Author Archive: Jon Greenwald

Jon Greenwald, now retired, was a senior Foreign Service Officer in the State Department and Vice President of the International Crisis Group, as well as the author of Berlin Witness: an American Diplomat's Chronicle of East Germany's Revolution. The views expressed here represent his own.

President Biden: Try for a Double Play on Iran and Afghanistan

Jon Greenwald | August 17, 2021

As the US and Iran navigate through the current impasse in restoring the nuclear deal amid the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Jon Greenwald provides his views on how these concurrent challenges justify a new strategy for dealing with them that cuts across both situations.

Israel-Palestine: Renaissance of a Two-State Solution

Jon Greenwald | June 10, 2021

Jon Greenwald provides his perspective on the prospects for a two-state solution as the result of greater interest in Palestinian rights following recent events in the region.

The U.S. and Hungary: Friends in Need of a Better Way

Jon Greenwald | May 25, 2021

Jon Greenwald argues that Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s championing of what he calls “illiberal democracy”, including drawing closer to Russia and China, presents a security threat to the U.S. and the West more broadly by undermining basic values Washington and the European Union share and thus making it harder to pursue successfully the challenges presented by countries such as China and Russia. It urges and outlines a multi-level diplomatic response respectful of historic Hungarian sensitivities to close the dangerous distance that has opened between Hungary and both Washington and Brussels.