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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...