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On War and Choice

It has long been said that there are wars of necessity and wars of choice. But enemies always adapt, especially in our world of terrorists, failing states and delinquent regimes. Every war is a war of choice.

The Ambiguous Way Forward

Sharon got out of Gaza. Now what?

The Wild East

Sinking into poverty amid its natural riches, Vladivostok is almost totally controlled by organized crime.

Tradition Abandoned: America's Military in a New Era

American civil-military relations will remain vexed for some time.

A Pessimist of Promise

If the trenches of the First World War were not enough to cast doubt upon the idea of progress' prospects, certainly Auschwitz and Hiroshima more than sufficed. The holdouts thereafter--those liberals and Marxists still upholding the Enlightenment

After Hebron

In the wake of the Hebron agreement, the imperative for Israel (and the United States) has been to formulate a coherent strategy for the next phase.

Commentary

Netanyahu's Christmas Present

The new E-1 settlement area puts Obama in a bind. Will he fight back or acquiesce?

Netanyahu's Risky Consolidation

The merger between Israel's main right-wing parties could cost seats in the Knesset. What's the prime minister thinking?

Shadowboxing Israel into a Corner

Netanyahu refuses to go along with the charade. Israel will pay for his stubbornness.

Blogs

Jewish Terrorism

Israel is in mortal danger, but not from the Palestinians. Its own homegrown right imperils the Jewish state's survival.

Who's Rejecting Syrian-Israeli Peace?

Netanyahu is the obstructionist now. Regime change in Damascus is not a cure-all.

Obama's Middle East Hail Mary

Obama's last-chance gasp at a Middle East peace deal could work, even if it is desperate.

Books & Reviews

The Road to Damascus . . .

Itamar Rabinovich's The Brink of Peace is a masterly chronicle of the Syrian-Israeli peace negotiations of 1993-96, in which Israel and Syria--and America--once staked so much hope.

Pericles and 'Big Bill' Thomson

James Ceaser's Reconstructing America locates the "real America" in the ideas and values of the Founders. But a purely political conception of America is inadequate.

Bernadotte and Shamir

Marton's qualifications to write a book about the Middle East are slightly higher than Bernadotte's were to make peace there, but in the end it comes to the same: two boy scouts setting up pup-tents in minefields.

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May 24, 2013