To understand Vladimir Putin, you need to go back in time. Not to his childhood but to the early 18th century and Peter the Great.Of course, the…

Immigrants pose a threat. They threaten our economies and our security. Hordes of incoming Africans, Arabs, Asians, and such look to replace us, the…

Arab pundits, writers, and politicians have a deeply ingrained default position: blame Iran.It almost always works and has the added benefit of being…

For all the talk of universal human rights and justice, it doesn't amount to much if perpetrators of war crimes are protected from prosecution and…

State and society have long been at odds. Since the very birth of the state as a political construct, its relationship with societal elements has…

War has a habit of reducing human lives to numbers — 27,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza. People see the number, hear the number, frown, and carry on…

You can tell a lot about a place based on the boats and ships that sail to and from it. How large are they? How narrow? What do they carry? What are…

When Israel lost 24 soldiers in one day this week, very few people thought that it would put sufficient pressure on the Israeli government to order a…

There was always going to be a strong reaction to the deadliest terrorist attack in Iran since 1978. It came on the night of 16 January.Two weeks…

Today’s headlines are bleak.Years from now, when we look back on these times, will it be remembered as a nightmarish period or will we be living in…