Congress Should Insist on Its Say in Any Iran Deal
"If Congress is going to have a role in the crash landing, it should have a role in the takeoff."
March 18, 2015
Why Westerners Fail to Understand the Crisis of the Middle East
"Why do we keep getting this wrong?"
Asher Susser argues that Western observers, including presumed experts, have routinely underestimated the importance of religion in the Arab and Muslim world. This explains why they were surprised by such events as the Arab Spring, the rise of Islamic State, and the collapse of Syria, Libya, and Iraq. Moreover, writes Susser, religious cluelessness goes hand in hand with a failure to understand much else about the Middle East:
March 18, 2015
Howard Jacobson on a World Where History Has Become Taboo
His new novel "J" imagines a future in which Jewish identity has been both erased and universalized.
The American Studies Association Elects a Board of Israel Haters
Including . . . Steven Salaita.
Why Westerners Fail to Understand the Crisis of the Middle East
"Why do we keep getting this wrong?"
Why Tradition Matters
Are we really so much wiser than those who came before us?