Navigating the Egypt-Turkey-Russia Triangle
For Israel, more Russian influence in the Middle East is a danger—even if it helps a mutual ally.
October 28, 2020
Navigating the Egypt-Turkey-Russia Triangle
For Israel, more Russian influence in the Middle East is a danger—even if it helps a mutual ally.
On October 9, Moscow and Cairo announced that their navies are planning joint exercises in the Black Sea—a move clearly aimed at Turkey, which has a bitter enemy in Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and has increasingly run afoul of Vladimir Putin in Syria, the Caucasus, and Libya. Jerusalem’s interests lie with the pro-Israel Sisi against Turkey’s pro-Hamas Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but the situation is hardly straightforward. Jonathan Spyer explains:
October 28, 2020
The Thin Line Separating “Anti-Racism” from Anti-Semitism
Taken to its conclusions, Ibram X. Kendi’s ideas make Jews a problem
The Islamic Republic’s American Allies
They represent the ayatollahs’ interests, not those of Iranian Americans.
The Halakhic Ramifications of a Coronavirus Vaccine
Weighing risks.
Tolstoy’s Prescient Critique of Postmodern Sexual Ethics
Free love in Anna Karenina.