Why Should We Be Celebrating a Year of Abraham Accords?

Reprinted with permission from Responsible Statecraft:A year into the Abraham Accords, it is clear that the agreement has only delivered arms sales, but no peace. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to deteriorate, de facto annexation of Palestinian territory...

The United States and Iran Must Deescalate Now

President Trump promised that assassinating Soleimani would deter Iran. Instead, as many predicted, it caused Iran to retaliate. Trump’s reckless actions made Americans less safe.What is needed now on both sides is de-escalation and restraint. Neither American...

Trita Parsi on Results of the Iran Talks

As talks between Iran the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) conclude, all parties should be commended for returning to the negotiating table. Obama should be commended for having turned diplomacy into a process rather than...

Trita Parsi on Obama’s Speech to AIPAC

Despite the words of friendship, the diverging perspectives of the Obama administration and the Netanyahu government on key issues in the Middle East – the Arab uprisings, the Palestinian issue and the Iranian nuclear program – are profound. The dispute on the nuclear...

Trita Parsi on assassinating the Iranian nuclear scientist

Another Iranian nuclear scientist has been assassinated in Tehran and a familiar pattern is emerging: Weeks before a new round of talks, all sides escalate and provoke, mainly to improve their negotiating position at the upcoming talks. The West has adopted new...