Jon Hoffman

Jon Hoffman is a foreign-policy analyst at the Cato Institute and an adjunct professor at George Mason University.

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U.S. President Joe Biden, wearing a dark suit and holding sunglasses, embraces Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photographers and other people are seen around them.
U.S. President Joe Biden, wearing a dark suit and holding sunglasses, embraces Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photographers and other people are seen around them.

Israel Is a Strategic Liability for the United States
Argument
Jon Hoffman
A protester sits cross-legged on the ground, wearing a keffiyeh, and flashes the victory sign. A fire rages behind the security gate of the U.S. embassy behind him. A person is seen behind him in the distance leaning over.
A protester sits cross-legged on the ground, wearing a keffiyeh, and flashes the victory sign. A fire rages behind the security gate of the U.S. embassy behind him. A person is seen behind him in the distance leaning over.

U.S. Middle East Policy Has Failed
Argument
Jon Hoffman
Saudi women walk past a mural depicting Saudi King Salman (center), Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left), and late King Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman (right), the founder of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, at a park in the capital, Riyadh, on Jan. 16.
Saudi women walk past a mural depicting Saudi King Salman (center), Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left), and late King Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman (right), the founder of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, at a park in the capital, Riyadh, on Jan. 16.

The Arab Gulf’s New Nationalism
Analysis
Jon Hoffman
A man wearing a traditional white Arab headdress stands inside a synagogue.
A man wearing a traditional white Arab headdress stands inside a synagogue.

The Arab Autocrat’s New Religious Playbook
Analysis
Jon Hoffman
The six men stand in a line holding hands with crossed arms, forming a chain of hand-holding.
The six men stand in a line holding hands with crossed arms, forming a chain of hand-holding.

The United States Doesn’t Need to Recommit to the Middle East
Argument
Jon Hoffman
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan take part in a joint news conference at the State Department in Washington, DC on October 13, 2021. (Photo by Andrew Harnik / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan take part in a joint news conference at the State Department in Washington, DC on October 13, 2021. (Photo by Andrew Harnik / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Washington’s Blank Check for the United Arab Emirates Must End
Argument
Jon Hoffman
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping sit slightly slumped in red chairs next to one another.
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping sit slightly slumped in red chairs next to one another.

Neither Russia nor China Could Fill a U.S. Void in the Middle East
Argument
Jon Hoffman
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