From kitchen labs to cyberwars: the rise of Israel's Unit 8200

Al Majalla lays out the evolution of the unit at the heart of Israel's war machine, highlighting its notable successes as well as some of its catastrophic failures

Michael Horowitz

Predicting the Next Pandemic

Political systems matter a great deal when it comes to disaster response. In general, democracies are better than autocracies at managing early warning systems: it is harder to suppress reports of an…

Andrew S. Natsios

The Pandemic and Political Order

Major crises have major consequences, usually unforeseen. The Great Depression spurred isolationism, nationalism, fascism, and World War II—but also led to the New Deal, the rise ofthe United…

Francis Fukuyama

The Looming Hunger Pandemic

The novel coronavirus has overwhelmed public health systems and jolted economies around the world. Now it is poised to spark a global hunger crisis as well. After decades of progress in the battle…

David M. Beasley