Joshua Krasna
@jkrasna.bsky.social
Teach at NYU CGA. Director, Forum for Regional Cooperation; political and strategic analyst at FPRI. Former diplomat.
My latest. Hope you enjoy it.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
My latest. Hope you enjoy it.
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Yet again, our P.M. will only be willing to be interviewed for a foreign news outlet, in English. He has quite literally been unwilling to be interviewed in an independent Israeli news outlet -not Israel's version of AAN - since 2021!
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Netanyahu, coalition heads hold 11th-hour talks to avert early elections
Ultra-Orthodox leadership said to take second look at compromise, as fight over conscription threatens to topple government
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November 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Yet again, our P.M. will only be willing to be interviewed for a foreign news outlet, in English. He has quite literally been unwilling to be interviewed in an independent Israeli news outlet -not Israel's version of AAN - since 2021!
www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-in...
www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-in...
Interesting paper by bright young scholar. Notes IMEC implementation assumes Israel-Saudi normalization, which may not be in the cards for a while. In my view, the wide embrace of new Syrian regime is also a threat to Israel's central role in conceived regional corridors. orfme.org/expert-speak...
Railways and Realignments: Charting the Gulf’s Inclusive Path into the IMEC - ORF Middle East
The Gulf’s expanding rail network could redefine IMEC, turning regional cooperation into the backbone of India-Middle East-Europe connectivity.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Interesting paper by bright young scholar. Notes IMEC implementation assumes Israel-Saudi normalization, which may not be in the cards for a while. In my view, the wide embrace of new Syrian regime is also a threat to Israel's central role in conceived regional corridors. orfme.org/expert-speak...
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this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
New article by my talented FPRI intern, Brandon Fey of Gettsyburg College!
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Debt, Decree, and Development: Kuwait’s Unnoticed Transitions - Foreign Policy Research Institute
In recent decades, the Gulf states, namely Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, have adopted a distinct economic and political model that
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November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
New article by my talented FPRI intern, Brandon Fey of Gettsyburg College!
www.fpri.org/article/2025...
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Very interesting, makes sense, that tempers expectations that things are going to shape up soon. This is what happens when you spend two years not planning.
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Wary of Gaza instability, Arab states balk at troop deployment, financing
As Gaza’s ceasefire enters its next phase, Washington’s postwar plan faces growing regional skepticism.
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November 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Very interesting, makes sense, that tempers expectations that things are going to shape up soon. This is what happens when you spend two years not planning.
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
A lot of domestic political posturing in performative delay to sign the deal, which Minister himself ballyhooed when signed. B ase is not sure about Egypt (potential leverage?), or about exporting gas rather than holding on to it. Potential for tension w US.
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US energy secretary cancels visit over Israeli counterpart’s refusal to approve Egypt gas deal
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October 31, 2025 at 5:57 AM
A lot of domestic political posturing in performative delay to sign the deal, which Minister himself ballyhooed when signed. B ase is not sure about Egypt (potential leverage?), or about exporting gas rather than holding on to it. Potential for tension w US.
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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So for all the Trump-whisperers and Trump-splainers and pro-Bibi spinners, lets take the man at his own words: time.com/7327689/trum...
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
So for all the Trump-whisperers and Trump-splainers and pro-Bibi spinners, lets take the man at his own words: time.com/7327689/trum...
You know, unimportant things like bombing iran, leak... This they can keep secret. More complete destruction than at Fordow
You know things are utterly FUBAR in the US when @bellingcat.com is doing satellite imagery analysis of the White House.
New satellite images show the scale of demolition that has occurred on the East Wing of the White House in less than a month.
October 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
You know, unimportant things like bombing iran, leak... This they can keep secret. More complete destruction than at Fordow
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You know things are utterly FUBAR in the US when @bellingcat.com is doing satellite imagery analysis of the White House.
New satellite images show the scale of demolition that has occurred on the East Wing of the White House in less than a month.
October 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
You know things are utterly FUBAR in the US when @bellingcat.com is doing satellite imagery analysis of the White House.
So he is a liberal Jew of color ("the farthest thing from a Nazi")?
October 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
So he is a liberal Jew of color ("the farthest thing from a Nazi")?
Almost last of the national security ldrshp of 7/10 is gone (Head of Mossad is still around - the least responsible for failure vis-a-vis Hamas, and the most responsible for success in Lebanon and Iran). The only one still around, is "head of the fish"- Bibi. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Netanyahu thanks Hanegbi after firing him as national security adviser, replaced by Gil Reich
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October 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Almost last of the national security ldrshp of 7/10 is gone (Head of Mossad is still around - the least responsible for failure vis-a-vis Hamas, and the most responsible for success in Lebanon and Iran). The only one still around, is "head of the fish"- Bibi. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
My social media community: I am looking for a senior practitioner in private sector/corporate intelligence who can give a 60-90 minute Zoom lecture on private sector inte in my NYU graduate course on intelligence in November. Please reach out to me if you have suggestions.
October 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
My social media community: I am looking for a senior practitioner in private sector/corporate intelligence who can give a 60-90 minute Zoom lecture on private sector inte in my NYU graduate course on intelligence in November. Please reach out to me if you have suggestions.
Quoted a lot here.
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Netanyahu Says He Has Won the War. Can He Win the Peace?
The leader who has long played a hawk in Israeli politics now confronts the challenge of steering the country to the other side of a peace deal.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Quoted a lot here.
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I won't comment. I just urge anyone interested in foreign policy and Middle East politics, to read through this whole thing and not skip anything. This is the most powerful man in the world, and the one who is trying to bring order to the Middle East. share.google/Lm4ttn2aQ6w2...
Full text of Trump’s Knesset speech: You’ve won. You can’t beat the world. It’s time for peace
US president tells Netanyahu, regarding Gaza war and new deal: 'It was getting bad, heated... You're gonna be remembered for this far more than if you kept this thing going, going, going; kill, kill, ...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I won't comment. I just urge anyone interested in foreign policy and Middle East politics, to read through this whole thing and not skip anything. This is the most powerful man in the world, and the one who is trying to bring order to the Middle East. share.google/Lm4ttn2aQ6w2...
But there are still supporters of Bibi who present this as a one-sided Israeli victory...
Witkoff and Kushner met directly with Hamas leaders last week to seal deal - report
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Witkoff and Kushner met directly with Hamas leaders last week to seal deal - report
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Witkoff and Kushner met directly with Hamas leaders last week to seal deal – report
Envoys said to have met with senior Hamas official Khalil al-Khaya in Sharm el-Sheikh with Trump's approval, told him hostages 'more of a liability than an asset'
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October 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
But there are still supporters of Bibi who present this as a one-sided Israeli victory...
Witkoff and Kushner met directly with Hamas leaders last week to seal deal - report
www.timesofisrael.com/witkoff-and-...
Witkoff and Kushner met directly with Hamas leaders last week to seal deal - report
www.timesofisrael.com/witkoff-and-...
I'm orthodox: Hard to believe our shrimp-eating PM couldn't find a rabbi who would permit him to take part in a global peace conference on holiday. He could also have gone b4 the holiday and not violated the precepts while there. But coalition politics over all!
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Netanyahu turns down last-minute invite to Egypt summit, citing upcoming holiday
Trump brokers invitation for premier from Cairo during ride from airport to Knesset; Indonesia denies president to arrive Tuesday for historic visit
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October 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I'm orthodox: Hard to believe our shrimp-eating PM couldn't find a rabbi who would permit him to take part in a global peace conference on holiday. He could also have gone b4 the holiday and not violated the precepts while there. But coalition politics over all!
www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-tu...
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G-d uses surprising and flawed tools. Donald Trump has ensured his place in heaven, for now, having enabled/compelled the release of 50 (30 in January February, and 20 now) Israeli hostages (and hopefully ended the war), a mission that was beyond the capability of our own government for two years.
October 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
G-d uses surprising and flawed tools. Donald Trump has ensured his place in heaven, for now, having enabled/compelled the release of 50 (30 in January February, and 20 now) Israeli hostages (and hopefully ended the war), a mission that was beyond the capability of our own government for two years.
Oil shipments thru Iraq-Turkey pipeline & Ceyhan port- shut down by Ankara in 3/23 due to legal conflicts- resumed last week: Iraqi Kurds had lost billions in revenue. One major Kurdish customer, Israel, will prob no longer be taking, as the exports are now responsbility of the Iraqi government.
October 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Oil shipments thru Iraq-Turkey pipeline & Ceyhan port- shut down by Ankara in 3/23 due to legal conflicts- resumed last week: Iraqi Kurds had lost billions in revenue. One major Kurdish customer, Israel, will prob no longer be taking, as the exports are now responsbility of the Iraqi government.
Recording of my talk for FPRI, on 5 years to the Abraham Accords and 2 years to October 7th.
Middle East Briefing with Joshua Krasna - FPRI Events share.google/bXxf4bihzwFe...
Middle East Briefing with Joshua Krasna - FPRI Events share.google/bXxf4bihzwFe...
Middle East Briefing with Joshua Krasna - FPRI Events
It has been 5 years since the Abraham Accords, which seemed to herald the possibility of a regional dynamic of cooperation rather than competition. It has
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October 9, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Recording of my talk for FPRI, on 5 years to the Abraham Accords and 2 years to October 7th.
Middle East Briefing with Joshua Krasna - FPRI Events share.google/bXxf4bihzwFe...
Middle East Briefing with Joshua Krasna - FPRI Events share.google/bXxf4bihzwFe...
Very interesting, from Israel's most dependable polls (in 9/25).
64%: Bibi should take responsibility for 7/10 and resign (45% immediately, 19% "after the war").
72% of Jews surveyed think Palestinians don't have right to their own state, increase of 11% from '24.
en.idi.org.il/articles/61845
64%: Bibi should take responsibility for 7/10 and resign (45% immediately, 19% "after the war").
72% of Jews surveyed think Palestinians don't have right to their own state, increase of 11% from '24.
en.idi.org.il/articles/61845
Two Years since Oct. 7: Majority of Israelis say the Time Has Come to End the War
A special survey released as Israel prepares to mark two years since the start of the war on October 7, 2023 finds: 66% of Israelis say the time has come to end the war in Gaza – up 13 percentage poin...
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October 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Very interesting, from Israel's most dependable polls (in 9/25).
64%: Bibi should take responsibility for 7/10 and resign (45% immediately, 19% "after the war").
72% of Jews surveyed think Palestinians don't have right to their own state, increase of 11% from '24.
en.idi.org.il/articles/61845
64%: Bibi should take responsibility for 7/10 and resign (45% immediately, 19% "after the war").
72% of Jews surveyed think Palestinians don't have right to their own state, increase of 11% from '24.
en.idi.org.il/articles/61845
Just in case anyone misses it, in my view, "the hard way" for Netanyahu is negotiations.
October 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Just in case anyone misses it, in my view, "the hard way" for Netanyahu is negotiations.