Hungary’s Election Is Not Doom and Gloom for National Conservatism
“We have replaced the Orbán regime and liberated Hungary,” exulted a triumphant Péter Magyar, who was until just two years ago a staunch supporter of former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán and an insider of the country’s long-governing Fidesz Party. On April 12, Magyar’s recently founded Tisza Party decisively won national parliamentary elections and secured […]
Why Rising Anti-Israel Sentiment in America Threatens the Jewish State
Over the past few years, Israel has won tremendous victories. It has neutered Hamas and Hezbollah. It has defanged Iran, which has for decades been Israel’s most powerful antagonist. And it is now unquestionably the strongest country in the Middle East. Israel’s strategic outlook has never been brighter. But Israel’s might masks vulnerabilities in public […]
How Melania Trump Is Rescuing Ukrainian Children
Melania Trump has done it again. On the eve of Easter, the First Lady helped rescue seven Ukrainian children from Russian captivity, bringing her tally up to 26. Without fanfare, Mrs. Trump is the only first spouse actively negotiating with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Her valiant efforts are key to remedying this vital moral issue. […]
Kurdish Boots on the Ground in Iran: Conflicting Expectations and Perspectives
Media attention has recently focused on Kurdish fighters from various armed factions with different political views and their potential battle against the clerical regime in Iran. However, many observers barely reflect realities on the ground, ignoring Kurdish agency, perspectives, and expectations. To address these, the Kurdish Forum at the Moshe Dayan Center (MDC) and the Alliance Center for […]
Trump’s Venezuela Model Won’t Work for Cuba
President Trump has made it clear that after what he views as success regarding Venezuela, he has his eye on effecting change in Cuba. But his Venezuela formula—using force to choke its economy and spark some changes within the ruling elite, to be followed by a foreign investment boom, while leaving a democratic transition for […]
Iran After Political Islam: From Theocratic Collapse to Secular Rebirth
The collapse of a regime is mechanical; the birth of a nation is spiritual and intellectual. The collapse of Iran’s Islamic Republic in early 2026 marks more than the fall of a regime. It represents the most consequential historical repudiation of political Islam as a governing system—and a strategic turning point for the Middle East. […]
The challenge of Islamism
After Iran’s despotic regime and its proxies have been defeated militarily and politically, the next war will already have begun. That war will be fought not only with swords, but with words and speech. It will be waged, in other words, against a virulent ideology masquerading as a theology: Islamism, the belief that Muslims must […]
Is Turkey Preventing Trump From Pursuing The Only Iran Strategy That Could Work?
In early March when the campaign against Iran had just begun, it seemed that U.S. president Trump wanted to use Iranian Kurdish groups to help overthrow the regime. Then he abruptly changed his mind, saying he would not look to the Kurds for assistance. It seems highly likely that Turkish president Erdogan, with whom Trump […]
What Does the War of Iran Imply for Taiwan?
The strategic conditions of a conflict in the Taiwan Strait are expected to be different from those of the war in the Persian Gulf. However, Taiwan can still apply critical lessons from that theater to prepare for a potential escalation. Despite the recent assessment released by the United States Office of Director of National Intelligence, […]
Rising Tensions in the Far-East
The landslide victory of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the snap elections that took place in Japan on February 8, 2026, marks a significant turning point for East Asian security. By securing a two-thirds supermajority (316 seats for the LDP alone), Takaichi has secured a massive public mandate to pursue her “Japan […]
Hormuz and the Globalization of the War
The war between Israel and the United States against Iran began much like the summer 2025 conflict: a campaign of airstrikes and targeted killings directed at Iran, met by Tehran’s missile response, though this time against a larger set of states. Yet within days, the strategic center of gravity shifted. The decisive arena, as these […]
THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER THE IRAN WAR: LESSONS AND OUTCOMES
It is ambitious at this point given the uncertainties of the raging Iran War to inventory likely lessons and outcomes on the region’s future. But it is also necessary, as analysis of alternative scenarios should best begin before a major inflection point is upon us. That inflection point could range from the end of the […]
