The West’s refusal to acknowledge Iran’s role—and its appeasement of Islamist proxies—has left Israel dangerously exposed, says the Israeli historian.
American money and goodwill cannot fix a state when its own people refuse to make the sacrifices necessary to establish and defend effective, efficient, and responsible governance.
Disenchantment is leading younger generations to embrace a politics marked by anger and alienation.
Pamela Paresky speaks with historian Gadi Taub about the 7 October attacks, the failure of Israel’s political and military leadership, the ideology of Hamas, and why the current war marks the beginning of a wider regional conflict with Iran.
Many German leftists, mindful of the country’s past, still support Israel. But they risk being outnumbered by antisemitic Muslim immigrants and by decolonialist radicals.
It is dispiriting to watch some of the staunchest critics of woke politics engaging in their own brand of cancel culture.
Iona Italia interviews linguistic anthropologist Nick Enfield about why language is good for lawyers and bad for scientists.
Ti West’s clever and original ‘X’ trilogy is elevated postmodern horror at its finest and its director’s best work to date.
Roth’s early works portray Jewish characters who are fearful of antisemitism in America as paranoid. He later changed his mind—and so have I.
For the Taiwanese, independence is not just a matter of national pride, it is a requisite for their dignity and their right to choose their own civilisational path.
Four deaths, two critical injuries, and three hairbreadth escapes. Not the best odds in a field of 46 presidents, so when one dodges a bullet, we’ve all been lucky.
In the 21st instalment of ‘Nations of Canada,’ Greg Koabel describes how the arrival of Dutch fur traders sparked an upheaval in regional Indigenous geopolitics.
Richard Morton Jack’s comprehensive new biography of Nick Drake offers a glimpse of a brilliant but troubled soul.