Notebooks

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America cannot ignore the Middle East

Despite calls to refocus American grand strategy towards Europe and Asia, events in Israel show that the United States cannot abandon its commitments in the Middle East.

Aaron MacLean October 13, 2023

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Four paths to Israel’s intelligence failure

The Israeli security establishment's failure to adequately collect, analyse and react to its intelligence meant that the nation was unprepared for one of the darkest days in its 75..

Calder Walton October 12, 2023

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Israel’s hostage dilemma

Hostage situations, ransoms and prisoner exchanges are among the problems premiers fear most.

Richard Aldrich October 10, 2023

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On Jewish identity

The scale of the Hamas attack of 7 October is a reminder of a universal lesson all Jews come to realise: that to be a Jew is to be hated.

Michael Goldfarb October 10, 2023

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What Israel does next — in conversation with Dennis Ross

EI's Angus Reilly talks to Dennis Ross, former Middle East Envoy for the Clinton administration and Special Assistant to President Obama, about Hamas' attack on Israel, the impact ..

Angus Reilly October 10, 2023

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John Paul II understood geopolitics

Karol Wojtyła became Poland’s first pontiff forty-five years ago. His successful opposition to authoritarian regimes was born of his uniquely European experiences, in contrast to t..

Elisabeth Braw October 9, 2023

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Hamas takes the nihilistic path of Islamist terror

Hamas has wrapped itself in the black flag of Islamism, not the secular flag of Palestinian statehood. As a result, only the most radical, excluded states will support the terroris..

John Raine October 9, 2023

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The sorrow and pity of war

Greek historians, such as Thucydides, sought to be objective in their accounts of brutal conflict, but occasionally the mask would slip, so appalled were they by the events they re..

Armand D'Angour October 8, 2023

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How Israel lost sight of its enemies

Despite building institutionalised dissent into its intelligence systems, the country was still caught out by terrorists.

Suzanne Raine October 8, 2023