John Hannah

John Hannah is a senior fellow at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America and a former national security advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney.

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US President Donald Trump (R) and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani take part in a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump (R) and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani take part in a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Qatar Needs to Do Its Part

Elephants in the Room
John Hannah
Members of Iran's Assembly of Experts, Mohammad Taghi Mesbah-Yazdi (up-R) and head of the Guardian Council, Ahmad Jannati (up-C), attend a session to appoint a new chairman on March 10, 2015 in Tehran. The Assembly of Experts, the clerics who appoint and can dismiss the country's supreme leader, picked the ultraconservative Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi as their new chairman in a surprise appointment. AFP PHOTO / BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of Iran's Assembly of Experts, Mohammad Taghi Mesbah-Yazdi (up-R) and head of the Guardian Council, Ahmad Jannati (up-C), attend a session to appoint a new chairman on March 10, 2015 in Tehran. The Assembly of Experts, the clerics who appoint and can dismiss the country's supreme leader, picked the ultraconservative Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi as their new chairman in a surprise appointment. AFP PHOTO / BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)

Why Trump’s Iran Sanctions Waiver Should Worry the Mullahs

Elephants in the Room
John Hannah
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 29: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the General Assembly at the United Nations before a UN General Assembly vote on upgrading the status of the Palestinians to non-member observer state on November 29, 2012 in New York City. With many European nations in favor, it looks certain that the Palestinians will win the coveted U.N. recognition as a state today. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 29: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the General Assembly at the United Nations before a UN General Assembly vote on upgrading the status of the Palestinians to non-member observer state on November 29, 2012 in New York City. With many European nations in favor, it looks certain that the Palestinians will win the coveted U.N. recognition as a state today. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Don’t Waste Arab-Israeli Cooperation on the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

Elephants in the Room
John Hannah
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) shakes hands with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after reviewing the honor guard at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran on January 10, 2015. Maduro arrived in the Iranian capital the previous day for a 24-hour visit during which he will meet officials from fellow OPEC member Iran to discuss plunging oil prices, state television said. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) shakes hands with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after reviewing the honor guard at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran on January 10, 2015. Maduro arrived in the Iranian capital the previous day for a 24-hour visit during which he will meet officials from fellow OPEC member Iran to discuss plunging oil prices, state television said. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

In Venezuela’s Toxic Brew, Failed Narco-State Meets Iran-Backed Terrorism

Elephants in the Room
Emanuele Ottolenghi, John Hannah
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gives a press conference in Tehran on Jaunary 17, 2017, to mark the first anniversary of the implementation of a historic nuclear deal. / AFP / ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gives a press conference in Tehran on Jaunary 17, 2017, to mark the first anniversary of the implementation of a historic nuclear deal. / AFP / ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

Rouhani, the Deceiver

Elephants in the Room
John Hannah, Saeed Ghasseminejad
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To Combat Illegal Immigration, Trump Should Target Latin America’s Hezbollah-Narco Nexus

Shadow Government 2009-2017
Emanuele Ottolenghi, John Hannah
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Will Trump Stay or Go in Iraq?

Shadow Government 2009-2017
John Hannah
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No Time to Lose: Why the Next President Must Move Quickly to Reassert U.S. Power

Shadow Government 2009-2017
John Hannah
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Trump Should Challenge Clinton on Obama’s Terrible Two-State Solution Plan

Shadow Government 2009-2017
John Hannah
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Russia’s Middle East Offensive

Shadow Government 2009-2017
John Hannah
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Saudi Arabia Strikes Back

Shadow Government 2009-2017
John Hannah
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Defusing the Iran Deal’s Ticking Time Bomb

Shadow Government 2009-2017
John Hannah
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Notes on a Failed Coup

Shadow Government 2009-2017
John Hannah
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Erdogan?

Shadow Government 2009-2017
John Hannah
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For Middle East Peace, Look to Israel’s Arab Partners

Shadow Government 2009-2017
John Hannah
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