Jihadist at a Crossroads Syria’s new leader will have to balance his Islamist beliefs with the more pressing tasks of state-building and economic development. Sean Welsh 16 Jan 2025 · 11 min read
Syrian Torture, Then and Now The atrocities committed by the Assad regime were no secret—but they were met with Western inaction. Susie Linfield 14 Jan 2025 · 7 min read
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
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
The Weak Horse Syria’s crisis demonstrates the importance of power. Brian Stewart 3 Dec 2024 · 8 min read
Humanity’s Space Future: Conflict or Cooperation? The future is unwritten, and a future of space cooperation and peaceful settlement remains possible. Joseph Grosso 2 Dec 2024 · 9 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
PODCAST 61: Dr David Adesnik on ISIS, Syria and the Kurds Dr David Adesnik, Director of Research at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, talks to Jonathan Kay about ISIS, Syria and the Kurds. Quillette 2 Nov 2019 · 1 min read
No, the Syrian Civil War is Not Like Jews fleeing Nazi Persecution If one genuinely cares about the civilians who are suffering, they would want to stop the war at any cost, rather than fan the flames further. Sumantra Maitra 23 Dec 2016 · 6 min read
