Unpacking Israel's decisive turn towards savagery

Israel's gloves-off approach since 2023 didn't emerge out of the blue; it is deeply rooted in Zionist and Israeli military thought.

Majed Kayali

Turkey's Liberal Twilight

[caption id="attachment_55249718" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish riot police use gas to disperse demonstrators during the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul on July 8, 2013. (Bulent Kilic/AFP…

Nicholas Birch

Tunisia’s Example to Libya

[caption id="attachment_55249709" align="alignnone" width="620"] Young Libyans release lanterns into the sky as they celebrate the third anniversary of the popular revolt that overthrew Muammar…

Youssef Cherif

Time to Catch the Train

[caption id="attachment_55249675" align="alignnone" width="620"] A man stands watching the newly-opened Holy Sites metro light rail in the western Saudi city of Mecca on November 2, 2010. (AMER…

Thomas W. Lippman

A Fateful Triangle

[caption id="attachment_55249647" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd L) shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry next to Chinese Foreign…

David Patrikarakos

Putting the Pieces Together

[caption id="attachment_55249662" align="alignnone" width="619"] US President Barack Obama, US National Security Adviser Susan Rice (R) and Secretary of State John Kerry (L) leave after meeting with…

Robert E. Hunter

New War, Old Faces

[caption id="attachment_55249650" align="alignnone" width="620"] Members of Iraqi Shi'ite militant group Asa’ib Ahl Al-Haq carry the coffin of one of their commanders, Hamid Qassem, during his…

Stephen Wicken

Partners for Peace

[caption id="attachment_55249615" align="alignnone" width="620"] Kurds dance and wave the People’s Democracy Party banner during Nowruz celebrations on March 23, 2014 in Istanbul. (Bulent Kilic/AFP…

Ahu Özyurt

Code of Honor

[caption id="attachment_55249619" align="alignnone" width="620"] The remains of a horse carriage lie on the street in the southern Egyptian city of Aswan on April 6, 2014 after a blood feud broke out…

Mahmud El-Shafey

The Liberals in Erdoğan’s Wake

[caption id="attachment_55249552" align="alignnone" width="620"] Peaceful protesters staging a sit-in at Gezi Park on May 30, 2013, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Selin Alemdar/Getty Images)[/caption] Prime…

Soner Cagaptay