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Apr 1, 2019, 1:22 PM

The Rise of Post-McCarthyism

Changes in human society are usually caused by social ‘mutations’ that, like in the natural sciences, create new ‘life patterns’, which constitute the development of these mutations. From a society of nomads to a society of permanent settlements and...

Aug 20, 2018, 11:11 AM

Who Is Really Fighting Anti-Semitism?

Anti-Semitism is the worst social disease that brought to the world some of its ultimate catastrophes, including the blood libels and the holocaust. It feeds the existential struggles against the State of Israel that are still ongoing today. The world...

Jan 5, 2018, 11:14 AM

The North Korean Dictator as a Parable

North Korea's struggle with the rest of the world is neither tactical nor time-dependent; it is a strategic struggle of a small country with great military power that poses a challenge to the entire world. North Korea has proven...

Dec 6, 2017, 12:11 PM

The Minority States

Since the dawn of humanity, the existence of various nations were defined by bloody conflicts, and the definition of war was part of the political characterization of the various nations that inhabited the world. Since the advent of ancient...

Oct 23, 2017, 3:34 PM

The Demise of the Balance of Terror

The balance of terror, also known as Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), was created during the Cold War between the two superpowers – the United States and the Soviet Union – when both developed nuclear weapons that threatened each other....

Sep 13, 2017, 3:47 PM

The Architects of the Third World War

The rising tension coming from North Korea has long surpassed the occasional threats we already got used to that pop up in various areas of the world. This time, although it is one country and not one of the...

Jul 30, 2017, 6:17 PM

The Magnometer War

The world has yet to learn to draw conclusions from past events that reflect on the future, and how to avoid repeating mistakes that caused the most momentous political events in our world. Despite the tension in that was...

Jun 18, 2017, 11:43 AM

Qatar — Clear and Imminent Danger

The political and security tension developing in the Persian Gulf between Qatar and the Sunni states in the region -- Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the Emirates, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, and others -- has the potential to ignite a global explosion. The features...

Feb 12, 2017, 3:25 PM

The Weapon of ‘Refugee-ism’

The issue of refugees is becoming increasingly sensitive and significant, as it draws great interest in Europe, the USA and other countries across the world, principally because of the human dimension of the displacement of masses from war zones,...

Dec 15, 2016, 4:32 PM

Between Occupation and Liberation

Occupation and liberation are dependent terms that do not stand on their own. These are titles one attaches to himself, whether he is the occupier or the liberator. The western world is appalled by the arrogant statements of the...

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Dr David Altman is senior vice-president at the Netanya Academic College and vice-chair of the college's Strategic Dialogue Center