Books
Peace Derailed: The Decline and Fall of U.S. Diplomacy in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, 2009-2025, with Lucy Ellenbogen, Scott Lasensky, and Shibley Telhami (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, forthcoming 2026).
The Peace Puzzle: America’s Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, with William Quandt, Steven Spiegel, Shibley Telhami and Scott Lasensky (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2013)
Pathways to Peace: America and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, editor (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).
Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the Middle East, with Scott Lasensky (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2008)
Chapters and Reviews
“Biden and the Middle East: Legacy at a Crossroads,” in Julian Zelizer, ed., The Presidency of Joseph Biden: A First Historical Assessment (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2026).
“Trump’s Middle East Legacy: Arms, Autocrats and Annexations,” in Julian Zelizer, ed., The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: A First Historical Assessment (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022), 279-297.
Review of Reaching for the Heights: The Inside Story of a Secret Attempt to Reach a Syrian-Israeli Peace, by Frederic C. Hof, The Middle East Journal, December 2022. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/27363197.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A1b8ca64cc68f0a295d292394d89b71a9&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1
“The U.S.-Israel Security Relationship,” in Stuart A. Cohen and Aharon Klieman, eds., Routledge Handbook on Israeli Security (London: Routledge, 2018), 198-210. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315165196-17/us%E2%80%93israel-security-relationship-daniel-kurtzer
Review of Uri Bialer, Israeli Foreign Policy: A People Shall Not Dwell Alone, Israel Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Spring 2021), 95-101. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/israelstudies.26.1.05
“How terrorism helped found Israel,” review of Bruce Hoffman, Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917-1947, The Washington Post, March 13, 2015. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/assessing-role-of-terrorism-by-jewish-underground-in-founding-of-israel/2015/03/13/9ac811fe-b938-11e4-9423-f3d0a1ec335c_story.html
http://www.fathomjournal.org/reviews-culture/the-peace-puzzle/
http://lynch.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/12/17/2012_middle_east_books_of_the_year
http://booksaint.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-peace-puzzle.html
“Camp David Negotiations,” in Herbert D. Rosenbaum and Alexej Ugrinsky, eds., Jimmy Carter: Foreign Policy and Post-Presidential Years, Hofstra University Conference, (Greenwood Press, 1994), pp. 149–187. https://israeled.org/november-1993-camp-david-negotiations-discussion-with-hermann-eilts-samuel-lewis-william-quandt-hal-saunders-dan-kurtzer-and-ken-stein-hempstead-ny/
Articles
“As the Israeli Election Nears, Trump Has Leverage Over Netanyahu,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Policy, August 19, 2026. https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/19/trump-netanyahu-israel-election-endorsement-gaza-iran/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=dHJ1bXAtbmV0YW55YWh1LWlzcmFlbC1lbGVjdGlvbi1lbmRvcnNlbWVudC1nYXphLWlyYW4=&pid=PNIKk3c3aq1zz4n
“Making Peace is not Rocket Science,” Palestine-Israel Journal, Vol. 30, no. 1 and 2, 2026, 25-30. https://pij.org/articles/2358/making-peace-is-not-rocket-science
“Trump’s Saudi Nuclear Deal Is Diplomatic Malpractice,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Policy, July 27, 2026. https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/27/trump-nuclear-saudi-arabia-deal-iran-israel/
“A Thousand Days After October 7, Washington Still Has No Strategic Plan,” with Aaron Miller, Emissary, July 6, 2026. https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2026/07/gaza-1000-days-united-states-middle-east-policy
“A Trump Deal With Iran Could Spell Trouble for Netanyahu,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Policy, June 1, 2026. https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/01/trump-israel-iran-war-deal-election-netanyahu/
“Why Trump Might Come to Regret the Iran War,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Policy, May 1, 2026. https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/01/trump-iran-war-regret-cease-fire/
“Lessons Learned from Middle East Diplomacy, American Diplomacy, May 2026. https://americandiplomacy.web.unc.edu/2026/05/lessons-learned-from-middle-east-diplomacy/
“3 strategies and 2 wars in Iran: The five-point peace plan may be the best way out of it,” with Aaron Miller, New York Daily News, April 5, 2026. https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/04/05/3-strategies-2-wars-in-iran-the-five-point-peace-plan-may-the-best-way-to-end-it/
“What Trump wants from the Iran War,” Prospect Magazine, April 1, 2026. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle-east/72879/what-trump-wants-from-the-iran-war
“The Problem with the Idea that Netanyahu Made Trump Attack Iran,” with Aaron Miller, Emissary, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 23, 2026. https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2026/03/trump-netanyahu-iran-war-responsibility
“Don’t put your hopes on a new Middle East,” with Aaron Miller, The New York Times, March 16, 2026. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/opinion/iran-war-us-israel-mideast-transformation.html?searchResultPosition=1
“Trump Troubleshooters Witkoff and Kushner Get an F in Diplomacy,” with Aaron Miller,
Foreign Policy, March 3, 2026. https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/03/witkoff-kushner-trump-fail-diplomacy-iran-ukraine-gaza/
“There’s Never Been a President Like Trump on Israel,” with Aaron Miller, Emissary,
January 16, 2026. https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2026/01/trump-netanyahu-israel-gaza-board-of-peace-plan?lang=en
“The Middle East Looks Toward a Grim 2026,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Policy, January 1, 2026. https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/01/trump-israel-hamas-hezbollah-iran-peace-gaza-2026/
“Whether it puts boots on the ground or not, Turkey matters for Gaza’s stabilization,” with Kayra Sener, Atlantic Council, New Atlanticist, November 25, 2025. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/whether-it-puts-boots-on-the-ground-or-not-turkey-matters-for-gazas-stabilization/
“U.S.-Israeli Relations Are Undergoing a Profound Shift,” with Aaron Miller, Emissary, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,” November 13, 2025. U.S.-Israeli Relations Are Undergoing a Profound Shift | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
“As the War in Gaza Winds Down, the West Bank Is a Flash Point,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Policy, October 15, 2025.https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/15/war-gaza-winds-down-west-bank-flash-point-hamas-israel/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=d2FyLWdhemEtd2luZHMtZG93bi13ZXN0LWJhbmstZmxhc2gtcG9pbnQtaGFtYXMtaXNyYWVs&pid=PNIKk3c3aq1zz4n
“The Weak Link in Trump’s Mideast Peace Plan Might Be Trump Himself, with Aaron Miller, Foreign Policy, October 3, 2025. https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/03/weak-link-trumps-mideast-peace-plan-trump-himself/
“The Actual Path to a Palestinian State,” The Atlantic, September 23, 2025.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/palestine-statehood-israel-diplomacy/684305/
“Israel and Gaza Need an All-for-All Strategy,” with Aaron Miller, Emissary, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, August 7, 2025. https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/08/israel-gaza-ceasefire-aid-hostages-strategy?lang=en
“Less Gloating and More Diplomacy Are Needed to Heal the Middle East,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Policy, July 3, 2025. https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/03/less-gloating-and-more-diplomacy-are-needed-to-heal-the-middle-east/
“America Should End Israel’s War on Iran—Not Join It,” with Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, June 18, 2025. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/america-should-end-israels-war-iran-not-join-it
“Lessons from the Trump-Zelensky Confrontation,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Policy, March 4, 2025. https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/04/lessons-from-the-trump-zelensky-confrontation/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=bGVzc29ucy1mcm9tLXRoZS10cnVtcC16ZWxlbnNreS1jb25mcm9udGF0aW9u&pid=PNIKk3c3aq1zz4n
“Good optics but empty pockets,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Policy, January 31, 2025. https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/31/good-optics-but-empty-pockets/
“What the Cease-Fire Deal Really Means,” with Aaron Miller, The New York Times, January 17, 2025. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/opinion/gaza-israel-hamas-hostages-cease-fire.html
“American Policy in the Middle East: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead,” Great Decisions, Foreign Policy Association, November 21, 2024. www.fpa.org/great_decisions
“Sinwar’s Death Gives Bibi a Boost—but Not Much More,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Policy,
October 23, 2024. https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/23/israel-hamas-war-gaza-sinwar-death-netayahu-ceasefire/
“The politics and policy dilemmas of the Netanyahu visit,” Medium, July 22, 2024. https://jewishdems.medium.com/the-politics-and-policy-dilemmas-of-the-netanyahu-visit-c7d2ceaa8c51
“Rift or Rupture,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Policy, May 17, 2024. https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/17/israel-hamas-war-biden-netanyahu-relations-gaza/
“Why Aren't Palestinians and Their Allies Condemning Calls to Support Hamas on U.S. Campuses?” Haaretz, April 26, 2024. Why Aren't Palestinians and Their Allies Condemning Calls to Support Hamas on U.S. Campuses? - Opinion - Haaretz.com
“Netanyahu Is Insulting, Not Engaging, the Biden Administration. It's Time for Israel to Listen to America,” Haaretz, March 25, 2024. https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024-03-25/ty-article-opinion/.premium/israel-needs-to-listen-to-america-now/0000018e-7757-d8a5-addf-77f78dd70000?gift=0084d2bccdd540079f88d0ecbd77d090
“Biden Says the Israeli-Palestinian Status Quo Is Dead. Can He Build an Alternative? With Aaron Miller, Haaretz, December 27, 2023.https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-12-27/ty-article-opinion/.premium/biden-says-the-israeli-palestinian-status-quo-is-dead-can-he-build-an-alternative/0000018c-ab19-d22d-a3dd-bf79e14d0000
“In Dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, America Has No Easy Way Out,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Affairs, December 22, 2023.
“What Needs to Happen When the Fighting Stops in Gaza,” The Atlantic, December 14, 2023.
“Biden Should Outline New Terms for Peace Talks,” Foreign Policy, December 7, 2023. How Will This War End? How Can the Next One be Prevented? – Foreign Policy
“Facing hard truths for both Israel and the Palestinians,” NY Daily News, December 3, 2023.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/12/03/facing-hard-truths-for-both-israel-and-the-palestinians/
“Why a Gaza Cease-Fire Is Unrealistic,” The Atlantic, November 8, 2023. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/11/gaza-cease-fire-pause-israel-war/675933/
“I Worked With Netanyahu. It’s Time for Him to Step Down,” Foreign Policy, November 2, 2023. https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/02/netanyahu-resign-gaza-hamas-war-prime-minister-israel/
“From the Gulf War to Gaza: Israel Must Not Make America's Mistakes,” Haaretz, October 29, 2023. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-10-29/ty-article-opinion/.premium/from-the-gulf-war-to-gaza-israel-must-not-make-americas-mistakes/0000018b-7974-d4a8-a3cf-fdfd4a2a0000
“Why Egypt Can’t Solve Gaza’s Problems.” New York Times, October 20, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/20/opinion/international-world/israel-gaza-palestinians-egypt.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
“Why Biden Is Visiting Wartime Israel,” Haaretz, October 17, 2023. https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-10-17/ty-article/.premium/why-biden-is-visiting-wartime-israel/0000018b-3ef6-d2b8-a7db-feff186c0000
“Hamas, Israel, and the challenges ahead,” NY Daily News, October 15, 2023. https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/10/15/hamas-israel-and-the-challenges-ahead/
“Getting Israeli-Saudi Rapprochement Right,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Affairs, August 21, 2023. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/getting-israeli-saudi-rapprochement-right
“Israel's Governing Extremists Are Now Galloping Towards Annexation,” Haaretz, August 6, 2023. https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-08-06/ty-article/.premium/israels-governing-extremists-are-now-galloping-towards-annexation/00000189-c6da-d20c-addf-c6da04520000?utm_source=App_Share&utm_medium=iOS_Native
“Turmoil in Israel prompts new calls for U.S. to cut off billions in annual aid,” PBS NewsHour, July 27, 2023. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/turmoil-in-israel-prompts-new-calls-for-u-s-to-cut-off-billions-in-annual-aid
“Palestinians Will Pay for Saving Israeli Democracy,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Affairs, June 2, 2023. Palestinians Will Pay for Saving Israeli Democracy | Foreign Affairs
“How to prevent the third Intifada,” NY Daily News, April 20, 2023. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-third-intifada-not-too-late-to-prevent-it-20230420-qi5vjfd75femlhjcuanyhwznye-story.html
“Israel Is Somewhere It’s Never Been Before,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Policy, March 30, 2023. https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/30/israel-judicial-reform-protests-netanyahu-biden/?tpcc=recirc_latest06292
“5 Ways Biden Can Thread the Needle With Israel’s New Coalition,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Policy, February 1, 2023. How Biden Should Handle Netanyahu's Far-Right Coalition in Israel (foreignpolicy.com)
“Russia, Ukraine, and U.S. Policy in the Middle East,” Cairo Journal of Foreign Affairs, Winter 2023. https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/russia-ukraine-and-u-s-policy-in-the-middle-east/
“Biden should respond boldly to a radical Netanyahu government,” with Aaron Miller, Washington Post, November 29, 2022. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/29/israel-government-netanyahu-biden-palestinians-arabs/
“Cancel Netanyahu's Trial. And Save Israel From the Far Right,” Haaretz, November 7, 2022. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/2022-11-07/ty-article-opinion/.highlight/cancel-netanyahus-trial-and-save-israel-from-the-far-right/00000184-513a-d59f-abbe-ddfef6770000?lts=1667824389816
“Have we learned the lessons from Afghanistan?” NY Daily News, August 16, 2022. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-have-we-learned-lessons-afghanistan-20220816-4eyc5t6ub5cepipygyq7pdd6wi-story.html
“Rocky Road: U.S.-Israel relations after 9/11,” Arena Journal, IDC, September 11, 2021. Rocky Road: U.S.-Israel relations after 9/11 (arenajournal.org.il)
“9/11, 20 years on: The three lessons we Americans failed to learn, Haaretz, Sep. 9, 2021. https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-9-11-20-years-on-the-three-lessons-we-americans-failed-to-learn-1.10183846
“Of course we couldn’t transform Afghanistan: Stop the self-flagellation,” NY Daily News, August 16, 2021. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-afghanistan-and-failure-foreign-policy-alchemy-20210816-f2f7z3ty6ndxnbyhrndlryjimi-story.html
“Biden’s Brief Middle East Pivot Won’t Last,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Policy, July 19, 2022. https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/19/biden-middle-east-trip-saudi-israel-russia-ukraine-iran/
“It’s time to double down on diplomacy in Yemen,” with Merlin Boone, War on the Rocks, February 2, 2022. https://warontherocks.com/2022/02/try-diplomacy-not-escalation-in-yemen/
“How the U.S. and Israel should move together,” with Yossi Beilin, NY Daily News, July 7, 2021. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-how-the-us-and-israel-should-move-forward-together-20210707-3o35jmbbpbefnbmudupjcc3qc4-story.html
“Peace Process Now,” (Podcast with Yossi Beilin), Americans for Peace Now, July 29, 2021. PeaceCast: #199: Peace Process Now with Yossi Beilin and Daniel Kurtzer (libsyn.com)
“Determined U.S. Diplomacy and the Path Forward,” Middle East Institute Viewpoints, June 21, 2021. https://www.mei.edu/publications/debate-biden-administrations-approach-israelpalestine
“Netanyahu’s On the Way Out. Here’s What Biden Can Expect Next,” with Aaron Miller and Steven Simon, Politico, June 2, 2021. Opinion | Netanyahu’s On the Way Out. Here’s What Biden Can Expect Next. - POLITICO
“Battle between Israel and Hamas is an unwelcome surprise for Biden,” with Aaron Miller, CNN, May 12, 2021. Opinion: Battle between Israel and Hamas is an unwelcome surprise for Biden - CNN
“Injecting 'Apartheid' Into the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Will Make It Worse,” with Aaron Miller, Newsweek, May 4, 2021. Injecting 'Apartheid' Into the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Will Make It Worse | Opinion (newsweek.com)
“Israel and Iran are pulling the United States toward conflict,” with Aaron Miller and Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, April 26, 2021. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/israel/2021-04-26/israel-and-iran-are-pulling-united-states-toward-conflict
“In Memory of George P. Shultz: The Constant Gardener-Diplomat,” U.S. Institute of Peace, February 10, 2021. In Memory of George P. Shultz: The Constant Gardener-Diplomat | United States Institute of Peace (usip.org)
“Iran Nuclear Deal: Netanyahu’s new campaign against the Iran deal is a risky gambit,” with Aaron Miller and Steven Simon, Responsible Statecraft, January 28, 2021. Netanyahu’s new campaign against the Iran deal is a risky gambit – Responsible Statecraft
“Under Burns, the CIA Gets a New Focus,” with Aaron Miller, Foreign Policy, January 15, 2021. https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/under-burns-the-cia-gets-a-new-focus/
“Multilateralism and U.S. Policy in the Middle East,” with Aaron Miller, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, December 14, 2020. https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/12/14/multilateralism-and-u.s.-policy-in-middle-east-pub-83437
“The Biden Administration and the Peace Process,” Two-State Index, November 11, 2020. https://www.publicators.com/app/dms.asp?ms_id=27473
“Thinking through a Trump October surprise: Could Iran be a wildcard?” with Steven Simon, NY Daily News, September 20, 2020. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-trump-october-surprise-20200920-ck2heny4tfe5zlugjitilwiufe-story.html
“Getting past the champagne corks: The complexities of the Israel-UAE deal,” NY Daily News, August 14, 2020. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-israel-uae-deal-20200814-q3womhl7qrflllup6eyvfmbhli-story.html
“3 Bilateral Agreements That Would Improve Israel's Relationship With America,” with Yossi Beilin, The National Interest, June 19, 2020. https://nationalinterest.org/feature/3-bilateral-agreements-would-improve-israels-relationship-america-163067
“Annexation makes no policy sense,” Cairo Review of Global Affairs, June 15, 2020. https://www.thecairoreview.com/tahrir-forum/annexation-makes-no-policy-sense/
“Looking beyond Trump: How to reset U.S. policy,” Palestine-Israel Journal of Politics, Economics and Culture, May 5, 2020. https://www.pij.org/articles/1996/looking-beyond-trump-how-to-reset-us-policy
“The Ingredients of Palestinian-Israeli Peacemaking,” Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 43, No. 3, Spring 2020. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.33428/jsoutasiamiddeas.43.3.0005#metadata_info_tab_contents
“Looking Beyond Trump: How to Reset U.S. Policy,” Palestine-Israel Journal, Vol. 25 No. 1&2, 2020. https://www.pij.org/articles/1996
“The Middle East’s Evolving Security Landscape: Prospects for Regional Cooperation and US Engagement,” with Maira Seeley, IAI Papers 20/10, May 2020, Foundation for European Progressive Studies and Instituto Affari Internazionali. https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iaip2010.pdf
“How The Soleimani Strike May Already Be Backfiring,” NY Daily News, January 7, 2020. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-how-the-soleimani-strike-is-backfiring-20200107-y7hbfw5ffjcfxeafr6cut3xdsq-story.html
“Let’s not pretend Washington ever really tried to stop Israeli settlements,” with Aaron Miller, The Washington Post, November 22, 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/lets-not-pretend-washington-ever-really-tried-to-stop-israeli-settlements/2019/11/21/2fc18316-0c96-11ea-97ac-a7ccc8dd1ebc_story.html
“Why Pompeo’s settlement announcement is bad news,” NY Daily News, November 18, 2019. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-why-pompeo-settlement-bad-news-20191119-2l62mzgflzbq5lcnqdo3lkcfky-story.html
“Israel-Palestine Peace is Possible,” The Caravan, Hoover Institution, Issue 1923, September 24, 2019. https://www.hoover.org/research/israel-palestine-peace-possible
“Understanding Israel’s election results: Where the maneuvering goes from here,” NY Daily News, September 18, 2019. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-understanding-israels-election-results-20190918-ua276p5knrhevhf2g6pblb4kqi-story.html
“A Persian or Saudi September surprise?” NY Daily News, September 5, 2019. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-a-persian-or-sa”Kimudi-september-surprise-20190905-oepy4yfr5fhp3bqwhro63ltvwm-story.html
“Israel-PLO Peace Process: Interview with Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer,” by Raphael Cohen-Almagor, Israel Studies, Vol. 24, No. 3 (2019): 127-156. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3426669
“Kim Darroch was just doing an ambassador’s job,” NY Daily News, July 11, 2019. https://www.nydailynews.com/2019/07/11/kim-darroch-was-just-doing-an-ambassadors-job/
“Annexing the Golan is a Leap in Israeli Policy,” Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2019. https://www.wsj.com/articles/annexing-the-golan-is-a-leap-in-israeli-policy-11558457473
“The Illusion of Trump’s Mideast Peace Plan,” The American Prospect, April 16, 2019. https://prospect.org/power/illusion-trump-s-mideast-peace-plan/
“Kurtzer: Egypt-Israel accord worked because Sadat understood Israel” by Herb Keinon, The Jerusalem Post, March 6, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/kurtzer-egypt-israel-accord-worked-because-sadat-understood-israel-582627
“How Ilhan Omar is setting back legitimate debate of Israeli politics,” NY Daily News, March 5, 2019. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-how-ilhan-omar-is-setting-back-legitimate-debate-about-israeli-policies-20190305-story.html
“Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” Medium, January 29, 2019. https://medium.com/@dkurtzer/understanding-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-f441c5925681
“Israeli politics: A guide to the perplexed,” NY Daily News, January 22, 2019. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-israeli-politics-a-guide-to-the-perplexed-20190122-story.html
“Recognizing the Golan Heights: An Idea Whose Time Has Not Yet Come,” The American Interest, January 9, 2019. https://www.the-american-interest.com/2019/01/09/an-idea-whose-time-has-not-yet-come/
“The Trump administration’s latest blow to the chances for Mideast peace,” NY Daily News, October 18, 2018. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-trumps-latest-blow-to-mideast-peace-20181018-story.html
“Choices Facing the United States: Greater Israel or Global Israel,” Israel Studies, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Fall 2018). https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/israelstudies.23.3.29
“Trump’s red, white and blue flag waving all boils down to green: Money motivates every move,” NY Daily News, August 23, 2018. http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-trumps-red-white-blue-green-20180823-story.html
“The ‘Tweet and Retreat’ foreign policy of Donald Trump,” NY Daily News, July 25, 2018. http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-tweet-and-retreat-foreign-policy-20180725-story.html
“Waiting for Uncle Sam: ‘Ten Commandments’ for a New, and More Honest, U.S. Leadership in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process,” Cairo Review, No. 27 (2017). https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/waiting-for-uncle-sam/
“America can’t save the two-state solution,” Haaretz, January 7, 2018. https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.833419
“How Obama and the nuclear deal he brokered may have helped spark Iran’s protests – in a good way,” NY Daily News, January 4, 2018. http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/obama-helped-spark-iran-protests-good-article-1.3737675
“Jerusalem embassy move has zero upside for America,” NY Daily News, December 7, 2017. http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/jerusalem-embassy-move-zero-upside-america-article-1.3682434
“Israel and Hezbollah: Deterrence and the Threat of Miscalculation,” Council on Foreign Relations, 2017. https://www.cfr.org/report/israel-and-hezbollah-deterrence-and-threat-miscalculation?utm_source=redirect&utm_medium=earned&utm_campaign=IsraelHezbollahMiscalculation
“The hard part of peace,” NY Daily News, July 24, 2017. http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/hard-part-mideast-peace-article-1.3345952
“Transformational Leadership and the Prospects for Peace” Palestine-Israel Journal, Vol. 22, No. 2 & 3, 2017. http://www.pij.org/details.php?id=1771
“Trump & Netanyahu: Send in the Clowns,” Woodrow Wilson School, February 17, 2-17. http://bit.ly/2lqseGX
“Former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Deserves Our Support,” Woodrow Wilson School, February 15, 2017. http://bit.ly/2lk2g7v
“John Kerry’s Powerful Words for Israel,” NY Daily News, December 30, 2016. http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/john-kerry-powerful-words-israel-article-1.2928149
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“Can great thinkers teach us tolerance in an era of ideological radicalism?” Jerusalem Post, November 24, 2016. https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Can-great-thinkers-teach-us-tolerance-in-an-era-of-ideological-radicalism-473594
“Sleight of Hand: Israel, Settlements, and Unauthorized Outposts,” Middle East Institute Policy Focus 2016-24, October 2016. http://www.mei.edu/sites/default/files/publications/PF24_Kurtzer_Israelisettlements_web_0.pdf
“Israel’s Government Hawks and Military Doves,” Project Syndicate, August 3, 2016. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/israel-approaches-to-peace-process-by-daniel-kurtzer-2016-08
“A case for the Yarmuth-Price resolution,” Congress Blog in The Hill, April 27, 2016. http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/277923-a-case-for-the-yarmuth-price-resolution
“Nothing beats the two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians,” Brookings Institution, January 29, 2016. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/01/29-two-state-solution-is-best-kurtzer
Israel”Real Talk On Israeli Settlements: The U.S. Must Match Words With Deeds,” Foreign Affairs, January 13, 2016. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/israel/2016-01-13/real-talk-israeli-settlements
“Dealing With Daesh: Stay the Course,” Hoover Institution, December 2, 2015. http://www.hoover.org/research/dealing-daesh-stay-course
“7 Steps to an Effective U.S. Peace Policy,” The National Interest, November 7, 2015.
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“Why Iran deal is good for Israel, CNN, August 4, 2015. http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/04/opinions/kurtzer-israel-iran-deal/index.html
“Netanyahu Changed Nothing: The Iran talks will go on as before, leaving one to wonder: What was he doing here?” Politico, March 3, 2015. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/03/netanyahu-congress-iran-115709.html#.VPcCak10w5s
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“Peace in the Middle East will only come with international help,” The Washington Post, August 10, 2014. http://wapo.st/1r1g58O
“The U.S. must inject life into a moribund peace process,” Haaretz, June 30, 2014.
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“Can the Egyptian-American Relationship be Reinvented,” The American Interest, April 8, 2014. http://www.the-american-interest.com/articles/2014/04/08/can-the-egyptian-american-relationship-be-reinvented/
“Releasing Pollard: Don’t Do It, Mr. Secretary,” The American Interest, April 1, 2014.
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“Baseball, American Jews, and Repentance,” The Jewish Week, September 17, 2013. http://www.thejewishweek.com/editorial-opinion/opinion/baseball-american-jews-and-repentance
“Kerry's next move in the Middle East,” with Gilead Sher, Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2013. www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-kurtzer-sher-peace-kerry-20130730,0,4218432.story
“As Egypt Roils, Time for Israel to Pursue Peace Talks,” The Jewish Week, July 9, 2013. http://www.thejewishweek.com/editorial-opinion/opinion/egypt-roils-time-israel-pursue-peace-talks
“Step Back: Haredi-Secular relations in Israel,” Baltimore Jewish Times, May 17, 2013. http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/comment/step_back1/
“Obama Can’t Go It Alone in Syria,” The New York Times, May 2, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/opinion/obama-cant-go-it-alone-in-syria.html?_r=0
“Obama’s Middle East push must break the mold,” Deutsch Welle – Trans-Atlantic Voices,
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“Toward a New American Policy,” The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, 8/Winter 2013. http://www.aucegypt.edu/gapp/cairoreview/pages/articleDetails.aspx?aid=300
“Endgame for Israel and Hamas - but what comes next?” Haaretz, November 22, 2012. http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/endgame-for-israel-and-hamas-but-what-comes-next.premium-1.479755
“The Peace Process Isn't Dead,” Foreign Policy, November 15, 2012. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/11/15/the_peace_process_isnt_dead
“U.S. and Israel need mutual diplomacy, not recriminations,” Haaretz, September 13, 2012 http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/u-s-and-israel-need-mutual-diplomacy-not-recriminations-1.464725
“Israel's Illogical Settlement Decision,” The National Interest, July 10, 2012. http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/israels-illogical-settlement-decision-7175
“Resizing America’s Role,” Bitterlemons, Edition 17 Volume 10, May 10, 2012. http://www.bitterlemons-international.org/previous.php?opt=1&id=379#1541
“Reviving the Peace Process” The National Interest, Number 117, Jan/Feb 2012 http://nationalinterest.org/article/reviving-the-peace-process-6281
“Giving Multilateral Diplomacy a Chance,” Sh’ma, November 2011. http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201111?folio=14#pg14
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“A ‘Win-Win’ for Palestine and Israel Is Possible,” HuffPost World, August 17, 2011. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-kurtzer/a-winwin-for-palestine-an_b_928199.html
“The border between reality and politics: What's new and what's not in Obama's stance on '67 border?” New York Daily News, May 22, 2011. http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2011/05/22/2011-05-22_the_border_between_reality_and_politics_whats_new_and_whats_not_in_obamas_stance.html
“U.S.'s Best Mideast Policy Is Through Israel,” Bloomberg.com, February 27, 2011. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-28/u-s-s-best-mideast-policy-is-through-israel-commentary-by-daniel-kurtzer.html
“With settlement deal, U.S. will be rewarding Israel's bad behavior,” Washington Post “Outlook” section, November 21, 2010. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/19/AR2010111903000.html
“After the flotilla attack, it’s time for a new, kinder Israeli narrative,” Washington Post “Outlook” section, June 6, 2010. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/04/AR2010060402010.html
“The Petraeus statement: We need to take this seriously,” bitterlemons-international.org., Edition 9, Volume 8, April 15, 2010. http://www.geneva-accord.org/mainmenu/we-need-to-take-this-seriously
“Netanyahu’s Gamble at Home,” New York Post, March 27, 2010. http://nypost.com/2010/03/28/netanyahus-gamble-at-home/
“Proximity talks: prospects for success?” Foreign Policy blog, March 9, 2010. http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/03/09/proximity_talks_prospects_for_success
“Behind the Settlements,” The American Interest, Spring (March/April) 2010, Vol. V, No. 4. http://www.the-american-interest.com/2010/03/01/behind-the-settlements/
“The Missing Peaces: Old City, New Regime,” with Michael D. Bell, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 88, no. 2, March/April 2009. http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/20699500.pdf?_=1467906926250
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“The Settlements Facts,” Washington Post, June 14, 2009. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/12/AR2009061203498.html
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“Despite Paralysis in Israeli Politics, U.S. Peace Efforts Crucial,” Interview with Council on Foreign Relations, February 11, 2009. (http://www.cfr.org/publication/18520/despite_paralysis_in_israeli_politics_us_peace_efforts_crucial.html)
“Where is Egypt Headed?” Foreign Policy Research Institute E-Notes, December 2008. http://www.fpri.org/article/2013/10/where-is-egypt-headed/
“Crisis Guide: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – Diplomatic Efforts, Chapter III” Council on Foreign Relations, Interactive and Multimedia Teaching Guide. http://www.cfr.org/publication/13850/
“Shortsighted Statecraft: Washington’s Muddled Middle East Policy,” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 87, no. 4, July/August 2008. http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/20032721.pdf
“Next U.S. President Must Give Priority to Arab-Israeli Talks,” Interview with Council on Foreign Relations, April 16, 2008. (http://www.cfr.org/publication/15979/kurtzer.html)
“Looking at process in the Arab-Israeli negotiations,” The Daily Star – Beirut, February 5, 2008. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2008/Feb-05/115869-looking-at-process-in-the-arab-israeli-negotiations.ashx
“Study the Past,” Bitterlemons-international.org, Edition 5, Vol. 6, January 31, 2008. http://www.bitterlemons-international.org/previous.php?opt=1&id=213
“Israeli Foreign Policy: Challenges, Risks, Choices and Opportunities,” Questions international, November 2007.
“How Rice Can Improve Her Odds,” International Herald Tribune, November 20, 2007. http://www.geneva-accord.org/mainmenu/how-rice-can-improve-her-odds
“Middle East Summit: A Recipe for Failure?” International Herald Tribune, October 9, 2007. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/09/news/edkurtzer.php
“The U.S. Must Get Tough in Promoting Arab-Israeli Peace Efforts,” Palestine-Israel Journal of Politics, Economics and Culture, Vol. 13, no.4 (2007). http://www.pij.org/details.php?id=971
“Multiple Interests, Few Options,” Bitterlemons-international.org, Ed. 27, Vol. 5, July 12, 2007. http://www.bitterlemons.org/international/previous.php?opt=1&id=188
“Washington Reassessing its Role,” Bitterlemons-international.org, Ed. 19, Vol. 5, May 17, 2007. http://www.bitterlemons.org/international/previous.php?opt=1&id=180
“An Arab Initiative That Can Work,” with Rosemary Hollis, International Herald Tribune, March 21, 2007. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/opinion/21iht-edhollis.4978404.html?_r=0
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“Get Out of Iraq. Now,” International Herald Tribune, September 6, 2006. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/06/opinion/06iht-edkurtzer.2714566.html
“U.S., Israel and West Should Be Ready to Deal with New Palestinian Government If Headed by Non-Hamas 'Independent'”, Interview with Council on Foreign Relations, February 10, 2006. (http://www.cfr.org/publication/9817/kurtzer.html)