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Steven Aiello has a BA in Economics from NYU and an MA in Diplomacy and Conflict Studies from the IDC Herzliya… [More]

January 28, 2013
3:29 am

Balkan Honeymoon Post 4: Greece, Albania, Montenegro

Wednesday morning- we arrived in Thessaloniki (commonly known as Saloniki) without too much trouble (although the Turkish-Greek border crossing would be the worst we went through on our trip,......

January 14, 2013
9:11 pm

Balkan Honeymoon Stop 3: Istanbul

Istanbul (round 2): We arrived in Istanbul’s Sabiha Gocen Airport at approximately 3:00pm, about the same time that we left, thanks to the two hour time zone difference. Our......

January 8, 2013
7:17 am

Balkan Honeymoon Stop 2: Heading East to Trabzon and Georgia

As our trip’s velocity continues to increase, it’s high time for another post, before I fall any further behind. After the Izmir area, our second destination was Georgia, but......

December 31, 2012
8:46 am

Balkan Honeymoon Stop 1: Roman History in Ephesus and Jewish life in Izmir

Finding time to write has been difficult, but after a week and a half in Turkey and Georgia, it is time for a second travel-related post. On Thursday, Dec.......

December 22, 2012
6:24 pm

Balkan Tales I

I am beginning this post, the first of our honeymoon trip to the Balkans, in Ben Gurion Airport. I will continue it on the plane and hope to have......

November 30, 2012
7:12 am

Building on Our Commonalities: Reflections After Pillar of Defense and the Palestinian Bid at the UNGA

Today is an important, albeit somewhat inauspicious, day in Israeli-Palestinian history. Today the UN General Assembly voted to approve an upgrade of formal diplomatic standing for Palestine, from "observer......

November 23, 2012
5:32 am

True Asymmetric Warfare

The recent escalation in conflict between Hamas and Israel gives new meaning and salience to the term asymmetric warfare. Asymmetric warfare typically refers to war in which a qualitative......

October 12, 2012
5:06 am

Aftermath of Benghazi: Charting a New Foreign Policy Course

In recent weeks, violent protests erupted against American (and other) Embassies and employees in various Muslim countries in the Middle East-North Africa region. Despite extensive media coverage and......

June 8, 2012
11:57 pm

For You Were Strangers in Egypt

One of the more well-known- and powerful clauses in the Torah is ‘כי גרים הייתם במצריים’ – for you were strangers/foreigners in the land of Egypt. Whether as the......

March 8, 2012
5:26 am

The TIKVAMUN Debate- Hope for Our Future

50 Jewish and Muslim Arab high school students crowd into an auditorium to debate the issue of Palestinian......

February 26, 2012
4:13 pm

How to Represent Saudi Arabia: Lessons Our Youth Can Teach Our Leaders

One of the things which I have found most challenging while teaching high school students about topics like a UN vote on Palestinian statehood, has been getting the students......

February 19, 2012
8:04 pm

Freedom of Expression in a Global Age

My experience traveling from Israel to Dubai, and the week spent at the Emirates International MUN, could perhaps best be summed up as ironic and symbolic. To be sure, ...