For Sake of Iranian People, Foreign Intervention Justified

As with many contemporary challenges, the case for foreign intervention in Iran has a clear precedent: NATO’s intervention in the former Yugoslavia against the regime of Slobodan Milošević.

Gaza’s Genocide Inversion: Setting the Record Straight

This video refutes the dire and growing accusation circulating globally—one that seeks to delegitimize Zionism, demonize Israel, and implicitly provoke hostility toward Jews both inside and outside the borders of the Jewish state–that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.

The Prospects for a Democratic Transition in Venezuela

The first phase focuses on oil. Owing to sanctions, much of Venezuela’s oil production is effectively frozen. Under this plan, American companies would help rehabilitate oil production and facilitate sales, while profits would be managed in a way intended to benefit the Venezuelan population rather than fuel corruption or sustain the regime.

What Comes After Maduro Is the Real Test

On the morning of January 3, U.S. special operations forces arrested Venezuelan leader Nicolás
Maduro in a highly coordinated operation that immediately drew global attention. U.S.
authorities allege that Maduro oversaw an extensive drug-trafficking network that harmed
American interests. Critics, some quoted by The New York Times, questioned whether the scale
of narcotics flows from other regions poses a more immediate threat, raising broader questions
about the operation’s justification.

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Doing The Impossible: Making Congress Look Good

Doing The Impossible: Making Congress Look Good

The three college presidents testifying last week did the almost impossible: they made Congress – this Congress – look good. That is, testifying before the most dysfunctional, uninformed, petty and parochial House of Representatives in American history

The First Casualty of War

The First Casualty of War

At least since the Enlightenment, that is, at least since about the time the Pilgrims landed in the 1600s, what is fundamentally important to us has been fought on several different grounds: political, economic, social, commercial, military, religious, and moral (perhaps others).

The Silence of Women’s Groups: Examining the Response to the October 7 Hamas Attacks

The Silence of Women’s Groups: Examining the Response to the October 7 Hamas Attacks

In the realm of global human rights advocacy, women’s advocacy organizations play a crucial role in addressing gender-based violence and promoting gender equality. However, the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks on Israeli women and girls has brought into question the response, or lack thereof, from women’s rights organizations worldwide.

Understanding Israel’s war | Opinion

Understanding Israel’s war | Opinion

The Lebanese Shi’a Islamist party, Hezbollah, emerged at the intersection of three momentous developments. First, beginning in the 1960s, Shi’a religious scholars began mobilizing their marginalized community with the objective of empowering it on the communal and state levels.

Aid to Ukraine and Israel is Connected

The conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are fundamentally about the contest between two competing ideologies: authoritarianism and liberal democracy.

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