The Weak Horse Syria’s crisis demonstrates the importance of power. Brian Stewart 3 Dec 2024 · 8 min read
The Return of the Black Flags The conditions that first produced ISIS have been left to fester as part of a wider malign neglect toward the Muslim Middle East in the aftermath of the Iraq war. Brian Stewart 10 Oct 2024 · 7 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 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
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
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
