Unless the World Stops Deluding Itself, Sanctions on Iran Will be Lifted Sooner Rather than Later
Coming to a “broader conclusion.”
June 16, 2017
What the U.S. Can Learn from the Failures of Democracy Promotion in Egypt
Forget civil society. Focus on education.
The administrations of both George W. Bush and Barack Obama were deeply invested in fostering democracy in the Arab world—in two radically different ways. Under the latter, argues Samuel Tadros, and at least in Egypt these efforts led nowhere. When Egyptians took to the streets in 2011, President Obama saw a hope for a transition from dictatorship to democracy: a hope that led to disastrous policy decisions. Tadros provides a trenchant analysis of American mistakes:
June 16, 2017
What the U.S. Can Learn from the Failures of Democracy Promotion in Egypt
Forget civil society. Focus on education.
How the “New York Times” Divulged Vital Israeli Secrets
Risking America’s security to undermine Donald Trump.
Love and Tolerance Do Not Constitute Grounds for Conservative Judaism to Abandon Its Position on Intermarriage
Judaism’s countercultural idea that spiritual and moral growth comes from the maintenance of boundaries.
A Lesson on Freedom from the Biblical Story of the Spies
It takes time to learn to be free.