By Seeking to Open a Consulate in Jerusalem, the Biden Administration Is Recognizing Palestinian Claims There
Should Israel’s capital be the only one in the world with both a U.S. embassy and a consulate?
October 8, 2021
When the Next Arab Spring Comes, America Should Be Ready—and Shouldn’t Forget the Abraham Accords
Simultaneously weighing values and interests.
When the Arab Spring swept through the Middle East in 2011, overthrowing several regimes and threatening others, American policymakers and scholars were taken entirely by surprise. They were no better prepared for the eruption of protests in Sudan (where they overthrew a brutal Islamist dictatorship), Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt in 2019. In both years, Washington’s response was clumsy and occasionally destructive. Since the experts are unlikely to become much better at predicting such “black-swan” events, Sarah Feuer and David Schenker suggest some guidelines that American diplomats can follow the next time unexpected unrest strikes:
October 8, 2021
Iran’s Drones Are a Powerful New Weapon of War
They can’t win decisive victories, but they can wreak havoc.
When the Next Arab Spring Comes, America Should Be Ready—and Shouldn’t Forget the Abraham Accords
Simultaneously weighing values and interests.
W.G. Sebald Plundered Jews’ Stories to Write His Fiction, Then Lied about It
He didn’t so much write about Jews as about their absence.
The Treacherous Former Jew, the Duchess Who Would Be Queen, and a Crucial Moment in the History of French Anti-Semitism
Before Alfred Dreyfus, there was Simon Deutz.