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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

Ahmed Al-Shara is a bearded pale-skinned man. He is speaking into a telephone, wearing army fatigues.

Syria and the Changing Global Calculus

Iran and Russia have suffered serious setbacks over the past year, but grave dangers remain.

Joshua Muravchik

31 Dec 2024 · 19 min read

A young woman in a hijab holds a candle and Hezbollah flag. She looks sad.

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

Jet fighters fly in a V shape through the clouds.

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

UNIFIL soldiers with gun behind barbed wire.

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

US Marines topple the statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad's Firdos Square w. mosque in the background.

Over-Learning the Lessons of Iraq

Russia, Iran, and the failure of US resolve.

Oscar Clarke

8 Oct 2024 · 10 min read

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, dressed in black with a black headcovering and grey beard.

A Measure of Justice in Beirut

The decapitation of Lebanese Hezbollah is a cause for celebration well beyond the borders of Israel.

Brian Stewart

30 Sep 2024 · 8 min read

CCTV footage screenshot of a pager exploding in its owner's hands in the produce section of a supermarket.

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

The grave of Hamas’s top political leader Saleh Arouri. Gravestone, flowers, a picture of Arouri.

The Pros and Cons of Targeted Killing

By striking Shukur and Haniyeh in the capital cities of Lebanon and Iran respectively, Israel has sent Iran a humiliating and painful message.

Andrew Fox

12 Aug 2024 · 11 min read

Two men in suits sit on a couch facing an ayatollah in robes on a chair. There is an Iranian flag next to him.

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.