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President Donald Trump delivers a speech about the economy at Rockland Community College Fieldhouse in Suffern, New York, on May 22, 2026. (Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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Israelis gather to watch the Iron Dome missile defence system launch to intercept rockets fire from the Gaza Strip on May 17, 2021 in Ashdod, Israel (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)
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Rockets are fired by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas from Gaza City towards Israel (Photo by Mohammed Talatene/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system intercepts rockets fired by the Hamas movement from Gaza city towards Israel early on May 16, 2021 (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah (Photo by Iranian Supreme Leader Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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People wait for the bus on a street in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on April 18, 2021 (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
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Iranian flag waving with city skyline on background in Tehran, Iran (Getty Images)
Experts
Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Liel Leibovitz
Senior Fellow
William Luti
Adjunct Fellow
Joel Rayburn
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Abram N. Shulsky
Senior Fellow
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
