Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was educated in America. His father taught here. Netanyahu expresses admiration for The Federalist Papers, which he considers to be a landmark in constitutional thinking and an inspiration and guide for how to set up…
Last year was a bad year for academia. Every week, the Chronicle for Higher Education documented faculty disillusionment, student anxiety, staff burnout, and the lingering censorial snitch culture that thrives on COVID. Yes, 2022 was full of high-profile disappointments, from…
Not born but begotten from the blood of conquerors and missionaries, Brazil shares more than just common ancestry with its Western partners. It became independent from its colonizer in the early 19th century, continued on as a monarchy — coronated…
Last week’s meeting between President Joe Biden and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has awakened Palestinians to the fact that they now have a friend in the White House. After refusing Israeli offers to accompany him to Augusta Victoria…
After the Russian invasion on Feb. 24, Ukrainian refugees arriving in Poland reacted with delight and even shock to the warmth of their reception. “We have everything, really everything, even too much stuff. The people here are amazing, so generous,…
President Joe Biden, who faces four-decade-high inflation and record-high gasoline prices, is set to depart for the Middle East next week. As part of his trip, he will visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He may not explicitly beseech the…
Birzeit University in Ramallah has produced some of the Palestinians’ most famous and deadly terrorists, and the school unabashedly praises them. So when Brown University’s Beshara Doumani became the fifth president (and first American) to lead the school, expectations were…
To the untrained eye, it may appear that the Biden administration is beginning to get smart in the Middle East. The administration has recently condemned the attack on the Israeli-managed Mercer Street ship in the Gulf of Oman, stating that it was…
The State Department’s announcement Tuesday of a sanctions waiver that will allow Iran to access blocked funds in Japan and South Korea was the latest in a string of decisions indicating that President Biden’s foreign policy team is afflicted with…
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