A collection of 44 posts
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay interviews Jonathan Spyer, director of research at the Middle East Forum, about how Israel laid the groundwork for its war with Iran by confronting threats in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen.
Israel faces two major challenges: destroying the Iranian enrichment plant at Fordow and locating and eliminating the country’s stockpile of enriched uranium. For the first, it will need US assistance.
As missiles fly between Tehran and Tel Aviv, Iranian dissident Danial Taghaddos joins Zoe to explain what the West gets wrong about the regime, the nuclear threat, and the future of his homeland.
The Israeli attack on Iran is in line with its longstanding policy of never allowing its neighbouring enemies to acquire nuclear weapons. But it is also the latest episode in the wider war against Israel launched in late 2023 by Iran’s proxies.
Israel prepares for a final push into Gaza—but will it be stymied by criticism from abroad and discontent at home?
An honest conversation with the hard-hitting Israeli historian Gadi Taub.
Peter Beinart has responded to the 7 October massacre and subsequent Gaza war with a deeply duplicitous book.
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.
Iran and Russia have suffered serious setbacks over the past year, but grave dangers remain.
While the nuclear breakout clock ticks, time may also be expiring on the Ayatollah regime’s grip on the region. The two countdowns are interconnected.
In her new book, ‘Autocracy, Inc.,’ historian Anne Applebaum provides us with a distinctive and indispensable guide to one of the great challenges of our time.
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.
Syria’s crisis demonstrates the importance of power.
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.
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.