Isaac Chotiner

And how the fantasies and delusions of the major players could torpedo the deal.

Despite the ceasefire in Gaza, prospects for long-term peace seem worse than ever.

And why it might not matter much for Gaza’s future, or for Palestinian statehood.

How an Israeli strike on Qatar, Hamas’ shifting calculus, and Donald Trump’s impatience could change the trajectory of the two-year war.

Why is Donald Trump turning on his ideological ally Narendra Modi?

The legal scholar Cass Sunstein argues for a more expansive definition of an ideology under threat.

The President and his allies are using the power of the state to silence speech they dislike.

Is our era of extreme partisanship to blame?

Texas’s Gerrymander May Not Be the Worst Threat to Democrats in 2026

How Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,’s Anti-Vax Agenda Is Infecting America

The former President’s support for Israel abetted a humanitarian catastrophe. But Jacob Lew, who served as U.S. Ambassador to the country, still thinks that the Trump White House could learn from its predecessor.

How the war in Gaza is dividing scholars of Nazi Germany.

Amos Harel, a defense analyst at Haaretz, on what’s behind Netanyahu’s push to reoccupy Gaza City, and how the Israeli Prime Minister has changed since the war began.

As Israel refuses to let in sufficient humanitarian aid, a leading expert on famine explains why even “flooding the zone” with food won’t be enough.

The fiercest defenders of Netanyahu’s war in Gaza continue to insist that Palestinians aren’t starving.

As Palestinians continue to die of severe hunger, a former Israeli official explains what the latest plan is really meant to achieve.

A Yale Law professor on the Administration’s third-country deportation powers—and why the Supreme Court allowed it to send eight men to a prison in South Sudan.

Without safe access to food, water, or medical care, survival has become a daily gamble for the region’s youngest residents.

Why Eliot Cohen, an intellectual architect of the Iraq War, thinks Trump was right to strike Iran.

It remains to be seen how long the ceasefire will hold, but the Iranian regime is unlikely to end its nuclear program anytime soon.