Each generation of Lebanese inherits the same tragic fate. Faces change, weapons get more sophisticated, and political reasons shift, but the result stays shockingly theRead More »Lebanon’s Endless Cycle of War and Displacement
The latest signals from Moscow suggest that the question of Ukraine’s future is no longer framed solely in terms of battlefield momentum, but in termsRead More »Peace Through Exhaustion? The Ukraine War’s Next Chapter
Israel’s political landscape and territorial ideology are now really entwined, which has perilous implications for Middle Eastern stability. Though it’s a parliamentary democracy, Israel’s coalitionRead More »Greater Israel and the Politics of Permanent Conflict
A modest agreement in Moscow has had ripples that extend well outside the realm of diplomatic relations, from the unstable city of Kabul to theRead More »Afghanistan’s Path to Stability Runs Through Kabul, Not Moscow
While US-Iran indirect talks hover on the precipice of collapse or cautious advancement, Pakistan has transitioned from being labeled as a “potential mediator” to beingRead More »Pakistan’s Diplomatic Bridge Between the US and Iran
This week’s major development in the Middle East region was neither the latest clash of arms between Israel and Lebanon nor the recent diplomatic effortsRead More »Why Trump Drew a Line on Lebanon
The controversy surrounding allegations of sexual violence in detention facilities during the Gaza war has pushed the debate over accountability inside Israel into one ofRead More »The UN’s Blacklist and the Limits of Israel’s Denials
The US-Iran conflict could arguably be seen as the most serious and combustible relationship in contemporary international politics. In contrast to other cases of diplomaticRead More »From Allies to Adversaries: The Long Arc of US-Iran Rivalry
The Taiwan Arms Pipeline and the Risks of Managed Confrontation The proposed $14 billion US arms package for Taiwan, highlighted by recent commentary on Washington’sRead More »The Taiwan Arms Pipeline and the Risks of Managed Confrontation
Assessments by former Israeli military intelligence analysts have rekindled an uncomfortable debate in strategic discussions on whether Israel’s multiple military engagements with Iran have helpedRead More »The Illusion of Deterrence in Israel’s Iran Strategy
The measure of military success is not the number of targets destroyed, but whether political objectives are achieved. By that standard, Donald Trump’s confrontation withRead More »Trump’s Iran Gamble: Power Without Influence
There was a time when India spoke the language of anti-colonial solidarity in Palestine. Today, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, New Delhi increasingly finds itselfRead More »The Politics Behind India’s ‘Crazy Love’ for Israel