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
Middle East
A collection of 35 posts
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
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
· 8 min read
Revisiting Kirkpatrick
Constructive relationships with dictatorships will be key to protecting US interests without direct military involvements.
Niranjan Shankar
· 16 min read
The Philologist, the Iraqi Girl, and Me
The comrades worked together, ate together, read together, showered together, used the latrine together, sang together to the sound of accordions late into the night.
Edward Grossman
· 18 min read
Could an Invisible Military Laser Steal Your Privacy?
Face recognition gives law enforcement this unique authority, this unique power, that does pose risks to our constitutional rights, and this needs to be very closely scrutinized now.
Art Keller
· 20 min read
Will Biden Resurrect the Iran Deal?
The logic of making Iran’s nuclear program less dangerous via the JCPOA agreement while leaning on the FBI to ignore the crimes of the smugglers that made Iran’s nuclear program so dangerous remains hard to fathom.
Art Keller
· 11 min read
The Coming Post-COVID Global Order
The pandemic crisis is rapidly becoming a civilizational crisis.
Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger
· 11 min read
The End of the Islamic Republic of Iran?
The regime is a victim of its own fanaticism, corruption, and incompetence.
Shay Khatiri
· 7 min read
My Military Jail-Time in Israel
In combat, the IDF was more disciplined, which accounts for its battlefield successes—though these probably also owed a lot to the character and quality of the armies they had faced.
Benny Morris
· 20 min read
Saudi Arabia: The Pragmatic Case for Constructive Engagement
The ideology that inspired this insurrection hasn’t disappeared. Various kings have dealt with the fire of fundamentalism either through granting concessions or enacting purges.
Tal Tyagi
· 31 min read