The Iran Deal Explained
A comprehensive guide to the nuclear agreement with Iran—and why it’s a major advance for global nuclear security.
A comprehensive guide to the nuclear agreement with Iran—and why it’s a major advance for global nuclear security.
Ethiopian-Israelis face systematic discrimination and violence at the hands of the police. But comparisons to #BlackLivesMatter in the United States do not capture the complexities of their situation.
The great majority of the American political class were complicit in the deceptions that led to the Iraq war—and are desperate for the rest of the country to forget it.
This article originally appeared at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. The choice of weapons is important because it radically affects what we are, and at stake in that choice is the risk of losing our soul. —Grégoire Chamayou I was reading …
The Kurds of northern Syria are building an enclave of radical democracy and feminism in the middle of a devastating war—and beating back ISIS in the process. Why aren’t more leftists paying attention?
Can the Kurdish experiment in radical democracy stem Turkey’s authoritarian turn?
In 2011, Tawakkol Karman helped lead the overthrow of dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh—and kickstart a broader struggle for women’s rights. But today, as Houthi rebels threaten to take control, Yemen’s women activists fear their struggle is being sidelined.
Conspicuously absent from the debate about ISIS and U.S. intervention—both in the mainstream and in the leftosphere—are Syrian voices. ISIS and U.S. officialdom occupy center stage, leaving the perspectives of Syrian civil society activists and writers out of the equation. …
A secure, well-run Palestinian state is more essential than ever, for the sake of justice and for the security of both sides.
For the American Jewish community, the Jewish National Fund’s blue boxes are ubiquitous, a sign of communal strength and affluence and a testament to the community’s commitment to the Jewish state. But they also represent one of the American Jewish …
I was glad to read Kathleen Cavanaugh’s article on “Sectarian Entrepreneurs: How the U.S. Broke Iraq.” It is full of information, and it is an excellent guide to how many leftists think about Iraq and other similar places. But did …
The current U.S. intervention in Iraq serves as a stark reminder of the colossal policy failures that have plagued the country since 2003.
One of the more unsettling developments in the Gaza conflict thus far has been the shelling of UNRWA sites by the Israel Defense Forces. On July 30, at least nineteen people died and many more were wounded when a UN school-turned-shelter in …
Many Israelis who define themselves as “on the left” (about 20 percent of the population on a good day) support Operation Protective Edge. It’s a small and lonely subset that is both left wing and opposes the war. Over the …
Writing on July 19 in a column intended to “correct a few common misconceptions” about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Nicholas Kristof perpetuated one of his own. Offering unsolicited advice to Palestinian political leaders, Mr. Kristof wrote: “If Palestinians turned to huge …