The Middle East, and Its Oil, Are Crucial to China’s Grand Strategy
Is Beijing pivoting to the Middle East?
September 8, 2020
The Iranian President’s Record of Suppression
Even with plainly documented torture and mass arrests, the myth of Rouhani the moderate persists.
In 2013, Hassan Rouhani was elected president of Iran, succeeding the blunt revolutionary Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who loved to provoke Western sensibilities. To the Obama administration, the smiling cleric Rouhani was destined to bring “change” to Iran, and the American press hailed him as a “moderate” who favored liberalization. He was, of course, nothing of the sort, as Isaac Schorr writes:
September 8, 2020
Palestinian Leaders Have Prevented Peace to Maintain the Flow of Aid Money
A Saudi journalist sees the “Palestinian issue” having the same fate as the “Andalusian issue.”
The Iranian President’s Record of Suppression
Even with plainly documented torture and mass arrests, the myth of Rouhani the moderate persists.
How Official France Has Obscured the Role of Jewish Resisters in Rescuing Their Brethren from the Nazis
What Jesse Eisenberg gets wrong.
Biblical Dates Come to Life
Using archaeological seeds to recreate an ancient variety.