Syria’s collapse and the global balanceIn the course of just ten days, starting November 28, the system of (Baath Party + military) governance that the Asad family had maintained…Dec 13, 20242Dec 13, 20242
After the Trump win: The fierce urgency of Palestine in U.S. political lifeDuring their fairly lengthy meeting in the Oval office Wednesday, Biden and Trump reportedly discussed the ongoing crisis in West Asia…Nov 16, 20241Nov 16, 20241
Washington’s Israeli Rottweiler: Is it on or off the leash?In the 40-plus years I’ve been studying the US-Israeli relationship up close, my views of its dynamics have changed (as have the dynamics…Oct 12, 20242Oct 12, 20242
Some thoughts on today’s perilous situation in West Asia and the worldBack in October of last year, I was already writing that Israel, in its reactions to Hamas’s breakout of October 7, was acting in a…Oct 5, 20241Oct 5, 20241
Israel’s deadly escalations in Lebanon & their backgroundThere is so much to be said about the horrrendous escalations that Netanyahu’s government and military have been undertaking in Lebanon…Sep 23, 20247Sep 23, 20247
Israeli society, institutions continue to implodeJust quickly, here are some of my thoughts on the implosion of key Israeli institutions, and to some extent of Jewish-Israeli society…Aug 3, 20249Aug 3, 20249
USA takes sledgehammer to international lawThe great artist Michaelangelo completed his “David” and some other seminal works before he turned 30. Imagine if, a few decades later, he…Jul 25, 20241Jul 25, 20241
Chaos, collusion, and catastrophe: Biden and the genocide in GazaPres. Biden’s disastrous performance in the June 27 debate sent waves of horror through all supporters of the U.S. Democratic Party and…Jul 6, 20244Jul 6, 20244
Israel’s path to defeat: The implicationsToday, nearly nine months into Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, the evidence is mounting that the country’s political-military leadership is…Jun 22, 202439Jun 22, 202439
Biden’s super-fuzzy Gaza planIt is certainly a welcome development that the President of the United States is now- at last- openly on the record calling for a “durable…Jun 1, 2024Jun 1, 2024