Poised to Strike
Israel prepares for a final push into Gaza—but will it be stymied by criticism from abroad and discontent at home?
Benny Morris
· 11 min read
Syria
A collection of 12 posts
The Druse Connection
The ongoing Arab–Israeli war appears to be entering a new escalatory phase, in which the eye of the storm has shifted to Syria and Yemen, as well as back to Gaza.
Benny Morris
· 11 min read
Jihadism Is the Problem
The media’s obsessive focus on the Israel–Palestine conflict obscures the broader picture of the ubiquity of jihadism in the Middle East, and the crucial role it plays in stoking and perpetuating turmoil and strife.
John Aziz
· 8 min read
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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 19 min read
The Weak Horse
Syria’s crisis demonstrates the importance of power.
Brian Stewart
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 6 min read