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![]() Latest Article from Jonathan SchanzerRussia's Withdrawal From Syria Is an Opportunity for IsraelMay 20, 2022 • Newsweek Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz revealed details about the largest Israel Defense Force (IDF) drill in recent years last week. The drill included simulated airstrikes on Iran and a simulated multi-front war against Iran-backed proxies in Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza. The message was unmistakable: The Israeli government is weighing its military options, and the military is readying for whatever the government decides. Iran should be worried. Right now, however, all eyes are on Syria. The war in Ukraine has prompted Russia to redeploy some forces and hardware out of Syria, where it has been buttressing the embattled regime of Bashar al-Assad. As the Russians depart, the Iranians want to fill the void.
![]() Latest Article from Clifford MayTyrannical dictator Putin gives new life to NATOMay 18, 2022 • The Washington Times Credit where credit is due: Vladimir Putin is revitalizing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an alliance that has never been obsolete but had become obsolescent. Of course, boosting NATO was not the Russian dictator's intention. He expected his invasion of Ukraine to divide and perhaps destroy this beneficial international community. NATO was founded in 1949 to prevent the U.S.S.R. – an ally against the Nazis but only after Hitler broke his pact with Stalin – from subjugating Western Europe as it had Eastern Europe. Even after the collapse of the Soviet empire in 1991, many East European nations were eager to join NATO. They believed that membership ensured independence – come what may.
![]() Latest Article from Soeren KernUK: New Plan to Tackle Illegal ImmigrationMay 13, 2022 • Gatestone Institute The British government has announced a new plan to fight illegal immigration by giving some migrants seeking asylum in the United Kingdom a one-way ticket to Rwanda to have their applications processed in the East African country. The five-year pilot project, aimed at deterring migrants from crossing the English Channel, will initially focus on single males arriving illegally to the UK on boats or trucks. The plan to outsource the processing of asylum applications overseas — if it survives legal challenges that are certain to come from human rights groups and the European Court of Human Rights — could become a model for other European countries seeking to crack down on illegal immigration.
![]() Latest Article from Ilan BermanCrisis and Opportunity in U.S. Mideast PolicyMay 2022 • National Institute for Public Policy Occasional Paper A great debate is underway in American foreign policy: a tug-or-war over the extent of U.S. interests in—and American engagement with—the Middle East. To some, the region has come to be seen as a "purgatory" that continues to leech valuable resources and national attention.[1] Others have contended that "the Middle East isn't worth it any more," and Washington should downsize its regional presence to a more modest and sustainable footprint.[2] Still others have argued that, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, engagement in the Middle East represents an "unnecessary expensive and wasteful" venture which should be terminated altogether.[3]
![]() Latest Article from Tevi TroyNerve and Vision: Remembering Midge DecterMay 10, 2022 • City Journal A skilled writer, editor, and political activist, Midge Decter was a key figure in the movement of neoconservative, anti-Communist liberals away from the Democratic Party in the 1970s and 1980s. ![]() Latest Article from Judith MillerPutin may soon face one of his worst strategic nightmaresApril 26, 2022 • Fox News Despite over two months of trying to bloody and bomb Ukraine into submission to prevent its strategic drift to the west, Vladimir Putin may soon face one of his worst strategic nightmares: the NATO alliance he despises is about to get larger and stronger. And not a minute too soon.
![]() Latest Article from Michael FreundWhat a Jewish grandchild can teach usApril 21, 2022 • Jerusalem Post There are certain moments in life that can best be described as transformative. One such moment is when you cradle your newborn grandchild in your arms for the very first time. A few days before the start of Passover, I was blessed to be inducted into the grandfather club. I must admit that it will take time to get used to applying that term to myself or hearing others use it in reference to me. Like Tevye the milkman, I look at my own children and cannot help but ask, "I don't remember growing older, when did they?" But, the addition of grandparent to one's resume, as jolting as it might be, is hardly the most heartfelt or meaningful aspect of the experience.
![]() Latest Article from Jeff JacobyWhat gaffe? Of course Putin should not be in power.March 30, 2022 • The Boston Globe
![]() Latest Article from Henry I. Miller M.D.Does organic farming best address climate change? Why the popular consensus is wrong.
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