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Geopolitics

The Reagan lesson for Iran: Defeat the regime, defuse the bomb

Reagan’s Cold War statecraft offers lessons for confronting Iran’s regime and nuclear ambitions.
Geopolitics
Identity and Education

Israelis don’t want war; they want to win Eurovision

It is a national event, something close to a civic ritual. And in cultural terms, it offers a way of belonging to a larger endeavor.
Identity and Education
Religion and State

The IDF mixed-gender unit controversy

Like the extremist rabbis, the “Tel Aviv faction” will not rest until women serve in each and every IDF unit, whatever the cost. One can only hope that, in this ongoing struggle too, the IDF and Israel’s security will not fall victim to the extremists.
Religion and State
Geopolitics

Trump rewrites global alliances, signals new era of conditional US ties

The US president saw it early, warned and threatened — and is now proving his simple equation: if allies do not act when asked, there is no reason to keep providing a full security umbrella.
Geopolitics
Middle East

The real story of the Iran war: the strengthening of the Israel-Gulf alliance

The Iron Doom battery Jerusalem sent to the UAE, reportedly along with IDF troops, underscores a new reality. Arab countries understand there is only one country in the region that is both willing and capable of acting against a common threat
Middle East

Voice of the Jewish People Index – April 2026: Support for the war in Iran has eroded

Connected U.S. Jews on the War with Iran, Confidence in World Leaders, the Midterm Congressional Elections, Public Opinion of Israel's Image, and Optimism about the Future.
Geopolitics

Israel must stop pretending bond with US is ‘unbreakable’ before it’s too late

Israeli leaders need an AIPAC-style group to explain to them how Washington thinks and operates.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

AI study: UN chief singles out Israel for harsher treatment than Iran, China, Russia

JPPI analysis of 1,100 statements by António Guterres finds a systematic pattern of exceptional treatment toward the State of Israel.
Geopolitics

JPPI Israeli Society Index for April 2026

Fewer Israelis believe that the war in Iran will lead to positive long-term change in the Middle East than a month ago.