The Palestinian Authority (PA) skillfully and successfully plays the victim internationally while contrarily insisting to its own subject population that victory over Israel is underway and inevitable. How does it manage to sustain these two opposite messages and what can Israelis do to puncture this unwieldy but successful oxymoron?

The justice and morality of U.S. policy toward the Middle East stirs constant dispute. How does just war theory properly apply to the use of force in theaters like Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria? What does it say about the Arab-Israeli conflict? And about formulating a grand strategy toward the Middle East?

Coalition crises on Ukrainian refugee policies and agricultural reform again threaten to tear the government apart, but it remains united in disappointment at U.S. policy toward Iran.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) unabashedly promotes violence against Israel, as Palestinian Media Watch has extensively documented. Children are ingrained with hatred, its television channel calls for Israel’s destruction and promotes “martyrdom.” But Israel and its allies have not taken the logical step to designate the PA as terrorist; why not? What must happen for this to occur?

The FBI has repeatedly hidden the Islamist motivations of jihadis, sometimes with fatal consequences, including three in Texas alone (Garland, Fort Hood, Colleyville). What explains this persistent ineptitude? Is this just a public error or also a private one? Does the solution lie with state legislatures and law enforcement?

A solid grasp of Islamic history remains vital for understanding our world, but professors who present it in an apolitical, rigorous manner risk ostracization by their peers or being labeled “Islamophobic” by apologists. What are the implications of this dilemma? How can universities protect professors’ academic freedom on controversial topics?

Prime Minister Bennett has a unique role as mediator between Russia and Ukraine. Whence comes this high profile role? What are its implications? In particular, might it signal a lesser reliance on the United States?

Turkey's government increasingly supports a wide variety of Islamist groups in the West, and especially South Asian ones. Major Turkish media lionize South Asian Islamists in the United States and attack their critics. How did this relationship come about? Does it augur a new international Sunni Islamist axis?

Angela Merkel once pledged to stand by Israel’s side against, stating that “for me, as German chancellor, Israel’s security is non-negotiable.” What did that pledge mean since being uttered in 2008? Has it any meaning under her successor, Olaf Scholz, especially when German governments seek strong relations with Tehran?

Israelis overwhelmingly sympathize with Ukraine but must keep good relations with Putin. How does Jerusalem balance its sympathies and its interests?