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

Juan Guaidó in the Venezuelan parliament in Caracas

Biden Sidelines Venezuelan Democracy at Summit of the Americas

Shadow Government

June 9, 2022, 12:39 PM

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

May 23, 2022, 12:31 PM

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

February 3, 2021, 4:20 PM

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President Trump and the Art of the ‘Ultimate’ Israel-Palestine Peace Deal

Argument

Elliott Abrams, Uri Sadot

December 4, 2016, 12:45 PM

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How Obama Caved on Bahrain

Argument

February 27, 2015, 8:30 AM

AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images

Everything You Know About Israeli Settlements Is Wrong

Argument

Elliott Abrams, Uri Sadot

September 5, 2014, 2:44 PM

Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

The Unsettled Question

Argument

Elliott Abrams, Uri Sadot

July 29, 2013, 5:35 PM

Illustration by Stephen Savage

The Prince of the White House

Lists

March 4, 2013, 1:10 AM

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Processing Delay

Argument

June 8, 2012, 10:51 PM

Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

A Forward Strategy of Freedom

Argument

January 23, 2012, 11:37 PM

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Obama’s Peace Process to Nowhere

Argument

Elliott Abrams, Michael Singh

November 20, 2010, 2:29 AM

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