Op-Ed

Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa

No Exit From Gaza

Why Israel—and the United States—Has Only Bad Options for the Day After

Also available in العربية
Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa

لا مخرج من غزة

لماذا ليس لدى إسرائيل – والولايات المتحدة - سوى خيارات سيئة لليوم التالي


Also available in English
Op-Ed / United States

Is Washington Responsible for What Israel Does With American Weapons?

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Conduct in Gaza Should Prompt Scrutiny of U.S. Arms Transfers.

Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa

Will the Israel-Hamas War Spread?

Few conflicts involve just two actors, and the Israel-Hamas war is no exception. From Iran and its proxies to the Palestinians’ Arab backers, as well as Turkey, governments throughout the Middle East are carefully calculating how to respond to the conflict.

Op-Ed / Global

How the World Lost Faith in the UN

Regaining It Will Require Accepting a Diminished Role for an Age of Competition.

Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa

Israel and Palestine’s Existential War

The shock of the October 7 attacks has exposed just how much is at stake, and the decisions being made now will reverberate for decades.

Golan Heights and South/West Syria
2 November 2023

The Israeli military asserted that “the Iranian Imam Hossein militia, originally stationed in Syria, was deployed to southern Lebanon in an attempt to support Hizbollah. The militia is involved in confrontations with the IDF and terrorist activities against Israel, putting the lives of the Lebanese people at risk”.

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