Bilal Saab

Bilal Y. Saab is the senior managing director of TRENDS US and an associate fellow with Chatham House.

 

 

After the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire

Things escalated quickly following this week’s meeting in Washington between the Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors to the United States. Chaired by US…

Iran’s strategy for war with the US

If the United States and Iran fail to reach a nuclear or broader deal, the result will be war, according to US President Donald Trump. If that…

Trump's only Iran option

US President Donald Trump prefers to make a deal with Iran over going to war. That we know because he has said it repeatedly. What we don’t know is…

Beyond Fordow

The argument that the war between Iran and Israel comes down to the fate of Fordow is lazy and even misleading. Let’s assume for a moment that US…

Unpacking Trump’s Iran ultimatum

US President Donald Trump’s top priority in the Middle East is formulating a strategy for effectively curbing Iran’s nuclear aspirations, which seem…