The New Middle East The Hamas attack of 7 October 2023 set a series of events in motion that have shifted the balance of power in the region in a way the terrorists themselves never intended. Benny Morris 1 Jan 2025 · 13 min read
After the Ceasefire The new state of play in Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas, following the US-brokered ceasefire with Lebanon, the weakening of Hezbollah, and the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Benny Morris 11 Dec 2024 · 10 min read
The Weak Horse Syria’s crisis demonstrates the importance of power. Brian Stewart 3 Dec 2024 · 8 min read
From Terror Tunnels to Suicide Drones Military innovations in the current Middle East conflict are changing the nature of warfare and are likely to be widely copied around the world in the future. Benny Morris 8 Nov 2024 · 12 min read
Useless UNIFIL Were Hezbollah to disappear tomorrow, the world would be a safer place. Instead, thanks to UNIFIL’s failure to fulfil its mandate, the Middle East is on the precipice of a war of unprecedented destruction. Josh Feldman 3 Nov 2024 · 8 min read
The Shifting Sands of War A detailed look at the past year of war between Israel and its adversaries, as the battleground has shifted from Gaza to Lebanon and now to Iran. Benny Morris 28 Oct 2024 · 26 min read
From Gaza to Iran: New Fronts in Israel’s Ongoing War The war that Hamas launched on 7 October 2023 has devolved into a regional conflict with wide and possibly calamitous international repercussions. Benny Morris 5 Oct 2024 · 13 min read
The Grim Beeper: Hezbollah’s Exploding Tech How Mossad and the IDF managed to turn Hezbollah’s technology against them and what happens next in the ongoing conflict. Benny Morris 25 Sep 2024 · 12 min read
Shadow Boxing: The Conflict Between Iran and Israel The mini-war between Israel and Iran’s proxies has gradually begun to approach open Israeli-Iranian conflict, and the threat of an all-out, full-scale war is now palpable. Benny Morris 1 Aug 2024 · 18 min read
The Feckless Lebanese State 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. Eric Bordenkircher 28 Jul 2024 · 8 min read
Israel, Hamas, and Hezbollah Updates on the military situation facing Israel, especially the possibility of all-out war with Hezbollah. Benny Morris 20 Jun 2024 · 17 min read
Iran Contra Israel The Iranian missile strike against Israel marks a watershed moment in the Middle East conflict, even though it was unsuccessful. Benny Morris 16 Apr 2024 · 8 min read
Israel’s New Reality In these dire circumstances, deterrence will only be restored with overwhelming force. Brian Stewart 12 Oct 2023 · 6 min read
Will Biden Resurrect the Iran Deal? The logic of making Iran’s nuclear program less dangerous via the JCPOA agreement while leaning on the FBI to ignore the crimes of the smugglers that made Iran’s nuclear program so dangerous remains hard to fathom. Art Keller 29 Nov 2020 · 11 min read
The Fall of Beirut Calling Hezbollah merely a terror group is too simplistic, and nothing in Lebanon is ever simple or easy to explain. Art Keller 28 Aug 2020 · 11 min read
