‘Miracles’ in Mosul
By Zach Goldberg The ISIS’s stunning power play this week, in which it routed Iraq’s 2nd largest city Mosul, is rife with foreboding implications. From the potential Balkanization of the country and...
View ArticleThe Iraq Crisis’ Unsung Winners: Syria’s Rebels
By Zach Goldberg Only a week has passed since the ISIS’s jaw-dropping takeover of Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, and pundits are already drawing up the winners and losers. Among the former, the...
View ArticleAir-ISIS: The Mysterious Drone Fleet
By Zach Goldberg Lost in the hubbub over the ISIS’s prodigious Iraq surge is the group’s increasing reliance on consumer UAVs for producing propaganda videos and, quite possibly, aerial intelligence....
View ArticleBringing Iran to Its Knees: An Opportunity Amidst the Iraq Chaos
By Zach Goldberg Introduction ISIS adventurism and the attendant effeteness of the Iraqi army have many clamoring for the arrival of Captain America. What’s more, being that the al Qaeda scion is...
View ArticleThe ‘Holy Land’ and the Pale Blue Dot
By Zach Goldberg Introduction: Israel’s Untenable Status Quo Recent developments in Israel are troubling. From the tit-for-tat kidnapping/slaughter of Israeli and Palestinian youth which, some...
View ArticleMissile Defense and the High Cost of Living in Israel’s Fortress
By Zach Goldberg Introduction Many wax lyrical over the Iron Dome’s (ID) stellar performance. And while some experts impugn this success—insisting that most Tamir interceptor missiles fail to...
View ArticleHamas: ‘Rocketing’ the Israeli Right to Victory and Killing the Left
By Zach Goldberg Introduction The extant Hamas-Israel showdown is inflicting many casualties. But what could be the greatest of them all may manifest in renewed support for Israel’s right-wing...
View ArticleIsraeli Counter-Terrorism Policy: A Model of Failure
By Zach Goldberg Introduction If any good comes out of Operation Effective Edge, it wont be the X months/years of superficial calm Israel likely will have purchased. Rather it will be that the macabre...
View ArticleInside Hamas’ 9/11 Plot: Tunneling Through the Hype
Introduction: Mapping Out the Hysteria The eerie discovery of Hamas’ expansive cross-border tunnel network sent shockwaves across Israel’s war-gripped social media. A tidal wave of apocryphal and...
View ArticleThe Case for An Islamic State ‘No Drive Zone’ In Syria
Introduction: To Pick A Poison? As the US continues its limited campaign of surgical strikes against Islamic State (IS) targets in Iraq, defense officials have concluded that meaningful progress in...
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