The Xi–Trump Summit and the Illusion of “Constructive Strategic Stability”
The September 23–25, 2026, state visit by President Xi Jinping to Washington produced pageantry, a two-month extension of the trade truce to January 10,...
The Fight for the Two Straits: Hormuz and Bab al‑Mandab, and What It Means for India
The Houthi seizure of Yemen’s Red Sea coast and key islands in the Bab al-Mandab Strait in September 2026 has turned an already volatile...
No Hamas in the West Bank? The Threat Is Five Minutes from My Home
Some political statements are open to debate. Some assessments can reasonably be interpreted in different ways. And then there are assertions that simply do...
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,...