Joshua Krasna
@jkrasna.bsky.social
Teach at NYU CGA. Director, Forum for Regional Cooperation; political and strategic analyst at FPRI. Former diplomat.
Was having interesting talk with young man who came late to higher education. He explained importance of understanding sociopol processes, opening self up to diff viewpoints, understanding dynamics that regulate our life, and then he said "like Charlie Kirk did and that's why 'they' killed him".
December 8, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Was having interesting talk with young man who came late to higher education. He explained importance of understanding sociopol processes, opening self up to diff viewpoints, understanding dynamics that regulate our life, and then he said "like Charlie Kirk did and that's why 'they' killed him".
Have to say that when this is written about China, it is not an unalloyed good...
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Have to say that when this is written about China, it is not an unalloyed good...
Netanyahu tapping his military secretary, General Roman Gofman, as next Mossad director, doesn't smell so good. Especially since his past amateur intelligence cosplaying put a loyal 17 year old Israeli boy under arrest for 18 months.
www.timesofisrael.com/report-teen-...
www.timesofisrael.com/report-teen-...
Report: Teen falsely held 18 months for leak of classified info; was fed intel by IDF
17-year-old said to have been recruited by officers for unapproved social media campaign; when army realized this, it did not pass on exonerating evidence to authorities
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December 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Netanyahu tapping his military secretary, General Roman Gofman, as next Mossad director, doesn't smell so good. Especially since his past amateur intelligence cosplaying put a loyal 17 year old Israeli boy under arrest for 18 months.
www.timesofisrael.com/report-teen-...
www.timesofisrael.com/report-teen-...
Good piece:
As Trump and Saudi prince heat up ties, Israel normalization left out in the cold
www.timesofisrael.com/as-trump-and...
As Trump and Saudi prince heat up ties, Israel normalization left out in the cold
www.timesofisrael.com/as-trump-and...
As Trump and Saudi prince heat up ties, Israel normalization left out in the cold
MBS notched important gains in Washington, rehabilitating Riyadh after it was sidelined by Israel and Qatar and likely stiffening the kingdom's price for joining the Abraham Accords
www.timesofisrael.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Good piece:
As Trump and Saudi prince heat up ties, Israel normalization left out in the cold
www.timesofisrael.com/as-trump-and...
As Trump and Saudi prince heat up ties, Israel normalization left out in the cold
www.timesofisrael.com/as-trump-and...
Figures shows brain drain spiked in 2023-2024 as well-educated fled overhaul, war
www.timesofisrael.com/figures-show...
www.timesofisrael.com/figures-show...
Figures shows brain drain spiked in 2023-2024 as well-educated fled overhaul, war
More doctors, engineers, and high earners moved away during 20-month period, costing state some NIS 1.5 billion in lost taxes, Tel Aviv U. economists find, warning trend may be ongoing
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December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Figures shows brain drain spiked in 2023-2024 as well-educated fled overhaul, war
www.timesofisrael.com/figures-show...
www.timesofisrael.com/figures-show...
Went over paper of mine in '18 about Israeli relations with Gulf. Pretty proud of how much I got right (though also got quite a bit wrong). One point I mentioned then which is still strong is that Israel insistence on formal full dipl relations can hold back progress
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Israel and the Gulf States: Some Things Change, Some Stay the Same - JISS
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to Oman, the first overt visit in over twenty years by an Israeli prime minister to an Arab country that does not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel, is extreme...
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November 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Went over paper of mine in '18 about Israeli relations with Gulf. Pretty proud of how much I got right (though also got quite a bit wrong). One point I mentioned then which is still strong is that Israel insistence on formal full dipl relations can hold back progress
jiss.org.il/en/krasna-is...
jiss.org.il/en/krasna-is...
The Forum for Regional Cooperation and our 7 partners held a great conference at the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy. Summed up 1/2 year's intensive work in 6 working groups of researchers from 13 states, on aspects of Abraham Accords after 5 years. Keep eyes peeled for pubs, and more events!
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Forum for Regional Cooperation and our 7 partners held a great conference at the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy. Summed up 1/2 year's intensive work in 6 working groups of researchers from 13 states, on aspects of Abraham Accords after 5 years. Keep eyes peeled for pubs, and more events!
Happy National Day to all my Emirati friends.
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Happy National Day to all my Emirati friends.
My latest. Hope you enjoy it.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
My latest. Hope you enjoy it.
dayan.org/content/rela...
dayan.org/content/rela...
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...
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
www.timesofisrael.com
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...
Reposted by Joshua Krasna
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!
www.fpri.org/article/2025...
www.fpri.org/article/2025...
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...
www.fpri.org/article/2025...
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...
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.
www.al-monitor.com
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.
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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...
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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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.
www.wsj.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Quoted a lot here.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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
www.timesofisrael.com/witkoff-and-...
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-...