The Era of Jihadist Insurgencies Is Over
Twenty years after the second intifada began, the states have returned.
October 6, 2020
No, U.S. Pressure on Iran Hasn’t Risked Starting a War
The ayatollahs want to keep conflict in the “gray zone.”
Even before the bold American airstrike in January that killed Qassem Suleimani, the commander of the Islamic Republic’s terrorist and expeditionary operations, journalists and experts were predicting that Washington risked “miscalculations” and out-of-control “escalation,” warning that the two countries were “on the brink of war.” Breathless comparisons to Europe in 1914 began to appear. But nine months after Suleimani’s demise, these warnings hardly seem justified. Michael Eisenstadt explains why:
October 6, 2020
No, U.S. Pressure on Iran Hasn’t Risked Starting a War
The ayatollahs want to keep conflict in the “gray zone.”
What Natan Sharansky Gets Wrong about David and Isaiah, and Right about the Jewish Predicament
A false dichotomy between the particularist king and the universalist prophet nevertheless discloses a truth about its author.
The Crisis of the Family, Not Social Distancing, Is Making Americans Lonely
Exacerbating the loneliness gap.
The Israeli Band Bringing Ancient Hebrew Poetry to the World
How Yamma made Psalm 104 a runaway hit.