Middle East - Quillette

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 Quincy Institute’s Middle East Fantasies

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.

Leon Hadar

20 Jun 2024 · 15 min read

A woman and two men, in suits, at a podium.

The Politicisation of International Justice

A dissection of the ICC’s warrant application reveals that obvious liberties have been taken with the truth.

Norman J.W. Goda

29 May 2024 · 11 min read

A crying woman in a black burqa at the commemoration of Raisi's death. She holds a poster of him.

The Bell 212 Tolls for Tehran

We should celebrate the death of the Butcher of Tehran, but Iran’s future remains fraught with uncertainty.

Paul Monk

25 May 2024 · 11 min read

Dan Schueftan on the Palestine-Israel Conflict

Pamela Paresky interviews the outspoken Israeli academic.

Pamela Paresky

4 Mar 2024 · 34 min read

Israel’s Grim Future: Attrition on All Fronts

The Jewish state is facing security threats from groups based in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Yemen—all of them supported by Iran.

Benny Morris

16 Dec 2023 · 11 min read

An End to the Mirage

Republicans and Democrats have both learned the wrong lessons from Iraq.

Brian Stewart

23 Nov 2023 · 9 min read

You Can Be Pro-Palestinian or Pro-Hamas. You Can't Be Both.

Make no mistake: dead Israelis are good for Hamas, but dead Palestinians are even better.

Ali A. Rizvi

28 Oct 2023 · 8 min read

What Comes Next For Israel?

Today's political and military leaders never imagined that the Hamas was capable of launching a successful invasion of Israel's borderlands.

Benny Morris

23 Oct 2023 · 9 min read

It’s Not the Occupation

It is rarely the case that all of the blame for a conflict belongs on one side. But that does not mean blame should be equally divided.

David Benatar

21 Oct 2023 · 7 min read

The Ideology of Mass Murder

Hamas and the origins of the October 7th attacks.

Jeffrey Herf

10 Oct 2023 · 9 min read

Remembering ‘Exodus’

A perennially controversial bestseller turns 65.

Kevin Mims

4 Sep 2023 · 18 min read

Putting the Cart before the Camel?

A plea for Arab democracy.

Brian Stewart

10 Nov 2022 · 9 min read

Across the Muslim World, Islamism is Going out of Vogue

Islamism as an ideology may be great at mobilizing people, but this doesn’t necessarily translate towards effective governance, as has been proven again and again

Imran Said

21 Jan 2022 · 15 min read

Maternal Lessons in Politics from a Jewish Iraqi-American Ping Pong Champion

Democratic transformation generally comes from the ground up, not from foreigners bearing guns and gifts.

David Bernstein

2 Sep 2021 · 8 min read