The editors of the JST are pleased to offer for downloading the Fall 2024 print issue. It features analysis of the foreign policy differences emerging from the presidential campaign as well as other significant issues.
Fall 2024, Print Issue No. 11: Trump vs. Harris: Diverging Paths.
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September 2024
Recent Articles
Turkey’s Quiet Relationship with ISIS
On June 29, 2014, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State in al-Sham (ISIS), was recorded on video speaking at the al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul, Iraq. (“Al-Sham” is the traditional Arabic name for the Levant.) He declared himself to be the caliph or divinely inspired absolute ruler of an Islamic state. ISIS had risen […]
Disarming Hizbullah in Lebanon
The Lebanese government has taken the unprecedented political step of forming a committee to create a plan for disarming the militia groups in the country, starting with “the low hanging fruit” of collecting weapons from Palestinian armed groups in a Palestinian camp in Beirut. But Israeli assessments indicate the new Lebanese government and its army leadership […]
Disarming Hizbullah: Much Talk, Little Action
The new Lebanese president, General Joseph Aoun, says in closed-door meetings that he has no intention whatsoever of sending his military to clash with Hizbullah. He insists that implementing the Lebanese government’s agreement to disarm Hizbullah must be preceded by dialogue and solid understandings. Aoun, as military chief before becoming president in January, instructed his […]
