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?

Can the “Change government” sufficiently withstand both external pressures and internal divisions actually to be sworn in?

Israel as a whole – not just Benjamin Netanyahu – faces great peril as multiple domestic destructive forces reach a crescendo, including the fragmentation of Israel’s political system, “Bibi Derangement Syndrome,” the radicalization of its Arab minority, and Hamas’s growing interference in its internal affairs.

Is there finally an Israeli government, or not? If so, who is in and who is out? And what are the chances it will last?

Whether or not to return to the JCPOA (the Iran nuclear deal) is a huge issue in U.S. politics; and so too in Iran. What are the primary camps arguing for and against going back to the JCPOA’s limitations, what are their motivations and arguments? Which side will the Supreme Leader likely support?

With a week to go until the end of Lapid's mandate to form a government, is there still a chance for either side to cobble together a coalition or is Israel hurtling towards a fifth election?

Few knew of Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) six years ago when his father, King Salman, appointed him the Saudi minister of defense. Today, few can forget him thanks to endless attention from by the media. Why was MbS chosen as Saudi Arabia’s future leader? How goes his grand project to remake a despotic monarchy long in cahoots with radical Islam and dependent on oil revenues?