Ilan Berman

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  • Dec 2, 2024
    When the second Trump administration takes office next month, it will face a thoroughly crowded Mideast agenda. Near-term priorities for the new White House include helping Israel to...
  • Nov 7, 2024
    What a difference a few weeks can make. As recently as this summer, the world seemed to be going Iran's way.  
  • Oct 4, 2024
    In the winter of 1940, with war raging across Europe, former President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave what would become his most famous public address.
  • Aug 28, 2024
    Since the start of its war of aggression against Ukraine some two-and-a-half years ago, the Kremlin has worked diligently to shape the domestic narrative surrounding the conflict....
  • Aug 9, 2024
    Listen to Russian officials these days, and you're liable to hear a decidedly triumphant tone. 
  • Jul 24, 2024
    On Sunday, Israel carried out a long-range aerial attack on the Yemeni port of Hodeidah. The air strike, a retaliation for a drone incursion into Tel Aviv a day...
  • Jul 13, 2024
    This week’s NATO summit in Washington is, by any measure, a grand affair, full of the pomp and ceremony befitting the bloc’s 75th anniversary. It also...
  • Jun 14, 2024
    It has become painfully clear that America is losing the information war in the Middle East.  
  • Jun 3, 2024
    On May 22, the prime ministers of Spain, Norway and Ireland held a joint press conference formally announcing that their governments were poised to recognize a sovereign...
  • May 4, 2024
    Back in February, Iran's clerical regime marked the 45th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, the 1979 religious revolt which successfully overthrew the Pahlavi monarchy and...
  • Apr 16, 2024
    Israel and the United States cannot afford to dismiss Iran’s escalatory strike on Saturday as a mere demonstration.  
  • Mar 16, 2024
    Within the Beltway, February and March tend to be busy months, when high-ranking military commanders and senior intelligence officials descend on Capitol Hill to update lawmakers on...
  • Jan 15, 2024
    Storm clouds are gathering on Israel's northern border. There, intensifying attacks by Hezbollah, Lebanon's powerful Shiite militia, and targeted Israeli killings of...
  • Jan 3, 2024
    To sustain continued Western support, Kyiv needs to showcase its anti-corruption efforts, reject Chinese investment, and broaden the policy conversation.