Bruce Riedel

Desalination plant in Israel

Israel, Jordan, and the UAE’s energy deal is good news

Bruce Riedel and Natan Sachs

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

U.S. Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney, General Colin Powell, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff and General Norman Schwarzkopf, Commander, U.S. Central Command, stand during an award ceremony prior to the Welcome Home parade honoring the coalition forces of Desert Storm, in an undated file photograph in New York City, U.S. SSgt. Charles Regne/U.S. Army/Handout via REUTERS.

Remembering Colin Powell and a pivotal moment before the Gulf War

Monday, October 18, 2021

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat acknowledges applause during a Joint Session of Congress in which U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced the results of the Camp David Accords, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 18, 1978. Library of Congress/Warren K. Leffler/Handout via REUTERS

What Anwar Sadat’s murder 40 years ago meant for the Middle East

Friday, October 1, 2021

U.S. President George W. Bush answers questions from the press aboutIraq with Vice President Richard Cheney (L) looking on, during ameeting with Congressional leaders at the White House, September 18,2002. The president said Saddam Hussein "won't fool anybody" with hispromise to admit weapons inspectors into his country. REUTERS/LarryDowningLSD/HB

9/11 and Iraq: The making of a tragedy

Friday, September 17, 2021

A worker walks past the National Museum in the southwestern city of Taiz, Yemen May 26, 2021. Picture taken May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub

Biden’s broken promise on Yemen

Annelle R. Sheline and Bruce Riedel

Thursday, September 16, 2021

A general view of Tel Aviv's skyline is seen through a hotel window in Tel Aviv, Israel May 15, 2017. Picture taken May 15, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

The Tel Aviv plot

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Taliban fighters stand guard on their side at a border crossing point between Pakistan and Afghanistan, in Torkham, in Khyber district, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. In the current situation of Afghanistan, pedestrian movement has been limited in Torkham border, only stranded people on both sides and trucks taking goods to Afghanistan can pass through this border point. (Photo by Hussain Ali/Pacific Press/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Pakistan’s problematic victory in Afghanistan

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney (R) speaks to President George W. Bushby phone inside the operations center at the White House with staff,September 11, 2001, the day of the terror attacks in New York andWashington. Bush on September 16, 2001 asked "horrified" Americans togo back to work this week, cautioning them to be alert for more attacksand to brace for a long crusade to "rid the world of evildoers".Picture released by the White House on September 16. REUTERS/WHITEHOUSE photo by David BohrerME

September 11 in the White House

Monday, August 23, 2021

A member of Taliban (C) stands outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Around the halls: The Taliban retakes Afghanistan

Madiha Afzal, Ranj Alaaldin, Daniel L. Byman, Giovanna De Maio, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Marvin Kalb, Suzanne Maloney, Patrick W. Quirk, Itamar Rabinovich, Douglas A. Rediker, Bruce Riedel, Federica Saini Fasanotti, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Shibley Telhami

Monday, August 16, 2021

President John F. Kennedy greets Prime Minister of Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella, upon the Prime Minister's arrival at the White House for a ceremony in his honor. Source: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

Kennedy, Cuba, and the “War of the Sands”

Monday, July 19, 2021