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The Wars of the Jews
Israel is a tiny country: its land area about a fourth the size of the United Arab Emirates, its population less than that of Tehran—capital of the I…
7 years, 11 months ago
The Iranian-Israeli Conflict Within the Syrian Civil War
For seven long years, Syria has been engulfed in civil war. The death toll now exceeds a half million. More than five million refugees have fled abro…
8 years ago
Religion and Secularism in Central Asia
Kazakhstan is one of the ten largest countries in the world, yet most Americans couldn’t find it on a map. Today, the former Soviet Republic is an an…
8 years ago
Syria‘s World War
Syria has been at war for seven long years. More than a half million people have been killed. More than 11 million – close to half Syria’s pre-war po…
8 years, 1 month ago
Turkey’s Election, Erdogan’s Counterrevolution
Not so long ago, Turkey appeared to be the model: a Muslim-majority nation that was becoming free, democratic and prosperous; a NATO ally; a friend o…
8 years, 1 month ago
Iraq, Lebanon, and Iran’s March Across the Middle East
Lebanon and Iraq both recently held elections, which is good news – or is it? Hezbollah, Iran's terrorist foreign legion, is now more firmly in contr…
8 years, 2 months ago
Nothing but Net: Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare
A peril that may not be on your radar screen: Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare (CEEW). Computers and the Internet have made our lives easier but they’v…
8 years, 2 months ago
Of Strikes and Strategy: U.S. Policy in Syria
War will always be hell – but the laws of war were meant to make wars at least a little less hellish. In Syria, however, the brutal regime of Bashar …
8 years, 2 months ago
In the Shadow of the Pyramids: Egypt’s Past Glories and Future Perils
It’s been eight years since what was called—with more hope than accuracy—the “Arab Spring.” Last month, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi won r…
8 years, 3 months ago
The Future of the Iran Deal
There are three views on the Iran nuclear weapons deal, more formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The first is to insist…
8 years, 4 months ago