Matthew R.J. Brodsky

The author is a senior Middle East analyst at Wikistrat and former director of policy at the Jewish Policy Center in Washington. He can be followed on Twitter @RJBrodsky.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives for an opening ceremony of a newly constructed residential complex in Ryomyong street in Pyongyang, North Korea April 13, 2017

Going MAD is not the answer to North Korea

North Korea does not have the ability to strike the continental United States; the US should not treat them as if they can.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Final round of negotiations on a nuclear deal with Iran continue in Vienna November 21, 2014

A State Department gone rogue on Iran

Barack Obama holdovers are driving the State Department’s Iran policy.

JULY 24, 2017

SUPPORTERS OF Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wave national flags as they wait for his arrival at the Presidential Palace in Ankara.

Erdogan’s poor choice of traveling companions

Getting Erdogan to positively contribute in areas of mutual interest should be a priority in Washington.

JUNE 14, 2017

Comment: Trump, the Golan Heights and regional progress

Netanyahu’s request for the US to recognize Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights represents a bold move that would help accomplish several American objectives in the Middle East

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

A man sits on an old tank as he watches fighting taking place in Syria from the Israeli side of the border fence

Make the most of the bad nuclear deal

The nuclear deal was a broken structure the moment it was agreed to and codified in UN Security Council Resolution 2231.

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Leveraging sanctions with Iran

APRIL 27, 2015

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif presents Tehran’s case in Lausanne, on April 2.