Democracies and dictatorships have sharply diverging attitudes toward war. Whereas violent conflict was central to the ideologies that helped perpetuate the totalitarian regimes of the...
The conflicts in Syria have shown how fragile the transitional structure is after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime. The question of minorities remains open,...
The announced withdrawal of the ultra-conservative party from the coalition could leave PM Benjamin Netanyahu with only a razor-thin parliamentary majority. Even if the withdrawal of...
After most of the banks in Gaza closed in the early days of the war, those with large reserves of cash suddenly had immense power....
A resumption of attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on commercial shipping in the Red Sea this week has focused attention on yet another festering sore...
Speculation about the end of Iran’s Islamic Republic has surged in the wake of Israel’s astonishingly effective bombing campaign, which succeeded in degrading and destroying...
In recent years, Saudi Arabia has made enormous efforts to reduce the economy's dependence on oil and promote the development of the private sector. The Vision...