Rafael D. Frankel

Rafael D. Frankel is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and a former Middle East correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor.

Security

Deterring Hamas

| 11.26.12

Operation Pillar of Cloud highlighted the cyclical fragility of a peace based on mutual threat.

Security

| 10.05.12

In 1967, Israel launched a preemptive strike with no U.S. support. If nothing changes, it will do so again.

Security

| 06.15.12

A paradigm of modified unilateralism in the West Bank combines the best of the Israel Right and Left—and avoids their obvious pitfalls.

Security

| 04.19.12

Why an American or Israeli attack on Iran might find an unexpected ally—or at least not another enemy—in Hamas.