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
Over-Learning the Lessons of Iraq Russia, Iran, and the failure of US resolve. Oscar Clarke 8 Oct 2024 · 10 min read
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
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 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
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
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