Search: Israel,Joe Biden (4 materials)

U.S. War Hawks Use Israel’s Gaza War to Restore Funds for Ukraine Proxy War

... desperate reaction to the loss of support for the Ukraine gambit President Biden used a nationally televised address on October 19 to make the case for an escalation of U.S. support for wars to defend “democracy.” He spoke following his return from Israel, where he bolstered Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and met with Israel’s war cabinet to demonstrate U.S. support for Netanyahu’s goal of “exterminating Hamas.” Biden made the case for linking aid to Israel to providing more funds for ...

27.10.2023

U.S. Policy Case for Middle East under New Conditions

... priorities. Shortly after his election, George W. Bush came up with the ambitious initiative of a Greater Middle East which entailed a democratic restructuring of the region; Barack Obama quickly sent a special envoy for the Middle East to mediate between Israel and the Palestinian Authority; and Donald Trump, by contrast, dashed a number of traditional constants in the policies of his predecessors. It took Joe Biden’s administration a long time to realize the place of this troubled region in the U.S. grand strategy. Trump left Biden a heavy and intricate legacy, with no room for continuity or a sharp change of course on all fronts. The continued policy ...

12.08.2022

New US Administration Approach to Syria: How Different Could It Be?

... (anti-ISIS coalition efforts), nuclear non-proliferation (revival of the JCPOA), and interacting with actors involved in those issues. Third, Biden will face certain domestic opposition to some of the Middle East policy issues, e.g. Iran nuclear deal, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, sanctioned entities and so on. Finally, having different views, approaches and rationale, US allies in the region (Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Turkey and Israel) could possibly frustrate some of the plans devised by the new ...

03.03.2021

Is Russia Preparing to Get Closer to Iran in the Biden Era?

... the Trump administration’s two main Iran policy legacies in the Middle East, i.e., withdrawing from JCPOA and emboldening Israel through peace deals, as an opportunity for deepening alignment with Iran and promoting Russia’s great power status. Although ... ... Russo-Iranian relations, some complexities require a nuanced approach from both sides. In his pre-election interviews, president-elect Joe Biden called Russia the “ biggest threat ” to the United States. No further details have been released about what that ...

21.01.2021

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