Slavin in Al-Monitor: Trump No Longer ‘Neutral’ on Israel

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Jun 24, 2025

Dispatch from the Gulf: Finding middle ground amid Israel-Iran war

By
Allison Minor

Congressional delegation visit coincided with Israel and Iran squaring off in a direct military confrontation.

Iran
Israel

Slavin in Al-Monitor: Trump No Longer ‘Neutral’ on Israel

MENASource
Jun 18, 2025

Dispatch from Jerusalem: Inside Israel’s bunkers as Iran war erupts

By
Sarah Zaaimi

The stakes are higher as two opposing rhetorics about the region’s future are at play: Pan-Abrahamism and Revolutionary Islamism.

Civil Society
Iran

Slavin in Al-Monitor: Trump No Longer ‘Neutral’ on Israel

Inflection Points
Jun 14, 2025

Israel’s Iran strike provides a historic chance for Middle East realignment

By
Frederick Kempe

History will remember this moment less for the Israeli strikes themselves and more for what follows.

Iran
Israel


Israel-Hamas war

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Mar 22, 2016

Slavin in Al-Monitor: Trump No Longer ‘Neutral’ on Israel

By Barbara Slavin

Read the full article here.

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In the News

Feb 14, 2016

Shaffer Joins NARUC to Discuss Israel’s Energy Regulatory Environment

By Brenda Shaffer

Read the full article here.

Energy & Environment
Israel

New Atlanticist

Jan 20, 2016

Dealing with Iran: A Policy of Engagement and Deterrence

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Former US diplomat, R. Nicholas Burns, says Iran nuclear agreement is positive for the United States, but Iran will continue to be a problem in a violent Middle East As the State Department’s No. 3 official in the George W. Bush administration, R. Nicholas Burns was instrumental in negotiating sanctions to punish Iran for its […]

Iran
Israel

Article

Jan 15, 2016

Farewell to Victimhood

By Salam Fayad

Download (PDF) In the wake of mounting violence and unrest in the Palestinian territories and Israel over the past three months, over forty thousand Palestinians have taken to the streets to protest Israel’s occupation and its policies in Jerusalem. Reuters recently reported that 24 Israelis and at least 142 Palestinians have been killed in clashes […]

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In the News

Jan 11, 2016

Tanchum on Natural Gas Pipeline Access For Turkey

By Micha’el Tanchum

Turkish Energy Foundation interviews Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Micha’el Tanchum on Turkey’s alternatives for access to natural gas:

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Russia

In the News

Dec 30, 2015

Bryza on Israel-Turkey Relations

By Matthew Bryza

Natural Gas Europe quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Bryza on the warming relations between Israel and Turkey:

Israel
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In the News

Dec 28, 2015

Shaffer on Israel’s Natural Gas Export Policy

By Brenda Shaffer

Haaretz features Global Energy Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Brenda Shaffer’s expert brief that was submitted to Israel’s High Court of Justice on the natural gas export policy: Read the full article here.

Israel

In the News

Dec 25, 2015

Shaffer: Turkey and Israel: On the Way Back to Normal

By Brenda Shaffer

Global Energy Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Brenda Shaffer writes for Turkish Policy Quarterly on the talks between Israel and Turkey to normalize relations:

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Turkey

In the News

Dec 22, 2015

Tanchum on Turkey and Israel’s Pipeline Plan

By Micha'el Tanchum

Trend quotes Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Micha’el Tanchum on why the proposed natural gas pipeline between Turkey and Israel is commercially viable and makes economic sense for both countries:

Energy & Environment
Israel

In the News

Dec 20, 2015

Shaffer on Israel and Turkey’s Energy Relationship

By Brenda Shaffer

Global Energy Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Brenda Shaffer joins Seder Yom with Keren Neubach to discuss whether natural gas will lead to a closer relationship between Israel and Turkey:

Israel
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