Analysis & Commentary

Analysis & Commentary

The Fog of Prewar?

By Yaakov Lappin JINSA Visiting Fellow Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was one of the first to sound the alarm over Iran’s nuclear armament program, identifying the threat it posed to global security in the early 1990s. The last time he

How Libya’s Energy Economy Can Avoid Iraq’s Mistakes

Since Muammar Qaddafi was toppled in Tripoli, Saddam Hussein’s fall in Baghdad eight years ago and 1,800 miles away has framed much of the way many think about it. Global leaders, reporters, experts, and even Libyan officials have explicitly argued

By Dr. Ehud Eilam JINSA Visiting Fellow States are evaluated through many parameters, the economic factor being a major one. Thus, the Palestinian Authority (PA) – judged by its economic progress in recent years – is almost a state, while

Who Is Calling the Shots in Lebanon?

By Zach Paikin Lebanon has been torn between West and East for quite some time. The very founding of the state was based upon a compromise between Christians and Muslims. The former would acknowledge that Lebanon was an “Arab state”