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Netanyahu’s nine lives ending? Israel deserves better than a fifth election
Israel’s fourth election in two years has again delivered a stalemate, leaving Israelis with an understandable sense of déjà vu. Bibi...
Mar 28, 20214 min read


A vaccine for all reasons
The Golan Heights hide their tensions well. The road sweeps languidly through lightly wooded hills past wetlands that attract millions of...
Mar 16, 20213 min read


Netanyahu And The Cycle Of Israeli Elections Podcast
Despite four elections in two years, Israel once again seems headed for a coalition government, with no party getting a decisive mandate....
Mar 15, 20211 min read


Guess who’s coming to dinner
Call it a diplomat’s lucky day: in Washington in the spring of 2017, I found myself seated next to Jeff Bezos at the Gridiron dinner. The...
Feb 20, 20213 min read


Spies in the cold
Coincidences matter. As the world raced to the end of 2020 like a parched man to an oasis, two news items caught the eye: in Moscow,...
Jan 23, 20213 min read


When the Arctic warms, it will affect sea levels and precipitation patterns globally
In my school geography books, the Arctic was a frozen fastness, the distant domain of polar bears and fur-clad tribes, or the occasional...
Jan 2, 20214 min read


The problems of plenty
And when the snow falls, you’re found in St Moritz With the others of the jet set And you sip your Napoleon brandy But you never get your...
Dec 27, 20203 min read


The other side of the Covid pandemic
When the new dawn breaks, as it inevitably must, it will reveal a tired world. A world in which millions will be struggling to pick up...
Dec 2, 20204 min read


US will have to keep in mind broad strategic ties with India
Though Trump's policy on China is likely to continue, the sharp rhetoric will be missing, says Navtej Sarna, former ambassador to the US...
Dec 1, 20201 min read
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