Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan”
Notorious both in Israel and abroad, yet beloved as a visionary by his constituencies, Bezalel Smotrich is the far-right leader of Israel’s National Religious...
New York Declaration: From US-led destabilization to Chinese-led development in the Middle East
Recently, a high-level UN conference urged Israel to commit to a Palestinian state and gave “unwavering support” to a two-state solution. The “New York...
Manufactured Famines in Gaza Began Almost Two Decades Ago, So Why Haven’t They Been Halted?
On Friday, August 22, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the global famine watchdog, declared widespread famine in Gaza. The IPC is regarded...
Dark Lessons of Prewar Protectionism: From Tariff Wars to Global Fragmentation
With its misguided tariff wars, the second Trump administration is not only fragmenting seven decades of globalization. It is also contributing to a kind...
How the West Bank Is Being Annexed to Israel, with Tacit US Support
Just days ago, the Israeli parliament Knesset passed a motion for the agenda to "apply sovereignty" to the West Bank. Though largely declarative, the...
Genocide Justice in a Multipolar World
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) track record in the past two decades suggests a substantial gap between its broad mandate and very limited resources...
Israel’s Conservative Counter-Revolution
After its far-right election victory in late 2022, the Netanyahu cabinet’s newly-appointed justice minister, Yariv Levin, claimed that “judicial activism” had ruined public trust...
Trump’s tariffs threats against the Global South, ASEAN and the Philippines
In early April, the Philippines responded with “guarded optimism” to US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, saying higher rates placed on its neighbors could...
Trump’s Dream of Escalation Dominance: The Israel/US Proxy War for Regime Change in Iran
After just a month in the office, it was abundantly clear that the Trump administration was seeking expansion in North America, Hemispheric defense across...
Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East
Ironically, Iran is a member of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which Israel shuns. As shown by The Fall of Israel (2025), the US/Israeli path...