Michael Doran

1 week ago | mosaicmagazine.com | Michael Doran

President Trump and his team came into the White House determined to reverse the course of American foreign policy. Most every president does. It’s what President Obama wished to do vis-à-vis President Bush, President Trump vis-à-vis President Obama, and President Biden vis-à-vis President Trump. Where Biden was for, Trump would be against; where Biden was left, Trump would be right; where Biden was blue; Trump would be red.

2 weeks ago | fr.allafrica.com | Michael Doran

De par sa position géographique, sa stabilité et sa vision politique, le Maroc se positionne comme un "hub important" et un partenaire "de confiance incontournable" des Etats-Unis dans la région et au-delà, a affirmé Michael Doran, chercheur principal et directeur du Centre pour la paix et la sécurité au Moyen-Orient relevant du Hudson Institute.

3 weeks ago | thefp.com | Michael Doran

Trump Tore Up Obama’s Iran Deal. Is He Now Negotiating Something Worse? In 2018, Trump called the Iran deal one of the most ‘one-sided’ agreements in U.S. history. So why is his administration signing something even softer on Tehran? “The Iran Deal was one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into,” President Donald Trump declared in 2018 as he withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Michael Doran

Tensions are mounting between Israel and Turkey, but the U.S. president thinks he can mediate. Ending Iran’s nuclear-weapons program may be President Trump’s top goal for stabilizing the Middle East, but his biggest test lies in Syria. Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former rebel who overthrew the Assad regime four months ago, presides over a weak interim government that can’t control all of Syria’s war-torn territory.

1 month ago | tabletmag.com | Michael Doran

When Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, he moved fast. Within days, he had reinstated sweeping sanctions on Iran’s oil exports, financial institutions, and entities linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). On February 9, Benjamin Netanyahu became the first foreign leader to meet with Trump at the White House. The Israeli leader urged decisive action against Iran’s nuclear program. Tehran, he argued, was weaker than it had been in years. Now was the time to break its back.