After a century as a mid-sized power, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seeks to restore Turkey to something akin to the influence of its Ottoman past. But a rocky road finds Ankara with precious few friends among alienated NATO allies, angry Middle Eastern neighbors, and tensions with Russia and China. Has Erdoğan a chance to succeed or is he heading for a fall?

Perversely, Hezbollah gains from the collapse of Lebanon’s economy and from the rocket attacks against Israel, even though they threaten full-scale war. Can the West take steps to reduce Hezbollah’s power in Lebanon? What can Israel do to protect its interests?

Iran’s recent attacks on U.S. allies, a more hostile new president, the tough JCPOA stance, the apparent race to The Bomb: all these steps suggest the Islamic Republic’s increasingly belligerent foreign policy. Why explains this doubling down and how can Washington best respond?

How well is Israel's government reacting to near-simultaneous attacks from Lebanon and Iran? What are its options?

With the BDS movement again taking center stage with Ben & Jerry’s, how can Israel fight back? A legal counterattack offers the best prospects against those who boycott, divest and sanction Israel and ultimately seek the elimination of the Jewish state.

What does the escalating Iran-Israel proxy war signify? Does the Biden administration's seeming failure to return to the JCPOA imply Iran will soon become a nuclear-threshold state?

Israelis invented the drone but the United States and China have become world leaders, Turkey and Iran regional ones. How have drones transformed the battlefield? How does preeminence in drones affect the region? Can the US and Israeli governments control these weapons?

The Middle East and South Asia and are very distinct regions. But new connections, such as between Israel and India, Turkey and Pakistan, and among Islamist groups, are increasingly affecting them both. What is the current situation, what are the trends, and what are the implications?

The Opposition sees preventing a budget from passing as the best way to bring down Israel's government. What are its chances of success?

Birth rates below replacement level. Immigration inflows. The human landscape in the West is transforming as native peoples shrink, society ages, and the Muslim and other non-Western population grows. Mr. Macarrón explores the consequences and challenges of these changes