Matt Duss

2 months ago | newrepublic.com | Matthew Duss |Matt Duss

Last week’s Senate confirmation hearing for former ArkansasGovernor Mike Huckabee to be Donald Trump’s ambassador to Israel contained oneastonishing moment that no one seems to have noticed.

Feb 21, 2025 | theguardian.com | Matt Duss

It’s been quite a week for US foreign policy. Following a phone call last week between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, US and Russian delegates met in Saudi Arabia to smooth relations between the two countries and discuss possible paths to ending the war in Ukraine. Ukraine was not invited to the talks. Quite reasonably, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his country would not be bound by decisions taken without their participation.

Jan 20, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Matt Duss

TEL AVIV – On Wednesday, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani announced that a framework for an exchange of prisoners and hostages, leading to a ceasefire in the war in the Gaza Strip, has been agreed to by both Israel and Hamas. The announcement comes after months of intensive, on-again, off-again negotiations by multiple countries.

Jan 15, 2025 | msnbc.com | Matt Duss

TEL AVIV – On Wednesday, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani announced that a framework for an exchange of prisoners and hostages, leading to a ceasefire in the war in the Gaza Strip, has been agreed to by both Israel and Hamas. The announcement comes after months of intensive, on-again, off-again negotiations by multiple countries.

Jan 8, 2025 | theguardian.com | Matt Duss

‘In foreign policy as elsewhere, Democrats positioned themselves as defenders of a set of ideas and assumptions that most Americans no longer trust.’ Composite: Chantal Jahchan/The GuardianThe most devastating appraisal of the 2024 Democratic national convention was delivered by the neoconservative doyen Bill Kristol: “Leon Panetta quoting Ronald Reagan! My kind of Democratic convention.” He meant it as praise.