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Israel’s Bid to End the Iranian Nuclear Threat

OPINION — In the early hours of June 13, Israel launched a series of airstrikes, codenamed Operation Rising Lion, targeting Iranian nuclear [...] More

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Violence in Gaza, Yemen and Syria Tests Middle East – and the Trump Administration

Violence in Gaza, Yemen and Syria Tests Middle East – and the Trump Administration

EXPERT INTERVIEW – Just a few weeks ago, the Middle East seemed in a rare moment of relative calm: ceasefires were holding in Gaza and Lebanon; the [...] More

EXPERT Q&A: Turkey Eyes Challenges and Opportunities in Trump 2.0 Era

EXPERT Q&A – This week President Donald Trump spoke with his counterpart in Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and there are reportedly plans in place for [...] More

Playing the Role of ‘Good Shepherd’ in a Post-Assad Syria 

OPINION — Israel’s new Middle East security reality is coming into sharper focus in a volatile Syria, where sectarian clashes are taking place and [...] More

Why Jordan and Egypt Are Critical to Trump's Gaza Proposal

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT – On Tuesday, with Jordan’s King Abdullah II at his side, President Donald Trump exuded confidence that the Arab world will come [...] More

On Gaza, Trump Says the Quiet Part Out Loud – and Then Some

OPINION — Embedded in President Trump’s shocking proposal to “own” and develop the Gaza Strip are some uncomfortable truths and even some “common [...] More

The Complications of Change in Gaza

EXPERT INTERVIEW - President Donald Trump shocked the system last week, when he said during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin [...] More

Expert Q&A: Trump's Proposal Sparks Call for 'Practical' Change in Gaza

EXPERT Q&A — The Cipher Brief turned to Ambassador Dennis Ross to discuss President Donald Trump’s proposal to “take over” Gaza, and the debate it [...] More

Could Trump's Shocking Plan for Gaza Lead Anywhere?

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT – As President Donald Trump doubles down on his idea of a U.S. takeover of Gaza, Arab governments are also doubling down on [...] More

Another Inauguration – in Lebanon – Offers Hope for the Middle East 

OPINION — If 2024 ended with “cautious optimism” about Syria, in the wake of that country’s ouster of the Assad regime, 2025 may be beginning with a [...] More

Expert Q&A: The Gaza Deal — and the ‘Trump Effect’

EXPERT INTERVIEW — On the day the Israeli cabinet voted to approve the long-awaited ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza, The Cipher Brief spoke with [...] More

How a Gaza Deal Could Change the Middle East

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT — Might a Gaza peace agreement bring benefit beyond the besieged Gaza Strip? That’s the tantalizing hope expressed by several [...] More

Correcting the Record on the IDF and Lethal Targeting

OPINION — Just because they could, they did. That is the gist of a recent New York Times article suggesting the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) made a [...] More