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Is the Israel-Hamas War Spilling Over Into Europe?
Unpacking the rise in antisemitic and anti-Muslim incidents beyond the Middle East.
Battleground podcast: Possible post-conflict solutions for Gaza
On Battleground Podcast, Jason Pack shares his thoughts on how a start could be made by handing over Gaza to joint administration by a coalition of Arab states.
Essential questions about the Russia-Hamas link: The evidence and its implications
As the war in Gaza continues to unfold, essential questions about Russian and Iranian support for Hamas remain. They include whether Russia played any role in providing support to Hamas ahead of its Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Evidence available from foreign-language publications in Russian, Persian, Arabic, and Hebrew, as well as those in English, provides provocative leads, which, if accurate, have serious potential implications. Jonathan M. Winer explains.
Israel’s Actions in Gaza Will Come Back to Haunt It
Israel’s concept of itself as a peaceful and democratic nation risks being irrevocably damaged by such excessive violence, writes Alexandra Hall Hall in Byline Times.
Qatar is the key to peace in postwar Gaza
American and British diplomats should be working on creating a pan-Arab coalition to administer postwar Gaza — and Qatar’s role would be particularly important. Jason Pack writes in the Boston Globe.
Israel and Hamas: ‘Finger-Pointing Will Get Us Nowhere’
The ripple effects of this latest upsurge in violence will go far beyond Israeli and Palestinian territory, writes Alexandra Hall Hall in Byline Times.
Historically Thinking: Disorder
Jason Pack discusses Disorder and history on Historically Thinking.
Is Peace there for the taking?
Is peace there for the taking? Find out how disorder in Israel and the international system contributed to the ongoing crisis, ‘AlAqsa Storm’ and the suffering in Gaza to come, with Jason Pack and Andrew Keen.
Sudan tests the limits of Middle Eastern de-escalation.
With Saudi-hosted talks to end Sudan fighting producing minimal results and Arab states supporting rival forces, de-escalation in the Middle East faces a major test. James M. Dorsey writes in The Turbulent World.
Syrian President Al-Assad Plays a Strong Hand in Diplomatic Poker.
A winning hand for President al-Assad? Despite years of isolation and a poverty-stricken population, the Syrian regime has strong diplomatic cards to play… James M. Dorsey explains.
The Wagner Files
Wagner Group has catapulted out of the shadows and into the fore as the invasion of Ukraine wages on and the group expands its influence in Africa. Now, internal documents reveal how the mercenary group operates. David Patrikarakos explores in Unherd.
Sudan proves that the only thing worse than Western meddling is Western absence
As the situation in Sudan escalates, it is clear that the root problem of contemporary Western foreign policy isn’t meddling too much; it’s meddling too little. Jason Pack explains in The Telegraph.
Sudan, the War in Yemen and the Company You Keep
Britain's allies in the war in Yemen were the paymasters of the genocidal group now laying waste to Khartoum. Perhaps the paymasters should seek to end the fighting? Arthur Snell explores in Not All Doom.
The Kurds fighting the Isis resistance
Will the forgotten Kurds splinter from Iraq? The price is high, but the dream is strong. Meanwhile, the threat of ISIS lingers in Iraqi caves and Baghdad punishes the KRG’s attempts to escape its orbit… David Patrikarakos writes for Unherd.
Jihadists target Africa and Afghanistan, but also eye China and Russia
As the locus of Islamist militancy shifts to the African Sahel and Afghanistan in Central Asia, Russia and China find themselves in the crosshairs… James M. Dorsey explores in the Times of Israel.
Mosul and the Law of the Cigarette
Will Mosul recover? Is it better to have freedom or stability? Twenty years after the invasion, David Patrikarikos writes for Unherd.
Twenty years on... memories of the Iraq War
Arthur Snell reflects on the Iraq war and its legacy of inflicting suffering and chaos throughout the world for Not All Doom.
The betrayal of Baghdad
Is Iraq now the functioning democracy of Washington’s dreams, or a sectarian dystopia? Twenty years on, was it worth it? David Patrikarakos for UnHerd.
In from the cold
Umberto Profazio writes about Syria’s coming in from the cold in the wake of Turkey’s earthquake for the NATO Defense Collage Foundation.
The Libyan Banking Sector: A Microcosm of Global Enduring Disorder
Jason Pack and Stefano Marcuzzi explore how the Global Enduring Disorder plays out in Libya’s banking sector and contributes to continuing instability for MEI.