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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Aug 24, 2026, 5:30 AM

Bennett and Liberman Must End the Palestinian Mess

Naftali Bennett and Avigdor Lieberman correctly reject diplomatic fantasy, but turning that rejection into hard-nosed architecture requires shattering the West’s favorite delusions. For decades, the archaic Israeli foreign policy establishment chased the mirage of a centralized Palestinian state, creating...

Aug 24, 2026, 12:21 AM

Why Israel might be better off without the Abraham Accords

President Donald J. Trump, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan signs the Abraham Accords Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, on the South Lawn of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

There are two maps of the Middle East. One is drawn for television: flags, ambassadors, handshakes, denunciations, and summits. The other is drawn in rooms that do not appear on any floor plan: intelligence exchanges, defense coordination, commercial understandings,...

Benjamen Franklen Gussen

Aug 22, 2026, 11:41 AM

On the Problem of Scale (I)

On the Problem of Scale

Every beneficial system has a characteristic scale. When migration, trade or territorial control exceeds it, scale distortion and scale entanglement turn advantage into crisis. Most political arguments begin too late. By the time we ask whether immigration is good or...

Aug 17, 2026, 7:00 PM

Israel Will Price Riyadh’s Exit From the Dependence It Bought in Ankara and Islamabad

Riyadh bought protection from Ankara and Islamabad and imported their vetoes into its own security core. Neither will fight Saudi Arabia’s war with Iran; both need Tehran intact, while Turkey shields Hamas and profits when IMEC stalls. Jerusalem will...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Aug 12, 2026, 4:44 AM

Southern Eyes: Crushing Iran’s Western Terror Hub

Long before the State of Israel woke up to the threat, the Islamic Republic of Iran recognized Latin America as its ideal strategic depth. The timeline of Tehran’s unchecked penetration is a damning indictment of regional security. In 2008,...

Óscar Reyes-Matute

Aug 11, 2026, 7:27 PM

Why Restoring Ties with Israel Anchors Venezuela in the West

A single letter can alter a nation's foreign policy course. Chief Rabbi Isaac Cohen’s recent letter to Acting President Delcy Rodríguez, formally requesting the resumption of diplomatic ties between Venezuela and Israel, marks a long-anticipated step. Far from past...

Aug 11, 2026, 10:49 AM

Normalization from the Saudi Perspective: Part III

Learning the Grammar of Regional Legitimacy One Cup of Tea at a Time Memory in the Middle East is not archived in digital databases or bureaucratic files; it is encoded slowly, deliberately, one cup of tea at a time. Long...

Aug 10, 2026, 8:20 AM

Can the Abraham Accords Deliver Lasting Peace?

Can the Abraham Accords Deliver Lasting Peace in the Middle East? By Devesh Jha From Confrontation to Cooperation The Middle East has long been associated with conflict, political instability, and deep historical divisions. For decades, many believed that normalization between Israel and...

Aug 10, 2026, 7:57 AM

Normalization from the Saudi Perspective: Part II

Crown Prince Abdullah and Kissinger's realpolitik miscalculation During my tenure as an American defense contractor working in support of the Saudi Air Force, I found myself in a detailed conversation with Dr. Henry Kissinger. The region was transitioning through a...

Aug 9, 2026, 6:33 AM

Normalization from the Saudi Perspective: Part I

The Definition of a “Normal Country” and the Ghost of King Faisal In a rare, paradigm-shattering engagement with the Israeli media via The Times of Israel, Prince Turki al-Faisal—the long-serving former chief of Saudi Arabia’s General Intelligence Directorate—issued a conceptual...

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