Ben Schulman, at The Blogs

Ben Schulman

Aug 24, 2017, 8:44 PM

The concepts of incitement and radicalization are not concrete. In the United States and Europe, the topics are most often discussed in the aftermath of a radical Islamist terrorist attack, or in discussions about the Islamic State and similar...

Jul 10, 2017, 12:11 AM

Mazel Tov, Mayor Khan

“He just doesn’t get it.” He had invited an Islamist extremist who called the 9/11 attacks “sweet revenge” to Parliament. He regularly appeared on Press TV, Iran’s propaganda outlet. He stated that he was a “very good friend” of Ibrahim...

Nov 2, 2016, 12:46 AM

Echoes of the Dark Past

“I hope this information provides a little comfort. I’ll keep you posted.” That sentence is rarely the final one of an email. It is an especially unusual ending to an email when the recipient is a Holocaust survivor in her...

About Me

Ben is a junior majoring in political science and economics at Washington University in St. Louis. The Arab Spring sparked a lifelong interest in geopolitics and anti-Semitism, which are the topics most frequently discussed in his pieces.