Josef Joffe

September 26, 2024
Iran Plays the Long Game While the U.S. Focuses on Side-Shows
When mayhem erupts in the Middle East, the Biden Administration reflexively reaches for the band-aid of a ceasefire as if a small strip could staunch a hemorrhage. For months, the...
September 12, 2024
Why Israel Can’t Give up the Philadelphi Corridor
What’s in a name? Only 350 feet wide and nine miles long, the “Philadelphi Corridor” is little more than a speck. Yet it has, in recent weeks, assumed outsized...
June 21, 2024
Déjà Vu All Over Again? Appeasement Then And Now
“Munich” again? Hold the angst. Historical analogies are treacherous because “like” is not “same.” Still, the disastrous appeasement of the...
April 18, 2024
Who is Scoring, Who is Losing?
After Tehran’s missile wave against Israel, Biden warned Jerusalem about escalation. Is Israel losing, while Iran, Russia, and China are advancing? If America, Israel, and the...