Natan Sachs

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of Israel, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, and Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of Bahrain, watch during the Abraham Accords Signing Ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/SIPA USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

What prompted the UAE and Bahrain’s normalization of relations with Israel?

Natan Sachs and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, September 17, 2020

US policy in the Middle East: A conversation with Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Beyond the classics: A fresh international relations reading list for students

Richard C. Bush, James Goldgeier, Jesse I. Kornbluth, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Bruce Riedel, Ted Reinert, Natan Sachs, and Amanda Sloat

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump announces that Israel and the United Arab Emirates have reached a peace deal that will lead to the full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern nations in an agreement that Trump helped broker, at White House in Washington, U.S., August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Around-the-halls: Experts analyze the normalization of Israel-UAE ties

Natan Sachs, Bruce Riedel, Jeffrey Feltman, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Suzanne Maloney, Shadi Hamid, and Salam Fayyad

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Flags of Saudi Arabia and China are hung in front of Tiananmen Gate before Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Beijing, China February 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Global China in the Middle East

Lindsey W. Ford, Bruce Riedel, and Natan Sachs

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

A general view shows a meeting of the Arab League's foreign ministers after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his Middle East peace plan, in Cairo, Egypt, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Israel and the Middle East amid U.S.-China competition

Natan Sachs and Kevin Huggard

Monday, July 20, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump waves next to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prior to announcing his Middle East peace plan proposal in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

In American eyes, annexation is like playing with fire

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

People enjoy themselves at a restaurant as some businesses reopened at the end of last month under a host of new rules, following weeks of shutdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Tel Aviv, Israel June 4, 2020. Picture taken June 4, 2020. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Reopening the World: Israel reopens, but the risks persist

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wearing a protective mask due to the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem June 7, 2020. Menahem Kahana/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Technosurveillance mission creep in Israel’s COVID-19 response

Natan Sachs and Kevin Huggard

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Traffic moves past a Blue and White party election campaign poster, depicting party leader Benny Gantz, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv, Israel February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo

What does the Gantz-Netanyahu coalition government mean for Israel?

Natan Sachs and Adrianna Pita

Tuesday, April 21, 2020