Kicking the Can Down the Road

Jim Fletcher

Until the West gets serious about eradicating lethal problems, those problems will continue to crouch at the door, like the sin beast in Genesis.

Why “Palestine” Would be a Dangerous Fiction

Louis Rene Beres

At the “bottom line,” this effectively unassailable conclusion does not suggest or imply any future Israeli surrenders or capitulation to “Palestine,” but only that Jerusalem fashion its own indispensable security policies at preeminently pragmatic rather than wishfully jurisprudential levels.

Scenarios for a US-Iran Detente

Mordechai Kedar

There are two possible scenarios for what is going to transpire between the US and the Ayatollahs, one positive and the other disastrous.

The Threat that Must be Named

Shoshana Bryen

Psychiatrists tell their patients they have to “name their fears.” A fear that cannot be named cannot be understood or faced. An unnamed threat cannot be defeated. This is particularly true of what is called the threat of “terrorism.”