A collection of 65 posts
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.
The destruction of Iran’s nuclear facilities may be imminent—here’s why.
Russia, Iran, and the failure of US resolve.
The war that Hamas launched on 7 October 2023 has devolved into a regional conflict with wide and possibly calamitous international repercussions.
How Mossad and the IDF managed to turn Hezbollah’s technology against them and what happens next in the ongoing conflict.
Jonathan Kay speaks with Roya Hakakian about the rise and fall of Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, a former Iranian official who’d presented himself to Oberlin as an agent of peace and ‘forgiveness.’
A conversation about Iran, Israel, and Islamic terrorism with Iraqi researcher Suha Hassen.
The story of how a liberal college promoted and defended an Iranian Islamist and betrayed its own values.
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.
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.
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.