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Palestinians run across a dusty landscape through a breach in a high wire fence topped with barbed wire on the Israel-Gaza border.
Palestinians run across a dusty landscape through a breach in a high wire fence topped with barbed wire on the Israel-Gaza border.

How Israel’s Spies Failed—and Why Escalation Could Be Catastrophic

The culture of intelligence agencies paved the way for disaster. Regional war could revive the nuclear specter that haunted the world in 1973.  

Analysis
Uri Bar-Joseph, Avner Cohen
(L to R) Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi; Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa; U.S. President Joe Biden; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; Jordan's King Abdullah II; Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani; and Kuwait's Crown Prince Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 16, 2022.
(L to R) Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi; Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa; U.S. President Joe Biden; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; Jordan's King Abdullah II; Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani; and Kuwait's Crown Prince Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 16, 2022.

The End of Biden’s Middle East Mirage

The administration’s regional security concept has collapsed. Does the president know it? This article has an audio recording

Argument
Matthew Duss
Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Joe Biden on the first day of the G7 summit at Schloss Elmau on June 26, 2022 near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Joe Biden on the first day of the G7 summit at Schloss Elmau on June 26, 2022 near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

The U.S. and Europe Need to Get Their Act Together on China

The West has wasted precious time in developing a common strategy.

Argument
Noah Barkin
People in hijabs hold up placards and a big sign that reads PALESTINE.
People in hijabs hold up placards and a big sign that reads PALESTINE.

What Pro-Palestinian Protests Mean for Pakistan

The Israel-Hamas war presents a conundrum for Islamabad.

South Asia Brief
Michael Kugelman
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Biden Urges Israel Not to ‘Be Consumed’ by Rage During Visit

The White House is trying to balance its commitment to Israel with the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp
U.N. General Assembly President Dennis Francis reads aloud from a laptop screen while sitting at a podium desk in the U.N. meeting chamber. Francis, a middle-aged man wearing a blue suit, is also visible on a video screen hung on the wall next to a large United Nations logo.
U.N. General Assembly President Dennis Francis reads aloud from a laptop screen while sitting at a podium desk in the U.N. meeting chamber. Francis, a middle-aged man wearing a blue suit, is also visible on a video screen hung on the wall next to a large United Nations logo.

What Can the U.N. Do Now?

The president of the General Assembly talks about the organization's possible next steps in the Israel-Hamas war.

Insider
J. Alex Tarquinio
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israel-palestine-historical-trauma-iStock-171576611-homepage

This War Is Wrought With Historical Trauma

For both Israelis and Palestinians, the past 10 days have evoked memories of their worst suffering.

Analysis
Daniel Seidemann
Then-U.S. President Barack Obama walks alongside former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush before speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 16, 2010.
Then-U.S. President Barack Obama walks alongside former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush before speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 16, 2010.

America Is a Root Cause of Israel and Palestine’s Latest War

How 30 years of U.S. policy ended in disaster.

Argument
Stephen M. Walt
Retired U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus arrives at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 22, 2015.
Retired U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus arrives at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 22, 2015.

David Petraeus: Why 9/11 Is a Cautionary Tale for Israel

The retired U.S. general and former CIA director on lessons from the war on terrorism and why military action is necessary—but not sufficient.

Insider
Ravi Agrawal
Italian soldiers serving in a NATO-led international peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR) patrol near a road barricade set up in the divided town of Mitrovica on Dec. 29, 2022.
Italian soldiers serving in a NATO-led international peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR) patrol near a road barricade set up in the divided town of Mitrovica on Dec. 29, 2022.

The EU Has Failed in Serbia and Kosovo

As violence flares, Washington has shown it has influence, while Brussels’s policies have shown weakness.

Argument
Aleks Eror
A Lebanese woman protester walks draped in a national flag along the Fuad Chehab avenue, near the Martyrs' Square, in the centre of the capital Beirut on October 29, 2019 on the 13th day of anti-government protests.
A Lebanese woman protester walks draped in a national flag along the Fuad Chehab avenue, near the Martyrs' Square, in the centre of the capital Beirut on October 29, 2019 on the 13th day of anti-government protests.

Lebanon Knows It Is on the Edge of the Abyss

The war in Gaza could soon spread to a country that can’t afford it in any way.

Analysis
Anchal Vohra
Aid convoy trucks are seen waiting to cross at Gaza's Rafah border on Oct. 17, 2023 in North Sinai, Egypt.
Aid convoy trucks are seen waiting to cross at Gaza's Rafah border on Oct. 17, 2023 in North Sinai, Egypt.

Why Egypt Won’t Open Its Border With Gaza

Concerns about a refugee crisis, financial strains, permanent displacement, and possible militancy in Sinai worry leaders in Cairo.

Africa Brief
Nosmot Gbadamosi
Palestinians stand next to a crater in southern Gaza.
Palestinians stand next to a crater in southern Gaza.

Deadly Gaza Hospital Bombing Kills Hundreds

Hamas blames Israel, but the Israeli military says it was a failed rocket launched by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp
A U.S. Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) fires a missile into the East Sea during a joint South Korea-U.S. missile on July 29, 2017.
A U.S. Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) fires a missile into the East Sea during a joint South Korea-U.S. missile on July 29, 2017.

Ukraine Targets Russia With Secret New Supply of U.S. Weapons

Kyiv scores hits with long-awaited ATACMS system.

Report
Jack Detsch
Chinese President Xi Jinping walks closely in front of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in front of a group of Chinese soldiers wearing formal uniforms. Both officials wear dark suits and look down at something out of view.
Chinese President Xi Jinping walks closely in front of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in front of a group of Chinese soldiers wearing formal uniforms. Both officials wear dark suits and look down at something out of view.

The Israel-Hamas War Is Testing China’s Diplomatic Strategy

Beijing’s “pro-Palestinian neutrality” could help in mediating the conflict.

Report
Lili Pike
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