Policy Writing | Select Articles
“The Mirage of a New Middle East,” Foreign Affairs, March 6, 2026.
“Israel’s Squandered Victory,” Foreign Affairs, August 1, 2025
“Where Will Israel’s Multifront War End? There May Not Be a Better Day After,” Foreign Affairs, October 2, 2024
“For the Middle East, 2025 Will Be About the Shifting Balance of Power,” World Politics Review, December 26, 2024
“Biden Needs to Rethink His Middle East Agenda,” World Politics Review, May 5, 2023
“Military Force Will Not Help the People of Iran,” Just Security, January 16, 2026
“Israel and Iran: A War with No Off-Ramp,” Just Security, June 17, 2025
“Reviving the Iran nuclear deal is a start, but a lot has changed since 2015,” Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2022
“With Chaos in the Streets of Iran, Here’s How the United States Could Help the Iranian People,” Los Angeles Times, December 3, 2019
“Tunisia could be a model for what works in the Mideast,” Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2015
“A different Israeli take on Iran,” Los Angeles Times, November 12, 2013
“Israel’s risky option on Iran,” Los Angeles Times, February 21, 2012
“There’s a Reason No President Before Trump Authorized War with Iran",” Foreign Policy, March 20, 2026.
“Why the Abraham Accords Won’t Bring Israeli-Palestinian Peace,” Foreign Policy, October 29, 2021
“Why bombing Iran is still a bad idea,” Foreign Policy, October 21, 2011
“China Does Not Have to Be America’s Enemy in the Middle East,” (with Ashley Rhoades), War on the Rocks, April 19, 2021
“Will the Attack on Iran’s Nuclear Research Facility Derail U.S. Nuclear Talks?” The Washington Post, April 13, 2021
“An Israeli Escalation Against Iran?,” The Washington Post, July 15, 2020
“Iran might not be the big winner of Mideast uprisings,” The Washington Post, March 4, 2011
“The Costs of Confrontation with Iran are Mounting,” The Hill, June 17, 2019
“Hard to see how Iran decision serves US interests or regional stability,” The Hill, May 10, 2018
“Helping Lebanon Succeed Is More Than About Countering Iran,” The National Interest, January 16, 2019
“Time for Quiet Diplomacy, Not Taking Sides,” The National Interest, June 7, 2017
“Syrian Refugees,” The National Interest, February 2, 2015
“Hidden Dangers of Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem,” Newsweek, December 28, 2016
“New Israeli Government, New Position on Iran?” Newsweek, March 17, 2015
Back to the Basics: A nuclear deal with Iran is still possible, and here’s why,” U.S. News & World Report, December 18, 2014
“The U.S. Can’t Count on Regional Support in the Fight Against ISIS,” New York Times, September 15, 2014