Analysis & Commentary

Analysis & Commentary

U.S. Can Learn from Israel’s Experience in Gaza

Israel’s experience in last year’s fighting in Gaza produced some tough lessons the United States would do well to heed in future “hybrid” conflicts, such as the fight with the Islamic State, according to a report by retired U.S. generals.

Appeasement in Our Time

Is Barack Obama another Neville Chamberlain? I’ve been reluctant to make the comparison, but as talks with Iran have unfolded, it’s become impossible not to think of the 1938 Munich conference, where Britain and France agreed that strategically and economically

Martin Gilbert, 1936-2015

The passing of Sir Martin Gilbert at the age of 78 marked a sad milestone. He achieved popular acclaim as the official biographer of Winston Churchill, the man whose in-depth eight-volume biography served as the gold standard reference work about