Ilan Goldenberg, Defense One

Ilan Goldenberg

Defense One

Washington, DC, United States

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Recent:
  • Unknown
Past:
  • Defense One
  • CNAS
  • Washington Post
  • Haaretz.com
  • Foreign Policy
  • Brookings

Past articles by Ilan:

Nicholas A. Heras

Defense One provides news, analysis, and ideas about the future of national security to defense and industry leaders, innovative decision-makers, and informed citizens. → Read More

When Less Is More

Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies. → Read More

9/11 swallowed U.S. foreign policy. Don’t let the coronavirus do the same thing.

Once this pandemic’s spread slows, we have a chance to wisely rethink our global role. → Read More

Sign Up to Trump's Peace Plan, Sign Away Israel's Special Status in America

By giving Israel a green light to do whatever it wants, the Trump plan threatens its very future as a democracy. That will change how Democrats view Israel and the U.S.-Israel relationship – possibly profoundly → Read More

Trump’s ‘Peace Plan’ Probably Won’t Settle the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute.

Here’s why Trump’s latest gambit probably won’t settle the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. → Read More

Trump’s Iran Policy Is a Failure

Blame U.S. blunders for the worsening crisis in the region. → Read More

Trump Should Scrap His Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan and Focus on Gaza

The White House’s fantasy proposal is bound to fail. → Read More

Maximum Pressure on Iran Means Maximum Risk of War

Trump’s strategy is creating a crisis, not solving one. → Read More

There Is Still Time for Diplomacy With Iran

The risk of war has risen. But a diplomatic solution remains likely. → Read More

The Next U.S. President Should Rejoin the Iran Nuclear Deal

Here's how. → Read More

The Next U.S. President Should Rejoin the Iran Nuclear Deal

Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies. → Read More

Ending Gaza’s Perpetual Crisis

Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies. → Read More

The United States Should Give Saudi Arabia a Choice

Stop the surprises or suffer the consequences. → Read More

Merging the U.S. Consulate and Embassy in Jerusalem Is a Mistake

Trump is pushing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict toward a one-state solution. → Read More

Turkey and the United States Should Work Together to Avert Disaster in Idlib

Despite their differences, Trump and Erodgan share an interest in avoiding a new humanitarian catastrophe in Syria. → Read More

Will Israel Be Forced to Invade and Reoccupy Gaza?

An Israel - Hamas agreement that avoids war but puts off tougher questions means replaying the last decade’s nasty cycle of conflict. But every crisis worsens Gaza’s humanitarian and governability situation, towards the point of no return → Read More

Kushner’s Peace Plan Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen

The last thing Israelis and Palestinians need now is another failed blueprint. Stabilizing Gaza is more important. → Read More

Trump Has No Idea How Diplomatic Deals Work

I worked on international negotiations under Obama — and now I’m watching from the sidelines as the Trump team gets it all wrong. → Read More

From Iran to Jerusalem: Five days of fear for the Middle East

A dangerous series of events converging next month would challenge any U.S. administration. But the Trump White House is particularly ill-equipped to deal with them, not least when many are of its own doing → Read More

Peter Kirechu

Peter Kirechu is a Joseph S. Nye Jr. research intern at the Center for a New American Security → Read More