Bringing the Middle East Back Home
The American Orientalist Class attempts to paint a fantasy Middle Eastern landscape on the American canvas
The American Orientalist Class attempts to paint a fantasy Middle Eastern landscape on the American canvas
Chuck Hagel will be secretary of Defense, and Iran will go nuclear. So much for an all-powerful Israel Lobby.
If North Korea has the bomb—as this week’s nuclear test indicated—then for all practical purposes, so does Iran.
Barack Obama and Chuck Hagel look to the 34th president as a foreign-affairs model. But is it a willful misreading?
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Israelis haven’t become radicals. They’ve just abandoned a delusion.
The popularity of satirist Bassem Youssef may show that the government can’t stifle public debate
Will Putin’s ban on adoptions finally help U.S. officials grasp the nature of Russia’s political leadership?
After 25 years, the CIA has declassified documents that show Jonathan Pollard never spied on the U.S. for Israel
The U.S. refuses to arm rebel groups. Now, an al-Qaida affiliate has emerged as one of the strongest factions.
If the past few weeks are any guide, it looks like the open feud between Jerusalem and Washington is over.
Egypt’s new strongman.
The general was one of few who understood that Iran was at war with the US, and no bargain could be struck
In this report from the future, the U.S. pulls out of the Gulf as the Saudis cozy up to Avigdor Lieberman
Prominent Jews like the Harvard lawyer have spent years criticizing Obama. So, why are they endorsing him?
The murders in Benghazi are the latest in a string of attacks on American diplomats to go unanswered by the US
Thomas Friedman, Elliott Abrams, Walter Russell Mead, and Aaron David Miller advise the next president.
The White House’s response to the anti-Islam video is proof of the enduring influence of Edward Said’s ideas
Islamists storm the U.S. embassy and Egypt’s last Jews have no rabbi. Shanah tova from the Muslim Brotherhood.
What the pro-Palestinian activist—whose death was just ruled an accident—shared with Lawrence of Arabia
The three factors that explain why a Republican president is no more likely to stage a pre-emptive attack