Shireen Hunter is Professor for Political Science at the Georgetown University in Washington DC and a career diplomat. Among others she addresses the following issues: A stronger defense cooperation among Arab States and with Arab States in the framework of the Abraham-Accords against Iran is emerging, but an Arab-NATO is not likely. Both President Biden and his predecessor abandoned the two-state solution for the Palestinians. Iran’s nuclear program is just a pretext to weaken Iran’s geopolitical position in the region. The nuclear agreement (JCPOA) would be the best means to prevent a nuclear weapon. The alternative to the JCPOA could be war. Israel wants neither, however. There are hard-liners in the US and in Iran that are happy with it.