For decades, the national security doctrine of Israel has been based on a stark, uncompromising reality: in a neighborhood where weakness is an invitation to aggression, the only reliable guarantor…
The recent declaration by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that United States military assistance is “like welfare” and should be phased out over the next decade marks a watershed moment in…
In the hyper-militarized Middle East, our obsession with hardware has blinded us to the most insidious threats. We are a region addicted to the spectacle of defense, the multi-billion-dollar air…
The most terrifying prospect in the current Middle Eastern maelstrom is not that Donald Trump has finally pivoted toward a cold, transactional realism. The true horror is that he has…
For decades, the standard Israeli reflex toward the United Nations has been one of indignant, often performative dismissal. From the halls of the General Assembly to the investigative chambers in…
The geopolitical landscape of the Middle East, once painstakingly sculpted by the framework of the 2020 normalization agreements, is currently undergoing a traumatic and profound revision. As we approach the…
The veneer of neutrality has long been the primary instrument of Qatari foreign policy, a carefully cultivated mask that allows Doha to navigate the treacherous waters of Middle Eastern diplomacy…
Before the world redraws maps, it often redraws centers of influence. For decades, the Arab Gulf was widely regarded as the political heart of the Sunni Muslim world, while countries…
Military victories can destroy armies, but only political settlements determine whether wars truly end. That is the dilemma confronting Israel after its latest agreement with Lebanon. The deal may temporarily…
Wars do more than redraw battlefields, they reveal who stands beside you when the missiles start flying. The recent confrontation with Iran appears to have delivered precisely that lesson for…
For years, Israeli politics had been centered on a promise: that Israel could shape the strategic environment around it, rather than be shaped by it. Few leaders have embodied that…
The victory of Aber Kawas in a New York Democratic primary is being viewed by many as a local political story. It is not. The real story is much bigger…