Richard Goldberg

President Joe Biden and Sen. Chuck Schumer are losing patience with Israel’s defensive war in Gaza. While pressing Israel for “regime change” they are also threatening greater American pressure to achieve an outcome that suits the administration’s political priorities. But the Government of Israel has priorities as well, chiefly to ensure the security of the […]

What is clear is, as Israel’s President said this week, Iran is not pursuing nuclear capability for energy. Just about everything else is an enigma. The loosening of sanctions on Iran provides billions in funding for a regime that hangs its citizens in public and provides military support to Russia against Ukraine. US envoy Rob Malley was […]

If the idea of a new Iran Deal scares you, it should. The Biden administration has been working to entice the Iranian regime into a new arrangement by easing sanctions on Tehran and holding America’s traditional Gulf allies (and Israel) at arm’s length. Join us for a conversation with Richard Goldberg, a senior advisor at […]