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On War and Choice

Lawrence Freedman | Apr 20, 2010
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

Aluf Benn | Dec 01, 2005
Sharon got out of Gaza. Now what?

The Wild East

David Satter | Jun 01, 1997
Sinking into poverty amid its natural riches, Vladivostok is almost totally controlled by organized crime.

Tradition Abandoned: America's Military in a New Era

Andrew J. Bacevich | Jun 01, 1997
American civil-military relations will remain vexed for some time.

A Pessimist of Promise

Thomas A. Howard | Mar 01, 1997
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

Peter W. Rodman | Mar 01, 1997
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.
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Commentary

Netanyahu's Christmas Present

Akiva Eldar | Dec 06, 2012
The new E-1 settlement area puts Obama in a bind. Will he fight back or acquiesce?

Netanyahu's Risky Consolidation

Akiva Eldar | Nov 06, 2012
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

Benny Morris | May 25, 2011
Netanyahu refuses to go along with the charade. Israel will pay for his stubbornness.
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Blogs

Jewish Terrorism

Jacob Heilbrunn | Nov 09, 2011
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?

Paul R. Pillar | Apr 19, 2011
Netanyahu is the obstructionist now. Regime change in Damascus is not a cure-all.

Obama's Middle East Hail Mary

Jacob Heilbrunn | Nov 16, 2010
Obama's last-chance gasp at a Middle East peace deal could work, even if it is desperate.
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Books & Reviews

The Road to Damascus . . .

Fouad Ajami | Mar 01, 1999
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

Clifford Orwin | Mar 01, 1999
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

Barbara Amiel | Jun 01, 1995
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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