In Netanyahu’s new Middle East, Syria could become Israel’s biggest strategic gain
Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...
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For Trump the Peace Negotiator, Might Makes Right. History Offers Different Lessons
In the Middle East, Trump has lavished support on Israel ... Thucydides’ fifth century B.C. history of the war between Athens and Sparta includes a famous debate over the use of military ...
Syria's sects: delicate mix for its new Islamist leaders
Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an ...
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The American University of Beirut (AUB) has long served as a hub of Arab national and cultural identity. Throughout the twentieth century, scores of Middle Eastern politicians and intellectuals ...
A hostile takeover at Columbia
Officials from President Trump’s administration this month demanded that Columbia place its Middle East studies department ...
Review: ‘The Human Scale’ explores life between the bombs in the Middle East
Lawrence Wright likes Big Subjects. Whether in nonfiction or novels, he tackles the 300-pounder fearlessly. That was true in his excellent “Going Clear,” an exhaustively reported takedown of L. Ron ...