In the annals of the entirely predictable, the current state of the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations must stand very high. Who could not have predicted this? That the talks would fail and that Israel would get the blame. Earlier this week, testifying in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State John Kerry finally […]
The lazier pessimists observing our political processes often like to claim that nothing changes. Those with a keener eye can notice that they do, but that change takes time. Just as in an argument, the most devastating facts backed up by even the most compelling style, never lead to any interlocutor saying, ‘Sorry – I […]
Today, The Henry Jackson Society launched Terrorism and Islamism in the MENA Region, a one-of-a-kind map detailing the various levels of Islamism and terrorist activities across the Middle East and North Africa region. Three years after the ‘Arab Spring’ broke out, the increasing presence of Islamist parties and explosive number of terrorist activities has led to analarming […]
This week’s news in Britain has been dominated not by the clash of nations or the continuing stand-off on the borders of Ukraine. Rather, it has been dominated instead by the death of two leading figures of the British left. The death at the start of the week of Union leader Bob Crow and at […]
There has been much speculation over recent years about what ‘American withdrawal’ from the world would mean. From North Africa to the Far East there have been warning signs. But perhaps only now is it becoming clear what a withdrawal of US power in the world will really result in. And how unsurprising it is […]
Three months ago, I took a leap into the unknown. After eight years as a journalist and analyst in Tel Aviv, I moved to London to establish a Centre for the New Middle East at the Henry Jackson Society. At the time I wouldn’t have been able to tell Wembley from Wimbledon, Norwood from Norbury […]
It is an unusual event when a German Chancellor speaks to a joint session of both Houses of Parliament. This week Angela Merkel used the opportunity of her speech in Westminster to not only talk about the future of Europe but also – and very movingly – of the continent’s past. She bowed her head […]
First published in The International Business Times Those who argue that Western silence on the deteriorating situation in Ukraine has only strengthened Russia’s hand overlook the fact that this narrative has been in place for a number of years. Despite the West’s claims to uphold democratic and liberal values, from Belarus to Syria, it has been […]