Daniel Benaim

Countless lives in America, Iran, and Iraq depend on leaders’ willingness to put down the sabers and cooperate.

Three things Mike Pompeo should say in Cairo this week, but probably won't

How Donald Trump's hands-off approach to Saudi Arabia squanders the U.S.'s leverage in the Middle East

A look back at what the administration has accomplished in the region in the past year

As the kingdom makes mass arrests at home and tensions spike in the region, the United States looks on.

He faces numerous possible pitfalls in his first official trip to the region—as well as opportunities.

Institutional safeguards have already checked a dangerous president—but risk eroding the institutions themselves.

His dismissive approach to America's friends would make the world more dangerous.

The U.S. isn't the only country grappling with the rise of a demagogue.

The senator has developed a reputation for wonkishness without the policies to back it up