A Fragile Alliance
Despite public displays of mutual support, the Trump–Netanyahu partnership is on shaky ground.
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Despite public displays of mutual support, the Trump–Netanyahu partnership is on shaky ground.
The world’s newest nation state could provide a buffer against Islamist influence in the Horn of Africa—if the bet on its stability pays off.
From algorithmic incentives to progressive posturing, this episode explores how antisemitism has become a feature—not a bug—of influencer culture.
How activists at Médecins Sans Frontières shape Gaza disinformation.
Obama veterans never understood the Middle East, and they never will.
Why is antisemitism resurging? Why has support for Hamas taken hold on Western campuses? And how do Qatar, media narratives, and fading Holocaust memory feed today’s crisis?
Fragile ceasefires are holding for now, but the volatile region may be headed for another explosion next year.
How Qatar's ideological reach—from think tanks to media—has stifled dissent and enabled Islamism in the West.
Shadi Hamid has an uneasy conscience, and he doesn’t yet know what to do with it.
How the media perpetuates Gaza’s suffering.
Israelis repeatedly warned the Bush administration that invading Iraq would be a disaster.
Doha can change when it is forced to, and it must be forced to choose moderation.
How Muslim and Christian antisemitism have converged with anti-Israel sentiment—some of it justified—to fuel the Free Palestine protests across the West.
Decades of free riding has meant that many Middle East countries lack the skills and institutions necessary to maintain and build upon the favourable circumstances in which they now find themselves.
An in-depth interview with Chapin Fay of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on delivering aid in a war zone—and why their unconventional model has drawn both praise and criticism.