Disclaimer:
This article reflects the author’s personal analysis and opinions. It is offered in the spirit of public policy debate and to contribute to an open discussion on the evolving structure of international recognition and…

Disclaimer:
This article reflects the author’s personal analysis and opinions. It is offered in the spirit of public policy debate and to contribute to an open discussion on the evolving structure of international recognition and…

I respectfully urge the Government of India to formally recognize the Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state within its 1960 borders.
The Republic of Somaliland is in the Horn of Africa, along the southern coast of the…

How do you define crisis? Webster Dictionary defines it as an unstable or crucial time, or state of affairs, in which a decisive change is coming, especially one with the distinct possibility of a highly undesirable outcome.
We usually define…

There is a particular chill that runs through Jewish history when powerful men decide antisemitism is not worth confronting. It’s not always shouted. Often it’s shrugged off, minimized, waved away as inconvenient or distracting. And when…

The U.S. government has released new dietary guidelines to address obesity. Like most nutrition advice, they focus on what to eat. The harder problem is why eating is so difficult to regulate at all.
Eating is one of the most powerful forms…

Vice President JD Vance again downplayed the idea that conservatives should safeguard their ranks against antisemitism, a week after his ally Tucker Carlson hosted yet another antisemitic conspiracy theorist on his web…

For Jews who don’t quite believe the old story, can’t escape its shape, and feel racked between Israel’s fear and Israel’s guilt.
There’s an Israeli word that explains more than it should: freier.
Lo tihye freier—“don’t be a…

On January 3rd, the United States military landed in Caracas, Venezuela, and abducted President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. Maduro, his wife, son, and three others have been indicted on four counts: “ narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine…

The pattern is no longer subtle. Within weeks of returning to office, Donald Trump had revived territorial ambitions that would once have been dismissed as erratic provocations: renewed pressure over Greenland, threats surrounding the Panama…

Fundamentally, for Israel, alliances have never been about manners. They have been about maps. While diplomats perform virtue and analysts chase applause, Israel has always asked a colder question: where is the pressure point? In today’s…