Finally able to take my first post-lockdown trip abroad, I booked a ticket from my nearest international airport, Oslo, to my longtime default holiday destination, Amsterdam. I had no agenda; I just wanted a change of scenery. At the airport…
On March 28, former American Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro announced that he was leaving the U.S. group in Vienna tasked with reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the Iran Nuclear Deal. Past U.S. adviser to…
On March 28, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the foreign ministers of Israel, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco convened in southern Israel for the Negev Summit. This is a key development in the Abraham Accords,…
Madeleine Albright is being celebrated in death for many reasons, including being a pathbreaker as the first woman secretary of state and one of the triumphs of America’s immigration story. These positive parts of her story warrant praise from friends…
Is Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ignoring Joe Biden? It certainly feels that way. Ever since Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline in June as a gesture to the environmental lobbyists and banned imports of Russian oil as…
Israel has so far pursued a non-interventionist response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but that hard line may soon change as the nation faces mounting pressure from the West to act. In a sign of change to come, Israeli…
The affinity between the United States and India is frequently cited: both countries have democracy, a western legal system, the English language, and free markets in differing degrees. Nonetheless, these similarities can be largely symbolic when it comes to India’s…
Yesterday, I could not get Bella Ciao out of my inner ear. You have heard it even if you do not know it or its origins, not that anyone is sure about those. It may have been composed by an…
Editor’s Note: After Ukrainian officials first said all the defenders of Serpent Island had been killed, Ukrainian Defense Ministry officials said Monday the group had been captured by Russian forces. And the sky unwashed and the drowsy waves; along the…
