Israel’s strategy of deterrence has long hinged on showing adversaries that, if provoked, it will always strike back harder than before

The United States must cement a core group of allies in the Middle East as the basis for stability in a long-unstable region

Better to side with transparently self-interested Saudi over transparently evil Iran

Moscow and Beijing’s argument of “Western encroachment” has an aura of authenticity in other capitals around the world, where there is a sense that the West’s business enterprises, Hollywood culture, and radical sexual ideologies are bludgeoning their cultures.