Additional Publications

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
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
Identity and Education

The menorah at the European check-in counter

For those holding an Israeli passport, the airports of Berlin and Amsterdam, Paris and Brussels are not neutral transit zones.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education

Israel at a crossroads: Choosing between decline and a renewed vision for Israel

Israel’s future hangs in the balance as inequality, emigration, and identity debates intensify.
Identity and Education
Antisemitism

Should We Be Surprised by Right-Wing Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories?

We should not be surprised that conspiratorial antisemitism has reemerged in the current circumstances. But there is a deep reason that ties it specifically to the right.
Antisemitism