Enemies and Allies

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PART ONE: THE THREATS 1

1. What Are the Most Serious Threats We Face Today

in the Middle East?

My conversations with Mike Pompeo, former CIA director and secretary of state

2. Why Is Iran a Threat like No Other?

My conversation with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu

3. The Rise of a Russian-Iranian Axis

My conversations with senior U.S., Israeli, and Arab intelligence officials

4. Why the Addition of Turkey to the Russian-Iranian Axis Is So Dangerous

Further conversations with senior U.S., Israeli, and Arab intelligence officials

PART TWO: THE OPPORTUNITIES

5. I Had Never Met a King Before

My first meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II

6. Who Is King Abdullah II?

Understanding the vision of the longest-reigning Arab leader in the region

7. “Let My People Come”

My first encounter with Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

8. Who Is Abdel Fattah el-Sisi?

First impressions of Egypt and taking our first delegation to Cairo

9. Sitting with Sisi On the record with the leader of the world’s most populous Arab country

10. The Media’s War against the Moderates

Why our visit to Cairo became front-page news

11. Crossing the Jordan

Assessing the future of the eastern half of the Holy Land

12. “I Am Ready to Make Peace”

Our stunning meeting with UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed

13. Who Is Mohammed bin Zayed?

Why is he leading the way toward a new Middle East?

14. The Road to Riyadh

The rise of a new king, a new crown prince, and a new president

15. An Invitation to the Forbidden Kingdom

Our decision to go to Saudi Arabia and the firestorm that followed

16. Meeting MBS

Two hours on the record with the most controversial leader in the Arab world

17. Reading MBS

Processing and explaining our visit to the new Saudi Arabia

18. Lunch at the White House

Briefing the president and vice president on my observations in the Middle East

19. 9/11 in Saudi Arabia

Why I brought a second delegation to the kingdom

20. Sitting with Sheikh Mohammad Al-Issa

Are the Saudi reforms real or merely cosmetic?

21. The Abraham Accords

Witnessing the historic signing of the first Arab-Israeli peace deals in nearly twenty-six years

22. Nobel Prize or No Big Deal?

The titanic battle to define the significance of the Abraham Accords

PART THREE: THE FUTURE

23. What Is the Future of Faith in the Middle East?

My remarks at the State Department’s conference on religious freedom

24. What Is the Future Role of Evangelical Christianity in

the Middle East?

After two decades of genocide and terror, what Christians see coming next

25. What Is the Future of Security and Prosperity in the Middle East?

The Biden administration and the road ahead

26. What Is the Future of Peace in the Middle East?

My conversation with Israeli president Reuven Rivlin, the ninth-generation Jerusalemite who loves the Arabs