Azerbaijan just won a surprisingly easy victory over Armenia and reclaimed much of the territories lost in the 1990s surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. This success owed much to utilizing new technologies, especially drones acquired from Turkey and Israel. Does this outcome have broader lessons have for future warfare in the Middle East and beyond? What specific implications does it have for Turkey and Israel?

How does the UAE-Israel normalization agreement feel on the ground? Is there any chance to avert another Israeli elections? And what will change afterwards?

How do Emiratis view the treaty with Israel? What has the UAE gained and what dangers does this step involve? How does this treaty differ from those of Jordan and Egypt with Israel?

Congressman Doug Lamborn joins MEF’s Cliff Smith to discuss his work advocating for Israel and combating anti-Semitism. Mr. Lamborn is a member of the Congressional Israel Victory Caucus; he seeks to go beyond the Taylor Force Act by imposing sanctions on the PA. He also spearheaded efforts to ensure that universities are not misusing federal funds to promote BDS. How will these issues fare in the new Congress?

Can Likud and Blue & White find a compromise or are both in campaign mode? The week ahead may indicate if Israel is on its way to the fourth election in two years.

Another round of fire from Hamas into Israel, and the IDF completes a surprise drill on war in Gaza. Could the southern border be heating up?

Emmanuel Navon’s new book, The Star and the Scepter: A Diplomatic History of Israel, surveys Jewish diplomacy from antiquity as background to the foreign policy of modern Israel. How has Jewish religion and history, mostly in the absence of a state, shaped Israel’s current external relations? Are there lessons for Israel from its Jewish past?

On Oct. 2, President Emmanuel Macron of France called Islam a religion in crisis and pledged to combat Islamism. In quick succession, jihadis attacked and murdered non-Muslim French citizens, to widespread alarm. Is France finally willing to combat Islamism? Will Macron succeed where other leaders failed? Can France provide leadership for the West?

Has Prime Minister Netanyahu opted for another round of elections? If so, what does that mean for Israel's domestic and foreign policies?

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) oppresses the Uyghurs, a Muslim group primarily living in the Xinjiang province in northwest China, with re-education camps, forced sterilization, religious persecution, and much more. Why are Muslim-majority governments nearly silent?