Muslims have at times allied with Europeans, sometimes even against fellow Muslims; as such, why see any Muslim attacks on Europe as ideologically driven—as jihads ("holy wars") against the infidel? Why not see them all as... 
The Turkish government first learned to use multibillion-dollar arms programs as leverage in its foreign policy calculus in the 1990s: we buy French (or German) to boost our EU accession process; we buy Israeli to enhance our... 
In March the global coronavirus crisis suddenly closed American campuses, changing the direction of higher education. Campus BDS, on the verge of 'apartheid week,' was inadvertently thwarted but the exploitation of student... 
Israel's F-35 Adir fighters conducted a training exercise called "Enduring Lightning" over southern Israel amid the global pandemic. They were joined by the U.S. Air Force American F-35s, pairing the two countries'... 
Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq are at a crossroads amid rising tensions with the US. Over the weekend several activists affiliated with Asaib Ahl al-Haq, a group the US sanctioned in January, waved flags and celebrated the US... 
Iranian agents holding diplomatic passports murdered a dissident in Istanbul in November 2019. However, the killing was hushed up so as not to embarrass Iran. It has many of the hallmarks of the murder of Saudi Arabian dissident... 
The coronavirus pandemic came to the Middle East in February with reports of its spread in Iran. By early March it was reported in numerous countries, but levels remained relatively low for several weeks. Now, like most of the... 
Even as Israel struggles with the novel coronavirus, it appears that a year-long political struggle, which had held the system in a state of paralysis, has reached resolution. Indeed, COVID-19, more than any other factor, was...
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