Analysis
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, he will have to contend with a Middle East inflamed by multiple interconnected armed conflicts.
The Biden administration has secured a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, but tensions remain high across the region, with Israel twice coming to blows with Iran in the past year, the Israel-Hamas war showing no sign of abating.
How the incoming Trump team will handle these challenges remains to be seen.
Trump’s 2024 campaign website touts the Middle East policy positions of his first term, including recognizing Israel’s territorial claims over the Golan Heights, recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, working to broker normal relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors through the Abraham accords, and ending U.S. participation in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal….