Europe Opened Its Gates and Extremist Parties Rose
For more than a decade, European leaders told their citizens that the continent could absorb large-scale migration without setting cultural boundaries, insisting on genuine...
Be Humble: Yom Kippur, 7 October, and Israel’s Hardest Lesson
On Sunday, 20 September, at sunset, Israel will do something that almost runs against its national character: it will stop. The roads will empty,...
Pakistan Is Not the Mediator; It Is the Crisis
Three nautical miles may sound like a technical detail in a naval manual. Between two nuclear-armed states, it is the distance between a reckless...
Cricket Chai and the Empire’s Last Bad Habit
A traveller can land in Mumbai and encounter four living British inheritances before lunch. The steering wheel is on the right, the car travels...
The Makkah Pact Stalls at the Gate of Tears
Alliances are not tested at signing ceremonies, beneath chandeliers, and before a disciplined row of cameras. They are tested when activation costs money, exposes...