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The day the West crashed and burned

September 11, 2001. I turned on the car radio. The BBC. Was it some kind of promotion for a new disaster thriller? No, it was 911! It took my wife and I a few moments to grasp the new reality we had just entered. The contrast was utterly…

Israel and the idea of redefining borders

In a December 2024 article in The Hill, a US media outlet aimed at politicians, congressional aides, and lobbyists, Eric Mandel, the director of the Middle East Political Information Network (MEPIN), argued that it was time to reconsider…

Latin America’s ‘blue wave’: Is Mexico next?

Politics in Latin America have recently been undergoing a major conservative shift, stimulating discussion about a ‘blue wave’ to replace the ‘pink tide’ of the early 21st Century. At a general level, since the 1960s the region has cycled…