Shockwaves in the Global Order

While the U.S.–Israel alliance has become isolated, new ones are emerging.

The Only Way Forward

Any peace will depend on a sober assessment of Hamas.

How We Speak About the Failure of the PLO

Accounts still get the history of Palestinian diplomacy wrong.

The Beirut That Was

The port explosion was only the latest tragedy in the city’s long decline.

Something from Nothing — Forum Response

Rosen neglects a key factor in U.S. planning: domestic politics.

Peace Out

The decline of Israel’s progressive movement.

Breakout

Hamas and the end of the two-state solution.

The 33-Day War

Hizbullah’s victory, Israel’s choice.

Hamas’s Next Steps

Finding the road to Palestine.

Exit Strategy — Forum Response

Underestimating the role that Iran plays inside Iraq is a potentially fatal mistake.

Hizbullah’s New Face

In search of a Muslim democracy.

Dead End

Is there a future for secular Palestinian nationalism?

Healing Rwanda

Can an international court deliver justice?

Waiting for War in Damascus

Syria has been opening up. A war will shut it down.

Fenced In

As Arafat declines and Israel’s grip tightens, the Middle East sinks into hopelessness.

Justice or Therapy?

Deabtes on how to heal from the Rwandan genocide. 

The Legacies of Collective Violence

The Rwandan genocide and the limits of law.

Ends and Means

The desire for some sort of separation is deep on both sides.

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