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Atlas No More

It is difficult to overstate just how reactionary Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy is.

Brian Stewart 13 Jan 2026 · 24 min read

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Can the Ayatollahs Fall?

Amid the darkness of a communications blackout, Iranians are fighting for their freedom and the totalitarian theocracy under which they have lived since 1979 seems more threatened than ever before.

Benny Morris 12 Jan 2026 · 9 min read

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The Uninvited Sermon

Why artists, academics and others should not exploit the presence of a captive audience.

Holly Lawford-Smith 13 Jan 2026 · 8 min read

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The Uninvited Sermon

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Atlas No More

It is difficult to overstate just how reactionary Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy is.

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Can the Ayatollahs Fall?

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They Don’t Believe It Either

Maarten Boudry 19 Oct 2025 · 13 min read

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An Uneasy Peace

Benny Morris 15 Oct 2025 · 15 min read

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The Problem with Alt. Media

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The Melbourne Crimewave

Andrew Bushnell 11 Oct 2025 · 10 min read

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The Genocide Libel

Andrew Fox 9 Oct 2025 · 24 min read

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Adam Louis-Klein on Why He Founded the Movement Against Antizionism | Quillette Cetera Ep. 60

Zoe Booth 14 Jan 2026 · 28 min read

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Why Australia Struggles to Confront Islamic Antisemitism — and What This Means for Social Cohesion

Zoe Booth, Alan Davison 12 Jan 2026 · 7 min read

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The Chanukah Terror Attack in Australia—and the Antisemitism Behind It

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Survival of the Fitting

Praveen Prathapan 13 Jan 2026 · 6 min read

Guarding the Gates of Our Language

Bruce Gilley 13 Jan 2026 · 10 min read

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The Warmth of Collectivism

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The Strange Case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah

Guy Baldwin 8 Jan 2026 · 9 min read

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The Arabs’ Anti-Colonial Delusion

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A Fragile Alliance

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