Commentary and Analysis

Elizabeth Shackelford weighs in on how the United States might respond to conflicts in Israel, Gaza, and Ukraine.

"Once you start down this road, you better know where it's going to end," Ivo Daalder says with Alicia Menendez.

Despite its small size, Qatar has historically played an outsize role in negotiating with organizations or countries that the U.S. doesn’t have relations with.

Karen DeYoung, Bobby Ghosh, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

"Because US support for Ukraine is now squarely associated with Biden as his signature foreign policy achievement to date, it makes it a partisan issue," Paul Poast explains.

Germans used to think Israel was more responsible for the conflict in the Middle East. Now they are more likely to blame Palestinians.

The U.S. and Israel have what has historically been called a “special relationship,” and the U.S. has given more money to Israel than any other country since 1946.

The U.S. is among the top donors to a United Nations agency that runs Palestinian refugee camps.  

Yasmeen Abutaleb, Stefan Kornelius, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

"Fury on the Arab streets has now made the prospect of escalation more likely," writes Ivo Daalder.