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Jul 5, 2026, 5:01 PM

The End of Political Islam—and What Comes Next

Across the Middle East, ideological systems that once appeared transformative are entering a more structural phase of strain. The language of revolution and civilizational revival remains present in political discourse, but its capacity to organize governance and sustain legitimacy...

Jul 5, 2026, 2:13 PM

Israel Restrained Itself at Nasrallah’s Funeral. Will It at Khamenei’s?

On February 28, on the first day of the war, a joint United States and Israeli strike killed Ali Khamenei in his Tehran compound. He was 86, and had ruled Iran for thirty-seven years. His son Mojtaba, later named...

Jul 3, 2026, 5:50 PM

The Blue-Collar Bridge: Rewriting Israel’s Domestic Labor Economy

Conceptual illustration: An Indian construction worker on an Israeli building site symbolizes the new blue-collar labor bridge and the profound shift toward working-class economic integration between New Delhi and Jerusalem. Image: AI-generated (free for commercial use).

For decades, the partnership between New Delhi and Jerusalem was defined by exclusivity. The relationship lived in the classified domains of defense ministries, intelligence agencies, and elite agricultural tech summits. Diplomats signed billion-dollar arms deals. Prime ministers celebrated shared...

Jul 2, 2026, 11:04 PM

The Democrats’ Duplicitous Hypocrisy on the US-Iran MOU

The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by President Trump with Iran has stoked a bipartisan wave of denunciation in Washington. The concerns are understandable. Lifting sanctions on Iranian oil sales; fostering a $300 billion reconstruction plan; and all while leaving...

Jul 2, 2026, 3:17 PM

Trump Opened Pandora’s Box in Iran. Who Can Close It Now?

On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel opened Operation Epic Fury against Iran. Weeks earlier, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, had warned President Trump in several briefings that Tehran could answer...

Aaron T. Walter

Jul 2, 2026, 3:12 PM

Buying Time For Whom?

President Donald Trump wraps up his speech at the opening of the Great American State Fair, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The memorandum Donald Trump and Masoud Pezeshkian signed on June 17 bought Iran a Strait of Hormuz it can still threaten to close and Washington a 60-day clock it has already started treating as a formality. For Israel, the...

Jul 2, 2026, 1:11 PM

The Strait That Holds the World

Close-up view of Middle East map highlighting countries and borders, as from Pexels website (URL is https://www.pexels.com/photo/middle-eastern-countries-in-a-world-map-8828624/).

The latest confrontation between the United States and Iran suggests that the Middle East has entered a different strategic era. Military escalation and diplomacy are no longer sequential phases of conflict but parallel instruments of statecraft, with both sides...

Jul 1, 2026, 12:23 PM

Can Israel Convert Victory Into Peace?

Israeli national flag waving at the historic Western Wall in Jerusalem from the Pexels website (https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-the-national-flag-of-israel-6851497/)

Israel’s military campaigns have reshaped the Middle East and severely weakened Iran’s regional network of proxies. Yet military success has not resolved the underlying political challenges. As diplomacy re-emerges alongside continued security threats, Benjamin Netanyahu faces mounting questions over...

Jul 1, 2026, 6:32 AM

The Iranian Nuclear Debate – Lessons from Ukraine

Living in Israel over the past several years, I have witnessed firsthand the escalating confrontation between Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran. The direct clashes of June 2025 and since March 2026 revolved around a single issue that...

Jun 30, 2026, 2:56 PM

The Geometry of Modi’s Absence at Khamenei’s Funeral

Ali Khamenei (1978) in a protest during Iranian Revolution (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

State funerals, like all theatre, are exercises in geometry. The question is never simply who attends, but where they stand, how close to the centre, and how high up the hierarchy. India’s decision to send Minister of State for...

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