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July 15, 2022

Israel
The "Two-State Solution" as Panacea Never Fades Away

President Biden showed strong support for Israel during his recent visit, but never explained how the "two-state solution" would be possible without damaging Jordanian and Israeli security.

August 10, 2016

Israel
Foreign Aid for Hamas

I’ve written about a half dozen times in the past about UNRWA, the UN agency that deals with Palestinians: here in 2014 and here in 2015, for example. Simply put, UNRWA has long had employees who wer…

May 1, 2014

Middle East and North Africa
Aid to the Palestinians: Why Rand Paul is Wrong

Senator Rand Paul has tried to attain some pro-Israel credentials by introducing S. 2265, the “Stand With Israel Act of 2014.” The bill would cut off every cent of aid to the Palestinian Authority un…

January 27, 2016

Cybersecurity
Israel as a Cyber Super Power

Cybertech 2016 convened this week in Tel Aviv, and I was in the audience for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plenary address, courtesy of the America-Israel Friendship League and the Israeli Fore…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Cybertech 2016 conference in Tel Aviv, Israel January 26, 2016. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)

May 7, 2015

North Korea
Stories of Ordinary North Koreans and Human Rights

Darcie Draudt is a research associate for Korea Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Last Thursday at the United Nations headquarters in New York, the U.S. delegation convened a meeting on t…

2012 north korea flooding