Columns February 2024

The Danger of Failed States Surrounding Israel

Four months into the war in Gaza and the cafés in Tel Aviv are full. It’s nearly impossible to find a spot in trendy...
Essays February 2024

Israel On the International Legal Docket

When the International Court of Justice in the Hague decided on January 26 not to issue an injunction to stop Israel’s war...
Essays February 2024

Democracy in Poland

Poland’s democratic transition is proving to be turbulent and challenging.  The liberal center-right government led...
Africa February 2024

Making Somalia Safe Again

In January 2018, I traveled via armored convoy over 20 kilometers of bad roads from a regional airport to the Hirshabelle...
Essays February 2024

Israel’s Revised National Security Doctrine Must Include Border Defense

Twice in the last fifty years, Israel sustained surprise attacks on a major scale. In the first instance, in October 1973,...
Essays February 2024

After Two Years of the Russo-Ukraine War: The Role of Private Corporations

One lesson of the Russo-Ukraine War is the growing role played by private corporations, both through participation in or...
Israel at War February 2024

Video Interview with Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w_1axulmk8 JST columnist Ksenia Svetlova interviews Israel’s former Prime...
Essays January 2024

‎Offensive Cyber Operations As a Tool of War

Cyberspace has become a major domain for organized crime as well as for statecraft in the twenty-first century. Israel has...
Essays January 2024

After Two Years of War:
The West’s Strategic Choice in Ukraine

With support from Europe, the United States, and others, Ukraine has held off - and in part, beaten back - Russia’s...
Columns January 2024

Self-Deterrence Will Not Stop the Houthis or Their Iranian Suppliers

Self-deterrence is a defense concept that a state may be restrained from using its military power not by the fear of a...
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