A Devil of a Deal
Putin will rejoice at this prisoner exchange, secure in the knowledge that hostage-taking has not yet reached the point of diminishing returns.
Brian Stewart
· 6 min read
Middle East
A collection of 113 posts
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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 11 min read
Dan Schueftan on the Palestine-Israel Conflict
Pamela Paresky interviews the outspoken Israeli academic.
Pamela Paresky, Dan Schueftan
· 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
· 11 min read
An End to the Mirage
Republicans and Democrats have both learned the wrong lessons from Iraq.
Brian Stewart
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 7 min read
The Ideology of Mass Murder
Hamas and the origins of the October 7th attacks.
Jeffrey Herf
· 9 min read
Remembering ‘Exodus’
A perennially controversial bestseller turns 65.
Kevin Mims
· 18 min read
Putting the Cart before the Camel?
A plea for Arab democracy.
Brian Stewart
· 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
· 15 min read