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May 24, 2026, 12:35 AM

A 100-Year Territorial Settlement for Ukraine?

Russia retains occupied territory for a century, then returns it to Ukraine I once met Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, at my workplace in London’s Covent Garden. After a brief and warm exchange, I asked if...

Mar 11, 2026, 12:15 PM

The Confrontation on Israel’s Northern Border Between The IDF and Hezbollah

The picture is of south Lebanon in 2011, taken from Israel's most northern point on the border. Despite displays of the Lebanese flag, villages were terrorist enclaves managed by Hezbollah. Today, Israel is confronting Hezbollah head on. Photo by Carrie Hart.

While the war with Iran rages on, as U.S.-Israel coalition forces weaken the regime’s military capabilities, Israelis are still suffering from a barrage of missiles, although the number of projectiles coming into the land are less. IDF interceptors are...

Mar 9, 2026, 4:47 AM

The Inevitability of a Righteous War!

Finally! That was my immediate reaction to last week’s news that the US and Israel had attacked Iran. And almost immediately the streets of that country and the world erupted with the cheering of Iranians dancing by the thousands to...

Mar 7, 2026, 1:11 AM

Names and Narratives

The Rhodesia–Zimbabwe analogy shows how a geographic name can become a political identity and a national project. Image © Ivan Bassov, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

How Semantics Fueled Decades of Confusion Much of the global discussion about the Israel–Palestine conflict begins with a quiet assumption: that two distinct places exist — Israel and Palestine — and that the problem is how to divide the land...

Feb 5, 2026, 6:49 AM

Blame, Reality and the Middle East Narrative

photo Credits: Sabine Sterk(AI)

Blame, Reality and the Middle East Narrative: In today’s Middle Eastern conflict, Israel and Jews are routinely blamed for violence and war. Pro Palestinian activists often claim that Islam is a religion of peace and that Muslims are primarily victims...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Jan 11, 2026, 10:12 AM

Iran Is Cracking — and the World Must Not Look Away

Iran today stands at one of the most dangerous and revealing moments since the Islamic Republic was founded in 1979. What the regime attempts to portray as routine “economic unrest” is, in reality, a far deeper and more destabilizing...

Jan 2, 2026, 5:21 PM

Facts First: Why Truth Matters for Israel

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk (AI)

Facts First: Why Truth Matters for Israel In an age of instant outrage and viral misinformation, publishing factual, verifiable news is no longer just a journalistic virtue, it is a moral necessity. This is especially true when it comes to...

David Rosh Pina

Dec 18, 2025, 4:24 PM

A Cohiba With Bibi

Last night, when I got home, a motorcade was frozen, blocking the narrow street where I live. An armored procession caught in a space never meant for it. Black sedans sat bumper to bumper, their engines humming impatiently, exhaust...

Nov 14, 2025, 8:21 PM

Wars Are Not Fought for Land. They Are Fought for Meaning.

The battlefield of meaning: A war fought with tanks and rifles always begins with words, symbols, and competing narratives. Image © Ivan Bassov, 2025. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Understanding War as a Struggle Over Symbols, Not Territory On the surface, wars look deceptively simple: contests over land, resources, or security. That is the language of diplomatic communiqués, the vocabulary of school textbooks, the neat abstractions of geopolitics. But...

Nov 11, 2025, 9:07 AM

Fighting Islamophobia and Ziophobia

Two Icebergs, One Pattern: Islamophobia and Ziophobia aren't just what we see on the surface. Image credit: Shifa Project, 2025.

Exposing Genuine Prejudice Behind Political Deception In recent years, we have seen the ritual pairing of the terms “antisemitism and Islamophobia” — as if they were two sides of the same coin, born of the same prejudice, requiring the same...

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