The U.S. Has Finally Turned Up the Heat on the Houthis—but Will It Be Enough?
A change of policy and a message to Iran.
March 17, 2025
The U.S. Military Should Abandon Bad Ideas That Handicap America and Israel
Refocusing the prevention of civilian harm.
The appointment of Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense has ushered in a major shakeup at the Pentagon, although it remains unclear what the long-term effects will be. Aharon J. Friedman and Allan Barall suggest that now would be a good time for rethinking the military’s approach to preventing civilian casualties, and in particular its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan (CHMR-AP), advanced by the former secretary of defense Lloyd Austin:
March 17, 2025
How Voluntary Migration Can Undermine Hamas’s Myth of Palestinian Steadfastness
Currently, the international community colludes with Hamas to keep Palestinians trapped in Gaza.
The U.S. Military Should Abandon Bad Ideas That Handicap America and Israel
Refocusing the prevention of civilian harm.
How America Lost Its Sense of Sin
The decline of the Catholic practice of confession and changing attitudes toward morality.
Burning Haman in Southern India
A Purim tradition of the Cochin Jews.