
Benjamin V. Allison
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I'll be on LiveNOW from FOX this Sunday, May 18, at 1:30 pm ET to discuss Donald J. Trump's visit to the Middle East.




EMPEROR PALPATINE: ๐จ๐น๐ฌ ๐พ๐ฌ ๐ถ๐ต ๐ป๐น๐จ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ป๐ถ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ป ๐ถ๐ผ๐น ๐ธ๐ผ๐จ๐น๐ป๐ฌ๐น๐ณ๐ ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ๐บ? IMPERIAL BUREAUCRAT: Y-yes my lord. EMPEROR PALPATINE: ๐๐ถ๐ผโ๐น๐ฌ ๐จ ๐น๐ถ๐ช๐ฒ๐บ๐ป๐จ๐น. ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ปโ๐บ ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐จ๐บ๐ฌ ๐ณ๐จ๐ป๐ฌ๐น.

Insightful piece by Phil Gordon. I was just wondering the other day what he thought about Trumpโs recent and ongoing moves in the ME.


My latest on LiveNOW from FOX discussing Donald J. Trumpโs visit to the Middle East and Israelโs latest Gaza offensive. livenowfox.com/video/1643285





As I wrote in Foreign Policy last July, the Israel Defense Forces has significant command-and-control and discipline problems. Its permissive culture leads directly to incidents like this. foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/03/idfโฆ

This is a really striking set of documents from late 1978, in which Zbigniew Brzezinski and analysts at Department of State write dueling memos on Middle East contingencies. cia.gov/readingroom/doโฆ





Hereโs my segment from today on LiveNOW from FOX livenowfox.com/video/1647164