Recent US and Israeli comments on ‘Greater Israel’ trigger regional concerns over sovereignty and territorial expansion.

Explores the complex history and contested claims of 'stolen land' across the US, Europe, Middle East, and beyond.

The very founder of the State of Israel understood what we are painfully relearning today through war and bloodshed: the Litani River is the only defensible northern border for the Jewish state.

Iran’s effective oil blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman through which a fifth of seaborne oil and natural gas trade passes, is sending ...

Washington sees the Middle East through a lens ground in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and it is a lens that, while sharp in certain frequencies, produces blind spots in others. Options pricing theory ...

Nation-state system in Middle East could collapse in favour of tribal alliances, Yedioth Ahronoth columnist argues ...

For the people behind it, “Operation Epic Fury” is a moment of historic importance. “People do not understand how big this is,” says one Israeli official. “The Middle East will be completely changed ...

For a country battling insurgencies in two provinces, facing a hostile Afghan Taliban regime, and grappling with deep internal divisions, instability in a neighbouring state carries tangible security ...

What will the Middle East look like 30 years from now? At its core, this is not a question about who commands the loudest ...

Difficult to write anything this week other than a commentary on the momentous happenings in the Middle East. A personal view, not the position of the council. Each year following Twelfth Night the ...