5+ hour, 45+ min ago  (255+ words) No one would deny that Israel has changed in recent years. Since Hamas's attack on Oct. 7, 2023, the country has become more warlike, less liberal, and more nationalist and religious'and nowhere is that more evident than in its assault on the…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (485+ words) Dispatch: Lebanon Is No Longer About Lebanon An Israeli Iron Dome missile streaks across the sky to intercept incoming projectiles on June 8. Jalaa Marey /AFP via Getty Images A child plays in front of a monument at Martyrs" Square in…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (743+ words) Analysis: Trump Started a War He Can't Control U. S. President Donald Trump has become a passenger in the Iran war, despite insisting that he remains behind the wheel after months of failed efforts to reach a peace deal. And by attempting…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (260+ words) Books: Contain, Consolidate, and Co-Opt "Our Europe is mortal, French President Emmanuel Macron warned his audience at the Sorbonne in 2024. It can die, and it all depends on our choices. This article has been adapted from The Scramble for Europe:…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (412+ words) Argument: Middle East Cease-Fires Matter Even When They're Broken In general, it is difficult to predict what U. S. President Donald Trump will do, but there are lessons to be found in looking at Israel's position and past cease-fires between Israel and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (391+ words) World Brief: Trump Says Israel, Hezbollah to Halt Attacks as Iran Talks Continue Welcome back to World Brief, where we're looking at how the Israeli war in Lebanon is impacting U. S. -Iran talks, a slew of crucial nationwide elections, and Britain's…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (677+ words) Analysis: Erdogan Is Forcibly Designing His Own Opposition It has become almost a clich" to say that Turkey has crossed yet another authoritarian threshold. But the ruling by an Ankara appeals court on May 21 may prove to be genuinely different....

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (582+ words) Analysis: Can the Gulf Rebuild the Middle East? There is broader inference here. Despite the GCC's recent anxiety, it will not change its geopolitical orientation. In the last two years, Israel has hobbled Iran and its allies, opening the space…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (896+ words) World Brief: Israeli Minister's Taunting of Detained Flotilla Activists Sparks Foreign Backlash Welcome back to World Brief, where we're looking at an Israeli minister's treatment of detained foreign activists, joint Russian-Belarusian nuclear drills, and Pakistan sending one of its top…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (508+ words) After graduating college in 2010, I floated around Iran for a few weeks. I hung around the Turkish Embassy in Tehran and met a lot of Azeri Iranians who were kind enough to show me around the country. As the U. S. -Israeli…...