Rebutting Relativism in Beit Shemesh
Marina is right to note that the West is far from blameless in its routine objectification of women as sex objects. But let’s not rush to draw equivalencies with religious fundamentalists.
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Beit Shemesh, Misogyny, and Building a Jewish Democracy
Neither the ultra-Orthodox nor the secular sector in Israel is innocent of gender discrimination.
2011: Five Things I Learned This Year
I’ll speak as a humble world editor and share five things that I learned about the world in 2011, ranging from common fallacies about the Arab Spring to the shape of the human evolutionary family tree.
Secret Cyber Wars Are Here To Stay
A revolutionary computer virus that shut down Iran's nuclear centrifuges opens the door to all sorts of scary possibilities.
Turkey and the Middle East in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring
Lessons learned from a lecture at Harvard on Turkey as a model for the Arab democracies.
Tad Devine: An American Abroad
An interview with political insider and IOP Resident Fellow Tad Devine.
The HPRgument on Israel After the Arab Spring
Eight writers for the Harvard Political Review discuss their views on the future of Israel in the wake of the protests and upheavals throughout the Middle East. Read the full article at the Harvard Political Review.
U.S. Involvement in the Middle East: Past its Expiration Date?
Why it's time for a new approach to U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East.
Sam Finegold on Turkey through Palestine
Using a recent IOP Policy Group panel discussion as a backdrop for his discussion, HPR writer Sam Finegold explores US foreign policy in the Middle East. Finegold suggests that the best strategy to developing strong relations with Turkey is for the US to take the bold step and recognize Palestinian statehood. Read the full article at the Harvard Political Review.
To Turkey through Palestine
Sam Finegold explores the future of US relations with Turkey and Palestine
Israel’s New Security Dilemma
Regardless of what does or doesn’t happen on the ground as a result of this week’s resolutions and deliberations, only Israel and the United States will lose out. It didn’t have to be this way.
Tahrir Square and Egyptian Solidarity
Giacomo Bagarella reflects on his experience attending the May 27th protests in Egypt's Tahrir Square.
