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Politics, War & Security

Netanyahu Is Right: U.S.-Israel Relations Are Here to Stay

“Reports of the demise of Israeli-U.S. relations are not only premature, they’re just wrong.” It is hard to disagree.

Simon Waxman

Blog

Iraq's problems are not timeless. The U.S. is responsible.

Eight years ago, Nir Rosen made a startling prediction in the pages of Boston Review: Sunnis

Boston Review

Politics

Three Assumptions that Led to Kerry's Failure in the Middle East

  #460130109 / gettyimages.com   “No third-grader who has read about this place in an

Assaf Sharon

Philosophy & Religion

Norman Finkelstein: Teaching John Stuart Mill in Iran [Video]

Norman Finkelstein is of course best known for his work on the Israeli-Palestinian

Danny Postel

Podcast, Politics

The Syria Dilemma on Book TV

Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel discuss the Syrian civil war and the possibility of international

Boston Review

Global Justice, Philosophy & Religion

From Democrats to Terrorists

In response to a December 24 bombing in the town of Mansoura, the Egyptian government declared the

Mohammad Fadel

Global Justice, Politics

Where Does the U.S.-Iran Deal Leave Israel?

Interior of a a Titan missile silo. Photograph: Eddie Codel No one yet knows what will come of

Simon Waxman

Literature & Culture, Politics

Illiberal Reform

Movements need new members, and new members mean reform.

Lisa Blaydes

Global Justice, Politics

Ayatollah Khamenei and the Destruction of Israel

Including translations of Khamenei's speeches from 1990 to the present.

Akbar Ganji

Literature & Culture, Politics

A Place for Muslim Women

The kinds of sacred spaces we worked for are not just possible; they exist. On the other side of the planet. Under occupation.

Haroon Moghul

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

The Sound of Terror: Phenomenology of a Drone Strike

“The drones were terrifying. The buzz of a distant propeller is a constant reminder of imminent death."

Nasser Hussain

Global Justice, Politics

Jordan’s Second-Class Citizens

Jordanian mothers with non-Jordanian husbands cannot pass along citizenship to their children. The results are devastating, but a growing campaign is committed to change.

Elizabeth Whitman

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