Mike Singh on KCRW’s Left, Right & Center podcast, “Who Wins from the Syria Ceasefire?”

"The situation in Syria changed quickly this week. A five-day cease-fire, which Turkey is calling a 'pause,' negotiated by Vice President Mike Pence, seemed to be barely holding up less than 24 hours after it was announced. President Trump considers the agreement a victory, but some members of the GOP disagree. Mike Singh of the Washington Institute joins the panel to talk about who the winners were from the agreement. Hint: it wasn’t the Kurds..." Read the full article here: Full [...]

2019-10-25T12:25:21-04:00October 18, 2019|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Mike Singh quoted in POLITICO article, “Ghosts of Iraq Hang Over Trump’s Chest-Thumping on Iran”

“‘From my experience, there is always skepticism in this type of scenario, when you’re announcing a conclusion based on intelligence you can’t share,' said Michael Singh, managing director at the Washington Institute, who worked in the George W. Bush White House. 'And it’s something that really bedevils policymakers...’" Read the full article here: Full Article

2020-03-06T11:47:02-05:00September 18, 2019|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Mike Singh quoted in The Financial Times article, “With Iran and The West Escalating Tensions, Can War be Avoided?”

"Mike Singh, a former Bush administration official, said deterring Iranian attacks would be difficult because the regime appeared to have concluded that Mr. Trump was wary of taking military action. “'Normally you deter by making them worry about devastating cost. But they are already experiencing devastating cost and Trump has made clear he doesn’t want to go the military route, so Iran might feel it has got nothing to lose,' Mr. Singh said..." Read the full article here: Full Article

2019-08-22T12:36:59-04:00July 19, 2019|News|

Mike Singh quoted in The Economist article, “Iran is blowing up ships in the Gulf, says America”

"...'Ordinarily the fact that the US wasn’t directly targeted and there were no casualties would give Washington some breathing room to respond,' says Michael Singh of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a think-tank. 'However, because the free flow of energy is of such vital importance to the world economy, there is a need to show a determination to secure the straits while calming fears of a conflict.'...” Read the full article here: Full Article

2019-08-22T12:20:24-04:00June 14, 2019|News|

Mike Singh in ​The New York Times: “How to Make Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan Work”

"After two years of playing coy, the Trump administration is reportedly finally ready to unveil its plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. The plan’s details remain confidential, but if it is anything like President Trump’s moves so far on the Israeli-Palestinian issue, it will be bold. "Some of those steps have worked out far better than the president’s critics anticipated. Moving the United States’ embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, for example, failed to elicit the protests in the wider Arab world many [...]

2020-04-07T17:25:53-04:00April 2, 2019|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Mike Singh in The Wall Street Journal: “Beijing’s Curious Silence on the Syria Withdrawal”

One of the more troubling yardsticks by which to measure President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria was the gratification it seemed to offer American adversaries. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the decision “correct,” and senior Iranian regime cleric Ayatollah Hassan Ameli asserted that it “hands [Syria] to Iran.” The state-run media of Syria’s Assad regime gloated predictably. Conspicuously quiet on the matter, however, was the country the U.S. increasingly regards as its chief rival—China. Beijing’s silence reveals how [...]

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