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The Road From Riyadh to Jerusalem
Ali Khamenei, Iran’s longtime ruler, saw the possibility of normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia as a threat to his hegemonic ambitions. On …
2 years, 3 months ago
Jerusalem and Tehran Consider Their Options
Last weekend, Iran’s rulers launched a massive missile and drone assault on Israel.
Though the attack was thwarted, it should be obvious that the Isla…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Thickening Fog of War
Six months after Iranian-backed terrorists perpetrated the largest slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust, Israel’s ground war against Hamas in Gaza, …
2 years, 4 months ago
Israel's Shadow War
The Israeli airstrike next to Iran’s embassy in Damascus on April 1 targeted several high-ranking members of Iran’s Quds Force — an elite division of…
2 years, 4 months ago
Ronald Meets the Donald
President Reagan knew a detent with the Soviet Union wouldn’t win the Cold War. If we take off the gloves and force Soviet communism to compete with …
2 years, 4 months ago
John Bolton’s New World Order
After World War II, the United States attempted to construct something new: a liberal, American-led, rules-based international order that would promo…
2 years, 4 months ago
Ali Khamenei’s Nuclear Ambitions and Weapons of Mass Distraction
In Gaza, Israelis are fighting a ground war – and an underground war – against Hamas, a proxy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Israelis also are resp…
2 years, 4 months ago
On Safari with Admiral Montgomery
Next month marks 30 years since the onset of the world’s worst mass slaughter since the Holocaust: the Rwandan genocide.
Among the forces that ushered…
2 years, 5 months ago
View of the World from Boston
Joining Cliff for this episode is Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby, whose first column appeared 30 years ago this week. Jeff’s career as a journali…
2 years, 5 months ago
The UN’s Support for Hamas’ War On Israel
Given the mandate of the United Nations, you might think a genocide perpetrated by a terrorist organization against a democracy in the Middle East wo…
2 years, 5 months ago