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Nov 30, 2024 | 
en.majalla.com | Ibrahim Hamidi |Paul Salem |Michael Horowitz |Al Majalla
The ceasefire agreement brokered by the United States and France between Israel and Hezbollah marks a critical turning point for Lebanon—one that promises a political, social, economic and geopolitical transformation. Will stakeholders be able to breathe new life into the Lebanese state, or will we see the birth of an entirely new one? Al Majalla explores this question from different angles and perspectives while also laying out potential scenarios. We also zoom in on the role of the Lebanese army.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
usnews.com | Paul Salem |Jason D. Greenblatt |Brianna Navarre |Elliott Davis
Last week, as I made my way to Beirut airport, I drove through bombed out streets in an empty city. The Lebanese national airline still bravely flew in and out, its planes weaving their way between Israeli airstrikes. I boarded my flight to attend a conference, hoping we would make it out safely.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
thenationalnews.com | Paul Salem
Credit Getty; Nick DonaldsonCredit Getty; Nick Donaldson'Fight big or think big': How the Middle East can pull back from the brinkPaul Salem is president and chief executive of the Middle East Institute in WashingtonOctober 11, 2024
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
elindependiente.com | Paul Salem
La última conflagración violenta que ha estallado tras décadas de conflicto entre Israel y Palestina entra en su sexto mes y debe terminar cuanto antes. El atentado de Hamás contra Israel del 7 de octubre de 2023 fue el ataque más mortífero contra civiles en la historia moderna de Israel y la mayor violación de la seguridad israelí desde 1973. Para los palestinos, el devastador contraataque israelí ha sido el mayor desastre desde la Nakba de 1948 y la Naksa de 1967.
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
paulsalem.substack.com | Paul Salem
With this latest escalation between Iran and Israel, the middle east is entering a new era. What is new is not the tit for tat between the two states, but that this attack was launched from Iran proper, and only partly via proxies in Iraq and Yemen. In effect, this brings to a close almost thirty years in which Iran promoted a ‘forward defense’ strategy via proxies in Lebanon, and then in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
elindependiente.com | Paul Salem
En Yemen, Irak y Siria los ataques estadounidenses contra las milicias aliadas de Irán tienen como objetivo disuadir a los grupos militantes y a sus patrocinadores iraníes de cualquier escalada seria, aunque todavía no se sabe si esta disuasión está funcionando.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
elindependiente.com | Paul Salem
Antes del 7 de octubre de 2023 Oriente Próximo tendía hacia la desescalada, la normalización y el mantra de "Es la economía, estúpido". Ahora el conflicto palestino-israelí ha vuelto con furia y, concomitantemente, el conflicto entre Irán y sus apoderados, por un lado, y Estados Unidos, por otro, también se ha intensificado.
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Dec 29, 2023 | 
thenationalnews.com | Paul Salem
Before the outbreak of the Israel-Gaza war on October 7, much of the Middle East was moving in the direction of de-escalation and normalisation. Saudi Arabia and Iran signed their Chinese-brokered normalisation pact in March, Syria was readmitted into the Arab League, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan worked to improve relations with the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, and the US was encouraging normalisation between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
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Sep 1, 2023 | 
paulsalem.substack.com | Paul Salem
The normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel is looking increasingly likely, even if it does not take place in the immediate future. For Israel, normalizing relations with as many Arab states as possible—especially if it does not have to give up much in exchange—has always been a strategic goal. For the new Saudi Arabia and the full implementation of its Vision 2030, those ambitious goals strongly suggest opening up to the Israeli economy.
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Jun 12, 2023 | 
jordannews.jo | Paul Salem
The challengeThe Biden administration has been trying to diplomaticallyreengage with China, although so far with littleresponse from Beijing. اضافة اعلانAny broad reengagement would necessarily includereengagement in the Middle East and North Africa. Both sides have a long list of common interests in theMiddle East; the areas where their interests diverge relate mainly tosuspicions of the other side’s long-term strategy and global ambitions.
