China benefits more from U.S. trade
The excellent Feb. 22 editorial, “Mr. Xi is tanking China’s economy. That’s bad for the U.S.,” outlined the threats to the Chinese economy, but I disagree that a failing Chinese economy represents...
Newsweek
Israel SitRep: Feb. 21, 2024
Israel SitRep: Feb. 21, 2024 Today’s Issue: IAF Jets Strike Hezbollah Headquarters in Lebanon, Explosions Reported in Damascus | IDF Carries Out Overnight West Bank Raids, Arrests Wanted Persons,...
Israel at War Situation Report
The drone wars of Iran’s militias are becoming more deadly
Iran is seeking to improve the capabilities of its drones. It has now had almost ten years to use them throughout the region.
Op-eds
Iran, Houthis attack with impunity in Red Sea – analysis
The Houthis have launched drones, cruise missiles, and a ballistic missile at Israel over the last month and a half, believing they are not deterred.
Op-eds
Strategery 101
When an enemy attacks a friend, back the friend
Op-eds
Manny and Scholtzy palaver with Vova
What diplomacy with Putin would look like now
Op-eds
The May 2021 Israel-Hamas war was a stress test for normalization
With the signing of the Abraham Accords last year, a rare sense of optimism washed over the Middle East. Many in Israel believed that these agreements signaled that the Arab world had given up on the Palestinian...
Op-eds
U.S. Must ‘Ally-shore’ to Reassure Partners, Reassert Power of Democracies
When we first introduced “ally-shoring” in Newsweek (seizing on then-USAID deputy administrator Bonnie Glick’s phraseology) as the most powerful path to rewire COVID-disrupted supply...
Op-eds
Iran’s regime stokes more antisemitism amid Gulf tensions, ADL report
"A Persian-language cartoon published by Fars News in April solely blamed the Jewish people or Israel for tightening U.S. sanctions on Iranian energy exports."
Op-eds
Former Treasury Official: Qatar’s Terror Ties Make it a Questionable U.S. Ally
The ongoing terror ties of Qatar, most recently evidenced by its hosting of Hamas’s release of the terror organization’s new political document, make it a problematic ally for...
Op-eds
Fatah-Affiliated Terrorists Training in Gaza for War with Israel
Terrorist belonging to Fatah, the political party led by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, are training in Gaza in preparation for a war with Israel, veteran Palestinian affairs corr...
Op-eds
Hamas’ Execution of Commander Accused of Being Gay Underscores Internal Divisions
Hamas’ execution of its own commander last month suggests a widening schism among leaders of the terrorist group as well as a loss of authority in the Gaza Strip. Mahmoud Ishtiwi,...
Op-eds
Meet the Shadowy Figure Recruiting for the Islamic State in Afghanistan
... Several reports in the last few days suggest that the Islamic State is now recruiting in southern Afghanistan, the spiritual heart of the Taliban and the site of fierce combat between...
Op-eds
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Extremism Will Continue to Block Peace in Syria
THE EDITORIAL “Peace...
Op-eds
British Lessons
I imagine James Bond is relieved. After all, one can’t very well be “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” if one is no lon...
Op-eds
Zawahiri’s Revenge
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham -- which has now rebranded itself "the Islamic State" (IS) -- is trying to position itself as the new leader of the global jihadist movement. After being...
Op-eds
Terrorist Media Versus the Western Press
Leading journalists and policy-makers debated on Wednesday the issue of terrorist- and regime-controlled media and the ability of Western news organizations to debunk the ubiquitous disinformatio...
Op-eds
Give Paul Ryan His Foreign Policy Due
Eager to discredit Paul Ryan, liberals can’t decide whether to caricature the Republican vice presidential nomine...
Op-eds
Syria, Vogue, and the Apologia of Joan Juliet Buck
It’s now 17 months since Vogue published its cover-story paean to the first lady of Syria, “Asma al-Assad: A Rose in the Desert.” Readers were treated to a profile of A...
Op-eds
A Faulty Intelligence Report Lives On
The 2007 National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s nuclear weapons program lives on in the imagination of some government officials. At the end of a...