New York Times April 16, 2024
Biden deserves big credit … [But] we’re still on the edge because the circumstances are extraordinary and the crisis could escalate any day.
Natan Sachs is the director of the Center for Middle East Policy and a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at Brookings.
He has taught as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Department of Government and its Security Studies Program. Prior to joining Brookings, Sachs was a Fulbright fellow in Indonesia, a visiting fellow at Tel Aviv University’s Dayan Center for Middle East and African Studies, and a Hewlett fellow at Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.
Sachs is an expert on Israeli foreign policy, its domestic politics, and on U.S. policy toward the Middle East. His writing has appeared in such publications as Foreign Affairs, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, The New York Times Global, Yediot Ahronot, and Haaretz. His forthcoming book describes the aftermath of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the dangers of both a one-state agenda and “anti-solutionism,” and recommends policy for promoting a more peaceful and just relationship among Israelis and Palestinians.
Sachs has provided testimony before Congress and has offered expert commentary to the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Bloomberg, and many other publications. He has appeared on TV and radio with CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, the BBC, Bloomberg, Israel Channel 12, Haaretz, and Galei Tzahal, among others.
Sachs is a graduate of the Amirim Excellence program at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He received his master’s and doctorate in political science from Stanford University.
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Areas of Expertise
- Israeli politics and society
- Arab-Israeli conflict
- Politics of religion and identity
- Indonesia
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Past Positions
- Hewlett Pre-doctoral Fellow, Stanford Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
- Fulbright Fellow, Indonesia
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Education
- Ph.D. and M.A., Stanford University
- B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mentions and Appearances
Politico April 15, 2024
He’s proven, once again, his bona fides in standing by Israel, and for many Israelis his leadership contrasts with the lack of leadership from Netanyahu. Politically speaking, this..."
NPR April 14, 2024
On NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday,” Natan Sachs explains how Israel is likely to respond to the overnight attack by hundreds of Iranian drones and missiles.
New York Times March 16, 2024
In the case of the Hamas attack, there is nothing that [former President Donald Trump’s] administration could or would have done differently from the Biden administration.
Politico March 13, 2024
I don’t think that over time Israel will forgo going after the remaining Hamas troops and leadership underground in Rafah, but they may wait and conduct a more targeted, and perhaps..."
New York Times March 6, 2024
There are deep disagreements between Biden and Netanyahu and there is a clear change of policy…There are always politics at play, but these differences are not purely politically driven.
Financial Times February 19, 2024
The damage the far right is inflicting on US-Israel relations is clear…[Ben-Gvir and Smotrich] represent, in so many ways, politically abhorrent trends for many Americans, and..."
Foreign Affairs January 19, 2024
Is peace between Israelis and Palestinians possible? Natan Sachs explains in Foreign Affairs why it is, and what it will require to get there.
The Hill October 26, 2023
It’s hard to overstate the goodwill that President Biden earned from the Israeli public in his first speech, and in the very clear moves, both of the carrier groups and the shooting..."
Financial Times October 15, 2023
It does not yet promise any broader unity beyond [the war] . . . Logic would suggest [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] is a new Golda Meir from 1973, an ex-prime minister walking. Of..."
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