Iran Is Playing a Risky Game in Iraq
It can be dangerous to set your neighbor’s house on fire.
November 12, 2019
Avigdor Liberman Has Confronted Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu with a Prisoner’s Dilemma
Even as he has created one for himself.
With his Yisrael Beytenu party controlling eight of the Knesset’s 120 seats, Avigdor Liberman could play a major role in determining which of the front runners in the last election will become prime minister. Last weekend he offered them an ultimatum: either the two form a unity government without the Arab parties, which Yisrael Beytenu will then join, or Lieberman will throw his support behind whichever party leader is willing to compromise. Lahav Harkov notes that this creates a version of the prisoner’s dilemma, where two prisoners, held separately, can obtain the most by refusing to cooperate with the police, but each can mitigate potential punishment by providing evidence against the other:
November 12, 2019
Avigdor Liberman Has Confronted Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu with a Prisoner’s Dilemma
Even as he has created one for himself.
When Politicians Condemn the Evils of Finance, Even Jewish Leftists Should Be Wary
When Elizabeth Warren talks of private-equity “vampires.”
A New History Undermines Atheists’ Pretense of Rationality
Alec Ryrie’s Unbelievers.
The Return of the Jews to York
Eight centuries after an infamous massacre.