The JCPOA and the Demise of the Post-Cold War “Order”
Many eulogies of Brent Scowcroft, president George H.W. Bush’s national security advisor who died on August 6, have referred to him as a foreign policy realist.
AMP Leader Abuirshaid Gushes Over Latest Meeting with Hamas-Supporting Erdogan
He’s a saber-rattling authoritarian who jails journalists and opponents, threatens neighbors and wants to rebuild an Islamist empire.
Germany’s Lessons for BDS
The discussion of Israel in Germany has historically been filtered through the experience of the Holocaust, which perhaps makes Germans more sensitive to the rising anti-Semitism around them.
F-35s to UAE? – It’s an Amazingly Bad Idea
Is it safe to put sophisticated American weapons—such as F-35 fighter-bombers—in the hands of an Arab dictatorship—such as the United Arab Emirates?
The Jewish Value Missing in Joe Biden’s Speech
The former vice president’s DNC speech offered an uplifting, hopeful, almost utopian vision of America—but to achieve that vision, everything came from the government.
Why Some in Israel are Concerned by a U.S. Sale of F-35s to the UAE
The combination of regional arms races and instability means that Israel’s defense establishment is intent on maintaining the country’s qualitative military edge, though there is no opposition to cooperation on other defense technologies or intelligence sharing.
Lukashenko’s Iron Fist in Belarus
The oligarch could be removed through an internal coup as opposed to losing his power in a free and fair election, an option far preferable for President Vladimir Putin, who is actively watching the situation.
Support for Black Lives Matter Repeats a Lethal Error of History
Many Jews, particularly in Israel, are brown or black-skinned. Whiteness, though, is deemed to be less about pigment than power.
Is the Palestinian Veto Alive or Dead?
The only way to test the nature of the Israel-UAE normalization deal is to assess how it has affected Israel’s sovereignty plan.
Coronacrisis Turns Buyback Billionaires into the Trillion-Dollar Dozen
Those fines are just petty amounts of money out the back door as the same banks are rewarded by the federal government with lucrative deals like those we’ve seen during the Covidcrisis.