In the initial post-Cold War period, the world experienced the warmest peace in human history. What caused this and why did it end? Michael Mandelbaum argues the aggressive nationalist policies of Russia, China, and Iran unraveled the peace and that only genuine democracy can restore it. How is the Biden administration dealing with these threats in general and specifically regarding the Middle East?

Richard L. Benkin has spent his career protecting persecuted Hindus and Jews from their common enemy: Islamists and their enablers. What historical parallels and shared value systems serve as a source of solidarity between these ancient religious communities? Already, Jewish Americans rallied for Hindus in Chicago and Hindu Americans held vigils for Israel. Mr. Benkin will discuss the potential of this alliance.

Israel’s government is trying to reset key diplomatic relationships, including the American and the EU. How effective is the new leaders' policy of outreach and what are its ramifications?

Led by the ruling Social Democratic party, Denmark’s government has very publicly experimented with new methods to stop “non-Western immigration,” even announcing the goal of admitting zero asylum seekers in 2021. What prompted this break with the usual leftist views, what are the methods involved, how effective are they, and how significant are the echoes of Danish policies in Germany and the U.K.?

Over a distinguished career focused on Middle Eastern anthropology since the 1960s, Philip Salzman experienced academe’s profound transition from a place where open debate was encouraged to one where disagreement is punished. How did this happen, how did it affect Middle East studies, and what can reverse this grim evolution?

Another week of disputes in the Government regarding threats from Ra’am and cuts to benefits for the ultra-Orthodox: what are the ramifications for a coalition with a one-seat majority?

While serving in Congress in 2013-19, former U.S. Representative Keith Rothfus witnessed both the meteoric rise of ISIS and its crushing military defeat. But, knowing ISIS and its ilk cannot be defeated only on the literal battlefield, he took a leading role in efforts to fight it financially. What steps has the U.S. government taken to block terrorist group funding, how well has it done, what more can it do?

Is the failure to pass a law concerning Palestinians a sign of the new government’s deep-rooted contradictions or just its teething problems?

The Coalition government is at an impasse over the Family Reunification Law, a law prohibiting Israeli citizens to pass on citizenship to their Palestinian spouses. Mansour Abbas has been pushing for renewed negotiations with the PLO. What does this mean for the new government?

20th century America defeated its Nazi and Communist adversaries both militarily and ideologically. Twenty years into the “War on Terror,” however, military victories over al-Qaeda and ISIS leave little motivation to defeat the Islamist ideology in the war of ideas. As Indonesia, Central Asian states, and Morocco show, that is both possible and desirable. What lessons can America learn from them and apply on its own?