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In the Yom Kippur War, Strategic Vision Mattered Most
By Michael DoranCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Michael Doran
Michael Doran is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute. In the George W. Bush Administration, he served as a Senior Director in the National Security Council, a Senior Advisor in the State Department, and a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon. He has also held teaching positions at New York University, Princeton University, and the University of Central Florida. Dr. Doran's latest book, Ike’s Gamble, was published by Free Press in 2016. He appears frequently on television, and has published extensively in Foreign Affairs, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the New York Times, Mosaic, Commentary, the American Interest and Tablet.
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How Israel Got Caught by Surprise in 1973 and 2023
By Michael Doran, Jonathan SilverCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
The Hidden Calculation Behind the Yom Kippur War
By Michael DoranIt's long been the greatest question about the war: why Israel waited to be attacked. But what if it was convinced to wait by its closest ally, the United States?
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Why Are So Many Observers Missing Turkey’s Potential as an Israeli (and American) Ally?
By Michael DoranCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Michael Doran and Ze’ev Maghen Think about Iran and its Revolutionary Regime
By Michael Doran, Jonathan SilverCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Saving Israel in Spite of Herself
By Michael DoranCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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What Iran Is Really Up To
By Michael DoranDesperate to preserve the nuclear deal, Iran with the help of its Western friends is creating just enough turmoil to make America, and not it, appear eager for war.
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Getting Smart about America’s Middle East Policy
By Michael DoranCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
The Strategy Washington Is Pursuing in the Middle East Is the Only Strategy Worth Pursuing
By Michael DoranAmerica needs to back up its allies (Israel, Saudi Arabia, and potentially Turkey), and isolate its adversaries (Iran, Russia, China, Islamic State). Everything else is secondary.
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With the Death of Bernard Lewis, the Age of Academic Giants Has Come to an End
By Michael DoranProfessional study of Middle East history now belongs to incompetents and political agitators.
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How WW II American Leaders in North Africa Learned to Disregard the Interests of Jews
By Michael DoranCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Iran Must be Contained, but Iran Must Also Not be Viewed in Isolation
By Michael Doran, Peter RoughCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
What America Should Do Next in the Middle East
By Michael Doran, Peter RoughThe policies of the Obama administration led to carnage in Syria, regional chaos, and the rise of Iran and its alliance with Russia. Can the momentum be reversed—without going to war?
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Ike vs. Obama in the Middle East
By Michael DoranOne of them learned from his mistakes, re-examined his fundamental assumptions, and changed course as necessary.
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All the President’s Blunders
By Michael DoranCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
Our Man in Moscow
By Michael DoranVladimir Putin's major new role in the Middle East is no accident. It's part and parcel of President Obama's broader strategy.
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How to Destroy Islamic State (and How Not To)
By Michael Doran, Michael Pregent, Eric Brown, Peter RoughWhy has a ragtag force been able to hold out against the most powerful country in the world? Because America's regional strategy is based on false precepts.
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Who Bamboozled Whom?
By Michael DoranThose who think the Iranians outwitted us fail to recognize one very important thing: the White House never intended to contain Iran.
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How Israel Got Taken
By Michael DoranThe new memoir by Michael Oren, Israel's former ambassador to Washington, tells all—except for one thing.
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A Letter to My Liberal Jewish Friends
By Michael DoranThe president’s address last week to Congregation Adas Israel as “an honorary member of the tribe” was something other than it seemed.
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Fiction and Foreign Policy
By Michael DoranTo the president, foreign policy isn't just about safeguarding the country. It's also, as the Iran deal makes clear, about fashioning a creative personal narrative of the effort.
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The Tectonic Shift in Obama’s Iran Policy
By Michael DoranA nuclear deal is only the beginning. The president's goal, at the expense of America's allies, is full-fledged détente with Iran.
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No Policy Like an Iran Policy
By Michael DoranCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
Obama’s Secret Iran Strategy
By Michael DoranThe president has long been criticized for his lack of strategic vision. But what if a strategy, centered on Iran, has been in place from the start and consistently followed to this day?
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The Silent Partnership
By Michael DoranHow the president has exploited the international campaign against IS in order to accommodate Iran.
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What Now for the United States?
By Michael DoranCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
What Was He Thinking?
By Michael DoranBy seeking reconciliation with Iran, Washington alienates its allies and contributes to ever greater mayhem in the Middle East.
Observation ·
The New Middle East War
By Michael DoranA single conflict now stretches from Baghdad to Beirut. How many sides are there—and whose side is the U.S. on?
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Mourning Fouad Ajami
By Michael DoranNobody could match him as an interpreter of the Arab Middle East—or as a deft and witty scourge of his academic opponents.
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Why the Peace Process Will Continue
By Michael DoranFor the Obama administration, it’s a means toward a different end.
