Mideast

 

Can Piracy Work?

Iran’s seizure of Hormuz will fail because it's a messianic provocation of the rest of mankind

 

Books

Who Wants Civil War? 

Amotz Asa-El's Hebrew bestseller is now out in English

 

Statecraft

Gaza's Day After

The rich will give money, Jordan will train cops, Israel will build a port, Egypt will give economic space, and UAE will reboot the schools

Trends

Talking Turkey

Recep Erdogan’s effort to buy F-35's should be resisted not because of his Ottomanism, imperialism, bullyism, or antisemitism, but because he is an engine of Islamist zeal

America

Happy Fourth, America

As it turns 250, America’s gospel is challenged as brazenly as it has not been since the Civil War