Elliott Abrams

Elliott Abrams is a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and the former U.S. State Department special representative for Venezuela during the Trump administration.

Articles by Elliott Abrams
A Palestinian is seen from behind as they look outside through a large broken window. Some shards of fractured glass remain in the frame, but the rest of the opening reveals dark smoke billowing from a dense street of buildings in Gaza City. The sky is otherwise light but hazy.
A Palestinian is seen from behind as they look outside through a large broken window. Some shards of fractured glass remain in the frame, but the rest of the opening reveals dark smoke billowing from a dense street of buildings in Gaza City. The sky is otherwise light but hazy.

How Will This War End? How Can the Next One be Prevented?
Roundup
Zaha Hassan, Daniel C. Kurtzer, Omar M. Dajani, Diana Buttu, Peter R. Mansoor, Daniel Levy, Ehud Olmert, Eugene Kontorovich, Elliott Abrams
Juan Guaidó in the Venezuelan parliament in Caracas
Juan Guaidó in the Venezuelan parliament in Caracas

Biden Sidelines Venezuelan Democracy at Summit of the Americas
Shadow Government
Elliott Abrams
A view of Givat Zeev, an Israeli settlement near the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on Nov. 19, 2019.
A view of Givat Zeev, an Israeli settlement near the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on Nov. 19, 2019.

Blasting Israeli Settlement Construction Will Get Biden Nowhere
Argument
Elliott Abrams, Uri Sadot
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro speaks during a press conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas on Feb. 14, 2020.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro speaks during a press conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas on Feb. 14, 2020.

The EU Tries and Fails Again on Venezuela
Shadow Government
Elliott Abrams
barackbibi
barackbibi

President Trump and the Art of the ‘Ultimate’ Israel-Palestine Peace Deal
Argument
Elliott Abrams, Uri Sadot
obahrain
obahrain

How Obama Caved on Bahrain
Argument
Elliott Abrams
AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images
AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images

Everything You Know About Israeli Settlements Is Wrong
Argument
Elliott Abrams, Uri Sadot
Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

The Unsettled Question
Argument
Elliott Abrams, Uri Sadot
Illustration by Stephen Savage
Illustration by Stephen Savage

The Prince of the White House
Lists
Elliott Abrams
ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/GettyImages
ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/GettyImages

Processing Delay
Argument
Elliott Abrams
Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

A Forward Strategy of Freedom
Argument
Elliott Abrams
Alex Wong/Getty Images
Alex Wong/Getty Images

Obama’s Peace Process to Nowhere
Argument
Elliott Abrams, Michael Singh
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