ELLIOTT ABRAMS

Elliott Abrams is senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in Washington, DC. He served as deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor in the administration of President George W. Bush, where he supervised U.S. policy in the Middle East for the White House.

Israelis gather to protest the judicial reform at the Knesset

Israel is divided over judicial reform, can Tikvah help cool it down? - opinion

The current debate about judicial reform did not emerge suddenly from nowhere, and it is not the creation of the new Netanyahu government.

MARCH 23, 2023

MORE OF these to come? Iranian-made missiles are pictured at the Holy Defense Museum in Tehran last year.

The Iran deal a year after: There are no benefits

Consider the arguments made during the debate over the agreement. In every single case – with one possible exception we will get to later – the arguments have already been disproved.

JULY 5, 2016

US President Barack Obama laughs during a meeting at the White House

The military aid standoff: An argument, not a crisis

If Rand Paul had been the Republican nominee, and if Bernie Sanders were going to be the Democratic nominee, there would be an argument that the military aid deal must be wrapped up immediately.

MAY 19, 2016

Back to basics on Israel’s security

A former top US official argues that those who back away from the idea of defensible borders for Israel are making a mistake.

AUGUST 25, 2010

Joining the jackals

The reality of the Obama policy of distancing and pressure is reaching Jerusalem, where UN votes are understood as a barometer of the White House.

JUNE 6, 2010