Opinion | The Israel-Hamas War Will Reshape Western Politics
It’s been a long time since the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians occupied such a central place in Western political attention and debate — certainly not since the Israeli…
Does a 2-State Solution, Long Discounted, Still Have a Future?
“There has to be a vision of what comes next,” President Biden said last week of the war between Israel and Hamas. “In our view, it has to be a…
After Years of Vowing to Destroy Israel, Iran Faces a Dilemma
For more than four decades, Iran’s rulers have pledged to destroy Israel. The supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rarely appears in public without wearing a black-and-white checkered Palestinian kaffiyeh. Iranian…
With Proposed Censures and Expulsion, House Faces an Agenda of Recrimination
The House of Representatives, fresh off nearly a month of paralysis and Republican infighting, is starting its first legislative week back consumed by a round of partisan blame-laying and institutional…
Some Ukrainians Helped the Russians. Their Neighbors Sought Revenge.
When I asked Bilozerkans about the types of collaborators they knew, I heard a taxonomy: There were the older Soviet nostalgists, usually pensioners, who missed what they remembered as the…
How Did Democrats Lose Control of State Agriculture Policy?
Democrats once dominated statewide elections for the influential post of agriculture commissioner. Now they’re hoping to win just one. Nov. 1, 2023 Jonathan Robertson was preparing to start the workday…
Some of the Lawyers Who May Fill a Second Trump Administration
Election Day is a year away, but key allies of former President Donald J. Trump are already thinking about staffing a potential administration, including by filling White House and agency…
Trump’s Allies Want a New Style of Lawyer if He Returns to Power
Close allies of Donald J. Trump are preparing to populate a new administration with a more aggressive breed of right-wing lawyer, dispensing with traditional conservatives who they believe stymied his…
For China’s Jobless Young People, Hostels Are the Place to Be
In a youth hostel in downtown Shanghai, amid the dull roar of a hair dryer, the shriek of a blender and the lingering aroma of spicy instant noodles, Ethan Yi,…
Iraq Moves Further Out of U.S.’s Influence With New Russia and China Deals | naked capitalism
Yves here. It does not seem to be sufficiently well appreciated how we spent a lot of money and some lives on our Iraq adventures yet have not much to…