Essays August 2026

An Intruder Between Abraham and Cyrus

Can the Mecca Pact Reshape the Middle East? The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and...
Essays August 2026

Demystifying agentic AI

Everyone wants an AI strategy. Almost nobody wants to first figure out whether they need AI at all. A couple of weeks...
Essays August 2026

China’s Plausible Deniability Doctrine in the Middle East

China insists it is a neutral actor in the Middle East. However, recent reports suggesting it is helping Iran rebuild its...
Book & Movie Reviews August 2026

From Life Itself

Suzy Hansen’s From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoǧan is one of the most important...
Essays August 2026

Do the Trump Tariffs Make Sense?

In 1817 David Ricardo, an English economist and politician, changed the world.  In his treatise On the Principles of...
The Reminder August 2026

Gadi Eisenkot

https://youtu.be/BNSqMqwMFG4 Gadi Eisenkot: soldier, general, Chief of Staff, political leader — and bereaved...
Essays August 2026

CENTCOM Requests Ideas for Punishing Iran – An Alternative Proposal

Response to U.S. Central Command’s Request for Ideas on Punishing Iran The unusual request by U.S. Central Command...
Essays August 2026

The New Arena of Strategic Competition Between Israel, Syria and Turkey

As long as the Bashar Al-Assad regime remained in power, the tension between Turkey and Israel was largely understood...
Commentary August 2026

What Jared Kushner Must Hear in Kyiv

Dear Mr. Kushner, You have once again demonstrated your ability to enter difficult negotiations and engage parties...
Essays August 2026

Lawbreakers Should Not Benefit From the Law

The international order established after World War II rests on a simple idea: states agree to live by a common set of...

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