The New York Review of Books

January 31, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

The right to exist

Out of more than 200 states in the international system, the survival of only one of them—the State of Israel—seems to be up for debate.

July 15, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Peter Beinart’s one-state solution

If taken seriously, it could lead to a final solution

February 2, 2020 | Tony Badran |

Rock, Paper, Scissors in the Middle East

Trump’s is the latest play in a decadeslong game of trying to counter previous ‘peace process’ moves by each new American administration

May 25, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

A Historian in Full

The university flag at Princeton is flying at half-mast. It’s an appropriate tribute to Bernard Lewis, who died on May 19, less than a fortnight from his 102nd birthday. Professor Lewis was...

April 4, 2018 | Clifford D. May

Give anti-globalism a chance

“Globalism” is one of those Humpty Dumpty words that seems to mean whatever those using it “choose it to mean – neither more nor less.”...

July 14, 2017 | Grant Rumley |

Mahmoud Abbas and the Years of Terror

Mahmoud Abbas entered Yasser Arafat’s office in the Palestinian presidential complex, commonly referred to as the muqata‘a (compound), in the center of Rama...

September 4, 2015 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Extreme Makeover, Jihadist Edition: Al-Qaeda’s Rebranding Campaign

Since the Islamic State made its dramatic military advance from Syria into Iraq more than a year ago — capturing...

May 13, 2014 | Jonathan Kay

The Politics of Genocide

Spring is a season for black memories. April 24 marked the beginning of the Armenian Genocide in 1915. April 27 was Yom HaShoah, a day for Holocaust remembrance. The Rwandan Genocide, in which Hu...

May 13, 2013 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Radioactive Regime

The list is long of Occidentals who’ve fallen for Persia. This isn’t surprising. Compared with Arab lands save Egypt, Iran has a longer history—Hegel described the Persians as &...

August 20, 2012 | |

Assad’s Ally Arrested

In Beirut last week, former Lebanese MP and cabinet member Michel Sa...

July 23, 2012 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

Interrogating Terror

How tough justice keeps us free.

May 7, 2012 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

Beinart’s Argument Was Already Debunked

As a further thought to Michael Rubin’s response to Joe Klein’s defense of Peter Beinart,...

March 5, 2012 | James Kirchick Commentary |

The Deceits of Seymour Hersh

Last June, the distinguished American journalist Seymour Hersh published an article in the New Yorker entitled “Iran and the Bomb: How Real Is the Nuclear Threat?” His answer...

November 28, 2011 | Steven Miller Reason Papers

The Arab Spring: “Why Exactly at this Time?”

By Sadek J. al-Azm, Emeritus, University of Damascus Translated from Arabic by Steve Miller, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies “Why exa...

November 17, 2004 | Clifford D. May |

Memo to Spies and Diplomats

Stop Whining and Do the Jobs You're Paid To Do

November 19, 2003 | Columbia Spectator

Hearts and minds

By Ariel Beery There are a number of wars raging around the world right now, but none of them are more important or more pivotal than the war for the hearts and minds of the Muslim/Arab...