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
Shiite Muslims Hezbollah militants stand to attention as hundreds of people gather in a huge hall waiting to watch a televised speech by Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Shiite Muslim Lebanese Hezbollah militant group on February 22, 2008, in Beirut's southern suburb, ten days after the assassination of Hezbollah commander Imad Mughnieh in a bomb attack in Damascus. Nasrallah's televised speech marked the killing of Mughnieh and the 1992 assassination of its former leader Abbas Mussawi in an Israeli helicopter strike and assassinated Sheikh Ragheb Harb in 1984. AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH BARRAK (Photo credit should read JOSEPH BARRAK/AFP/Getty Images)
Shiite Muslims Hezbollah militants stand to attention as hundreds of people gather in a huge hall waiting to watch a televised speech by Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Shiite Muslim Lebanese Hezbollah militant group on February 22, 2008, in Beirut's southern suburb, ten days after the assassination of Hezbollah commander Imad Mughnieh in a bomb attack in Damascus. Nasrallah's televised speech marked the killing of Mughnieh and the 1992 assassination of its former leader Abbas Mussawi in an Israeli helicopter strike and assassinated Sheikh Ragheb Harb in 1984. AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH BARRAK (Photo credit should read JOSEPH BARRAK/AFP/Getty Images)

To Combat Illegal Immigration, Trump Should Target Latin America’s Hezbollah-Narco Nexus

Shadow Government
Emanuele Ottolenghi, John Hannah
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives for a rally in the Robarts Arena of the Sarasota Fairgrounds on November 7, 2016 in Sarasota, Florida. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump launched into the frenzied final day of their historic fight for the White House Monday, with blow-out rallies in the handful of swing states that will decide who leads the United States. / AFP / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives for a rally in the Robarts Arena of the Sarasota Fairgrounds on November 7, 2016 in Sarasota, Florida. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump launched into the frenzied final day of their historic fight for the White House Monday, with blow-out rallies in the handful of swing states that will decide who leads the United States. / AFP / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Will Trump Stay or Go in Iraq?

Shadow Government
John Hannah
The newly redecorated Oval Office of the White House with new carpet, couches and wallpaper, is pictured on August 31, 2010 in Washington, DC. The work was done while the First Family was vacationing in Martha's Vineyard. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
The newly redecorated Oval Office of the White House with new carpet, couches and wallpaper, is pictured on August 31, 2010 in Washington, DC. The work was done while the First Family was vacationing in Martha's Vineyard. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

No Time to Lose: Why the Next President Must Move Quickly to Reassert U.S. Power

Shadow Government
John Hannah
After a day of individual bilateral meetings with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Isreal, King Abdullah II of Jordan and President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt ,President Barack Obama meets makes a statement to the press in the Rose Garden with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Senator George Mitchell. (Photo by Christy Bowe/Corbis via Getty Images)
After a day of individual bilateral meetings with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Isreal, King Abdullah II of Jordan and President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt ,President Barack Obama meets makes a statement to the press in the Rose Garden with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Senator George Mitchell. (Photo by Christy Bowe/Corbis via Getty Images)

Trump Should Challenge Clinton on Obama’s Terrible Two-State Solution Plan

Shadow Government
John Hannah
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - DECEMBER 03: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) receives Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 3, 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey. Putin has travelled to Turkey for a meeting with the Turkish Prime Minister that is expected to include talks regarding the conflict in neighbouring Syria. (Photo by Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images)
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - DECEMBER 03: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) receives Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 3, 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey. Putin has travelled to Turkey for a meeting with the Turkish Prime Minister that is expected to include talks regarding the conflict in neighbouring Syria. (Photo by Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images)

Russia’s Middle East Offensive

Shadow Government
John Hannah
A picture taken on April 21, 2016 shows US President Barack Obama (C-L) attending a meeting with Saudi King Salman (C) and Saudi Defence Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C-R) during the US-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, on April 21, 2016. During a meeting with Gulf leaders in Saudi Arabia Obama said that "No country has an interest in 'conflict' with Iran". / AFP / Jim Watson (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
A picture taken on April 21, 2016 shows US President Barack Obama (C-L) attending a meeting with Saudi King Salman (C) and Saudi Defence Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C-R) during the US-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, on April 21, 2016. During a meeting with Gulf leaders in Saudi Arabia Obama said that "No country has an interest in 'conflict' with Iran". / AFP / Jim Watson (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia Strikes Back

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

Shadow Government
John Hannah
TOPSHOT - EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Turkish solders stay with weapons at Taksim square as people protest against the military coup in Istanbul on July 16, 2016. Turkish military forces on July 16 opened fire on crowds gathered in Istanbul following a coup attempt, causing casualties, an AFP photographer said. The soldiers opened fire on grounds around the first bridge across the Bosphorus dividing Europe and Asia, said the photographer, who saw wounded people being taken to ambulances. / AFP / OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Turkish solders stay with weapons at Taksim square as people protest against the military coup in Istanbul on July 16, 2016. Turkish military forces on July 16 opened fire on crowds gathered in Istanbul following a coup attempt, causing casualties, an AFP photographer said. The soldiers opened fire on grounds around the first bridge across the Bosphorus dividing Europe and Asia, said the photographer, who saw wounded people being taken to ambulances. / AFP / OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)

Notes on a Failed Coup

Shadow Government
John Hannah
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media outside the Haseki Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul on June 7, 2016 after visiting people injured by the blast of a bomb attack that targeted a police bus in the Vezneciler district of Istanbul earlier in the day. A bomb ripped through a Turkish police bus near Istanbul's historic centre, killing seven officers and four civilians and injuring 36 people in the latest of a string of attacks in Turkey's biggest city. / AFP / YASIN BULBUL (Photo credit should read YASIN BULBUL/AFP/Getty Images)
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media outside the Haseki Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul on June 7, 2016 after visiting people injured by the blast of a bomb attack that targeted a police bus in the Vezneciler district of Istanbul earlier in the day. A bomb ripped through a Turkish police bus near Istanbul's historic centre, killing seven officers and four civilians and injuring 36 people in the latest of a string of attacks in Turkey's biggest city. / AFP / YASIN BULBUL (Photo credit should read YASIN BULBUL/AFP/Getty Images)

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Erdogan?

Shadow Government
John Hannah
A picture taken on April 21, 2016 shows US President Barack Obama (L) meeting with Saudi King Salman (R) during the US-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, on April 21, 2016. Despite concerns about Iran's behaviour, neither the US nor Gulf states wish for conflict with the Shiite nation, Obama said. "None of our nations have an interest in conflict with Iran," he said at the close of a meeting in the Saudi capital with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council. / AFP / Jim Watson (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
A picture taken on April 21, 2016 shows US President Barack Obama (L) meeting with Saudi King Salman (R) during the US-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, on April 21, 2016. Despite concerns about Iran's behaviour, neither the US nor Gulf states wish for conflict with the Shiite nation, Obama said. "None of our nations have an interest in conflict with Iran," he said at the close of a meeting in the Saudi capital with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council. / AFP / Jim Watson (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

For Middle East Peace, Look to Israel’s Arab Partners

Shadow Government
John Hannah
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