Mike Singh quoted in POLITICO article, “Biden Plans A Beefed-up National Security Council”
“Perhaps above all, said Michael Singh, a former George W. Bush administration aide, Biden will have to decide ‘whether he is going to make the NSC the prime mover on all things national security’ as Obama did, or delegate more authority to Cabinet agencies…” Read the full article here: Full
Read MoreMike Singh writes in War on the Rocks: “As Israel, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates Normalize Ties, China Looks on Warily”
“In a world starved for good news, the normalization agreements that Israel recently signed at the White House with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were met with near-universal praise. In a region more often associated with risk, the deals seemed to signal opportunity — for stability, for peace, and
Read MoreMike Singh quoted in Financial Times article, “Bahrain Joins UAE in Normalising Relations with Israel”
“Mike Singh, a former director of Middle East affairs at the National Security Council, said that while Mr. Trump has long been focused on a ‘deal of the century’ between Israelis and Palestinians, administration officials have ‘always felt there was more progress to be made between Israel and US allies
Read MoreMike Singh quoted in Radio Free Europe article, “With Nuclear Deal on The Line, Iran Has Plenty at Stake in the U.S. Election”
“Michael Singh, a managing director at the Washington Institute and former senior director at the National Security Council, said the JCPOA was ‘effectively dead,’ regardless of the outcome of the election…” Read the full article here: Full Article
Read MoreMike Singh writes in The New York Times: “When China Met Iran”
“Leaked news this month that China and Iran had come to the verge of signing a 25-year trade and military partnership agreement struck like a geopolitical storm in Washington — a rising rival of America and a longtime foe joining forces to threaten the United States’s predominant position in the
Read MoreMike Singh quoted in The Washington Post article, “How Trump’s Failed ‘Maximum Pressure’ Tactics Could Inspire a Pre-Election Provocation”
“There is remarkable agreement across the spectrum of Iran experts on what this campaign has achieved: not much. ‘”Maximum pressure” has caused unprecedented economic pain for the Iranian regime, but has not yet resulted in any outcome that advances American interests,’ concluded an analysis by Michael Singh, who was senior
Read MoreMike Singh quoted in Arab News article, “WHO’s to Blame? World Health Organization Under Scrutiny Over Its Handling of Coronavirus”
“Michael Singh, managing director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said there was a firm consensus in the US capital that China failed to act on early indications of a brewing outbreak, and even took steps to suppress the information. “’While other governments were also slow in marshaling
Read MoreMike Singh quoted in the Financial Times article, “U.S. Fears Large-Scale Attacks Against American Troops in Iraq”
“‘Iran is carrying out a relatively low-cost but effective strategy to increase the pain for the US and for our Iraqi friends, so deterring Iran is not going to be a one-off event but will require a willingness to strike again and again,’ said Mike Singh, a former senior director
Read MoreMike Singh writes in The Washington Post: “Trump is Right to Bide His Time in Renewing A Nuclear Treaty with Russia”
“Next February, the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), which limits U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear weapons, will expire. With the demise of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) last year following Russian violations, and Moscow’s flouting of other treaties meant to limit U.S.-Russian competition, the lapse of New START
Read MoreMike Singh testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs: “The Middle East Peace Process: An Analysis from Former U.S. Negotiators”
“Historically, the strategic foundation for U.S. involvement in the peace process has been twofold. First, the peace process was a way for the United States to manage seemingly contradictory partnerships with Israel and the Arab states, few of which recognized Israel and several of which had waged war repeatedly against
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