Middle East. With the risk of yet more escalation, where did things go so wrong? What could third parties such as the United States have done differently? Aaron David Miller, a former Middle East advisor to both Republican and Democratic secretaries of state, joins FP Live to look back—and ahead.

Aug 20, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Dana Sherne |John Aziz |Daniel Kurtzer |Omar Dajani

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned that Israel and Hamas are reaching the “last opportunity” to come to a cease-fire. But even a plan that includes the withdrawal of Israeli troops and considerable humanitarian aid may merely be a return to the decades-old status quo. Have long-term peace goals been abandoned?

May 17, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Aaron Miller |Daniel Kurtzer

Foreign & Public Diplomacy United States When folks ask us these days how to explain the current tensions in U.S.-Israeli relations, we’re hard-pressed to come up with a simple answer. Have we been here before? Is there a precedent for pausing or suspending U.S. military assistance? And are we on the cusp of some inflection point in the relationship that presages fundamental changes?