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Mario Maritan Bonifazi

Apr 19, 2026, 5:03 PM

There are stark similarities between the US-led intervention against Gaddafi in 2011 and the US-Israeli campaign against the Iranian theocracy. There are stark differences, too. While the former was largely heralded by Western public opinion, the latter has been...

Apr 14, 2026, 1:27 PM

Anti-Semitism and the Ghost of Appeasement

Western calls for a diplomatic solution with the Islamic Republic of Iran, coupled with criticism of Trump and Netanyahu, revive a dangerous illusion: that appeasement can tame a regime that stands in direct opposition to everything the West claims...

About Me

Mario Maritan Bonifazi obtained a PhD in Modern History from University College London, where he taught Middle Eastern history and politics after studying at Durham and Cambridge. He is currently a research fellow at Sogang and Hanyang University in Seoul.