Why the U.S. Was Correct to Recognize Moroccan Sovereignty over Western Sahara
A corollary of normalization with Israel that benefits Washington and Rabat.
February 10, 2021
Iran’s Hostage Taking Shows That It Doesn’t Want Compromise with the West
Only the cash benefits that come with it.
Since the Islamic Republic has reason to hope that the Biden administration will consider easing sanctions and giving it a chance to reenter the 2015 nuclear deal, one might have expected the ayatollahs to welcome the new president with some gesture of good will. Instead, just three days before the inauguration, the Iranian government announced that in November—only a week after the election—it had sentenced an American citizen to ten years’ imprisonment on trumped-up charges of espionage. Wang Xiyue, an American historian of Iran who was himself held hostage there for three years, explains this paradoxical behavior:
February 10, 2021
Iran’s Hostage Taking Shows That It Doesn’t Want Compromise with the West
Only the cash benefits that come with it.
The Challenges to the Israeli Economy in the Wake of the Coronavirus
Despite vaccination, recovery won’t be easy.
The Struggle for Jewish Rights Has Come to an End, but the War on Jews Has Taken New Forms
Emancipation terminable and interminable.
Reconstructing the Second Temple’s Samaritan Rival
The sacred precinct on Mount Gerizim.