Elliott Abrams criticizes the Obama administration for continuing to politicize intelligence leaks on Syria and Iran.

Elliott Abrams says the United States should be leading efforts to protect freedom of the press in Tunisia.

Elliott Abrams says the politicizing of intelligence on Syria is part of the Obama administration's continuing defense of its failure to help the Syrian opposition and is a misuse of the intelligence community.

Elliott Abrams assesses President Obama's speech to the AIPAC Policy Conference.

Elliott Abrams says that mixed messages from Washington ultimately leave the Syrian opposition to fend for themselves.

As the debate over intervention or arming the opposition grows amid continuing violence in Syria, four CFR experts offer their recommendations on how Washington should respond to the crisis.

Elliott Abrams argues that President Obama's recent State of the Union address settled the matter on the existence of an Obama Doctrine.

Elliott Abrams says Newt Gingrich has wrapped himself in the mantle of Ronald Reagan throughout the current Republican campaign, but the candidate repeatedly insulted the president in the 1980s.

Elliott Abrams strikes back at critics who condemn both the Arab Spring and its supporters.

Elliott Abrams argues that President Obama will trumpet his commitment to Israel while wondering if it will attack Iran.

Elliott Abrams discusses the Castro regime's prisoner release, in which USAID contractor Alan Gross was not included.

Elliott Abrams examines whether anti-Semitic material is returning to the mainstream media, and who will now protest this development.

Elliott Abrams argues that such a thing as conservative foreign aid exists, but the current GOP presidential candidates have yet to define it.

CFR Senior Fellow Elliott Abrams argues that the United States should work to bring down Bashar al-Assad by isolating his regime from Syria's Alawite and business communities.

The alleged Iranian plot to kill a Saudi ambassador in Washington, DC requires a strong response from the Obama administration and makes Iran a national security priority, says CFR's Elliott Abrams.

Elliott Abrams discusses what a new president in 2012 must do in his first hundred days to change American foreign policy.

Elliott Abrams says the UN speech delivered by PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas made waves and drew cheers but will ultimately hurt his cause.

Elliott Abrams says that President Clinton's laying of blame on Israeli prime minister Netanyahu for the lack of progress toward peace with the Palestinians ignores extraordinary change among the Israeli right over the last ten years.

Elliott Abrams, Eliot Cohen, Eric Edelman, and John Hannah, argue that former Vice President Dick Cheney advocation's for a U.S. strike to destroy the al-Kibar nuclear reactor built by Syria and North Korea was based on sound judgment.

Elliott Abrams discusses the effect of 9/11 on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.