Leon Hadar

Leon Hadar is a former research fellow in foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute and the author of ‘Sandstorm: Policy Failure in the Middle East’ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)

7 Posts

Populists Before Trump

John Ganz’s lively new book provides a valuable account of the intellectual origins of Trumpism.

Leon Hadar

20 Aug 2024 · 9 min read

The Quincy Institute’s Middle East Fantasies

The positions adopted by the think tank’s scholars during the war in Gaza are illustrative of its overall Middle East agenda: appease Iran and demonise Israel.

Leon Hadar

20 Jun 2024 · 15 min read

The Prophet of October 7?

Frantz Fanon’s defenders try to distance him from the of ethos of violence he advocated, even as they embrace his anti-colonialist rhetoric to promote anti-Zionism.

Leon Hadar

6 Apr 2024 · 12 min read

Nationalism and Liberal Empire

The nationalist’s nemesis is not the proponent of liberalism or progressivism, but the imperialist.

Leon Hadar

16 Sep 2018 · 11 min read

Why the Techlash Won't Go Away

Suddenly, the same Internet companies that Democrats celebrated as forces for change in dealing with education, income inequality and global democracy.

Leon Hadar

22 Mar 2018 · 11 min read

The One State Delusion

Instead of becoming a poster boy for globalism, Barcelona has been the setting for a powerful Catalan nationalist movement demanding outright independence.

Leon Hadar

19 Feb 2018 · 23 min read

Why Liberals Are Turning Against the Internet

The bonds of nationalism, ethnicity, and religion would either wither away or perhaps allow numerous tribes to co-exist in and open and tolerant multicultural setting.

Leon Hadar

22 Oct 2017 · 11 min read