The trail that leads from Tehran to D.C. passes directly through the offices of Robert Malley and the International Crisis Group
In a move from the Obama playbook, the U.S. is advancing a stealth agenda in the Middle East at the expense of its allies
The fundamental question isn’t whether Israel should be a democracy. It’s whether it should be like everywhere else.
What the latest outburst of anti-Haredi media misinformation tells us about progressive ideas of identity and power
Natan Sharansky and others question whether the Jewish state is botching the chance to rescue and integrate a potentially valuable new wave of Russian Jewish olim fleeing repression at home
The architects of the anti-Bibi protests are clear about their motives: defending elites from the masses
For American Iran scholars, fighting the right is more important than criticizing the regime—or listening to Iranians
A response to Nathaniel Berman
Israeli Supreme Court Justice Menachem Elon sought to ground the court’s controversial doctrine in empirical data and hard logic, with the help of the Talmud
Israel backpedals, while Hezbollah grows bolder
What Israel can learn from Armenia’s misplaced reliance on a superpower patron
A response to Malkah Fleisher
Israeli ‘settlers’ should not have to justify their existence
How the U.S. is working to constrain Israel before announcing its new Iran deal
How the elite defense of ‘our democracy’ became a mask for ethnic prejudice
Fifteen years of U.S. aid to ‘state security’ arms like the LAF and ISF have cost American taxpayers billions while harming Israel and strengthening Hezbollah
Far from being uncooperative, Saudi Arabia under MBS is playing precisely the regional role that Obama and Biden have long demanded—only more so
A portrait of life in the heart of America’s military empire, where the work of perpetuating the ‘liberal world order’ can be seen up close
