middle east

^{Bruce Chapman and George Gilder
July 29, 2024
Economics}

An Interview with George Gilder Asks, Can You Pass the Israel Test?

_{Bruce Chapman and George Gilder
July 29, 2024
Economics}

Anti-Israel protests in universities, antisemite propaganda on social media and riots in American cities have given shocking new force to old prejudices about Jews and Israel. In The Israel Test, newly revised and republished by Encounter Books, George Gilder answers the antisemites, and explains the meaning of Israel as the most economically dynamic, democratic and pro-Western state in the Middle East — and a crucial US economic and defense ally. Read More ›

Israeli National flag waving on the top of Mount of Olive with background of residential houses in Jerusalem, Israel

^{George Gilder
October 11, 2023
Foreign Policy}

The New Israel Test

_{George Gilder
October 11, 2023
Foreign Policy}

Are you for civilization or barbarism, life or death, wealth or envy? Are you an exponent of excellence and accomplishment or of a leveling creed of troglodytic envy and hatred? That is the “Israel Test,” inescapable today. Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
July 20, 2022
Citizen Leadership}

The Rehabilitation of a Pariah

_{Debra J. Saunders
July 20, 2022
Citizen Leadership}

During his recent visit to Jeddah, Biden was left in the awkward position of having to sidle up to the “pariah” crown prince as he pressed the Saudis to pump more oil — a cheeky ask from the Democrat who shut down the Keystone XL pipeline. Read More ›

^{John Wohlstetter
December 29, 2016
Foreign Policy}

Obama’s Palestine Punchout

_{John Wohlstetter
December 29, 2016
Foreign Policy}

It is possible that President Obama actually believes that his 11th hour Mideast madness at the UN — stealthily coordinated with the Palestinians, according to Israeli PM Bibi Netanyahu; initiated by the U.S., according to the Egyptians — will foster peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict. This is so delusional that if his belief is in fact honest it is arguably even Read More ›

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the UNGA Climate Summit 2014 in the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations in New York, N.Y., Sept. 23, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

^{John Wohlstetter
February 5, 2015
Foreign Policy}

The Great Obama Retreat

_{John Wohlstetter
February 5, 2015
Foreign Policy}

Just before he was elected president in 2008, Barack Obama declared, “We are just five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” He may not succeed in his aim to transform the domestic landscape. Instead his legacy may be a different transformation entirely: a tectonic shift in America’s position in the world, diminishing America’s status abroad to Read More ›

^{Discovery Institute
October 7, 2010}

Turkey vs. Israel?

_{Discovery Institute
October 7, 2010}

Claire Berlinski discusses a new danger in the Middle East. She predicts new interactions between the two countries after viewing the changing in governments, economies, and cultural outlooks. Read More ›