Plenty of war clouds but no daylight in Governor Romney’s speech
Mitt Romney's foreign policy speech focused almost exclusively on the broader Middle East region. But what he really advanced was a policy of weaponised Keynesianism.
Experts & Staff
Daniel Levy
President, US/Middle East Project
ECFR Alumni · Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme
Areas of expertise
Middle East, National Security
Languages
English, Hebrew
Biography
Daniel Levy used to be head of the Middle East and & North Africa programme at ECFR until 2016.
What Netanyahu learned from Shamir (and others didn’t)
Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu eulogized the country's seventh prime minister, Yitzhak Shamir. At first glance the two strike very contrasting profiles yet in terms of ideology and policies, they are probably the two most kindred spirits to have held the office.
EU diplomacy on Israel/Palestine shifts up a gear
Europe would seem an unlikely place to look for fresh thinking regarding the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Yet that is precisely what just happened.
Iran nuclear talks succeed just by continuing
The best outcome for E3+3 negotiations is a partial enrichment freeze. Short of that, more talks will at least avert military action.
Netanyahu’s Big Fat Israeli Coalition
Israel’s largest opposition party has joined the Prime Minister’s coalition rather than go to elections. Most of this was about raw political calculations – but it also offered an insight into the thinking of Benjamin Netanyahu.
In the media
Netanyahu’s ideological preference is for displacing Palestinians and eviscerating their rights, alongside pulling the US more actively into a regional clash with Iran
Daniel Levy argues the US diplomatic strategy on Israel and Gaza is not working
Washington should not underestimate the extent to which the extremely unpopular assault on Gaza is seen globally as not only Israel’s war, but America’s as well
Daniel Levy explains why the Biden administration needs a reset on Israel
For so much of the Global South, [Palestine] is a kind of avatar of a rebellion against western hypocrisy, against this unacceptable global order, and against the post colonial order
Daniel Levy comments on a global order facing mutiny over its domination of the international discourse
I don’t think it would be wise for any Palestinian movement to say: ‘We will do this under the watchful eye of Israel’
Daniel Levy explains why he counsels the Palestinian Authority against entering Gaza if security remains an Israeli preserve
The lie at the heart of American-led normalization is that this is peacemaking, and is somehow a substitute for dealing with the core Israeli-Palestinian issue
Daniel Levy explains failings in the Israeli system with the 2020 Abraham Accords