What follows on the Biden-Bennett meeting? Is there an actual reset to relations between the Democrats and Israel?

The Gaza border is again getting tense, with Hamas launching incendiary balloons into Israel that cause massive fires and the IDF responding with aerial bombings. Palestinian protests and clashes with Israeli forces are a near-everyday occurrence. How best should Israel respond? Will the Israeli government finally work towards victory?

The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan encourages Islamists such as Hamas and Hezbollah while discouraging U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf. What does this surprise development mean for the Jewish state?

As Afghans flee the Taliban, many migrants are heading via Iran and Turkey to Europe. With 3.6 million migrants already registered in Turkey, how will Ankara deal with this new flood? Will Erdoğan again threaten to release migrants to Greece and Bulgaria? How might Europe protect its borders?

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?