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The Tragedy of Capital and the Re-Opening of Futurity

The Tragedy of Capital and the Re-Opening of Futurity

Capitalism’s greatest crisis may be the exhaustion of the system itself, leaving geopolitical fragmentation to define the world that follows.

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E-International

Richard W. Coughlin

“Ceasefire Is Over”: Why America Still Cannot Secure the Strait of Hormuz

“Ceasefire Is Over”: Why America Still Cannot Secure the Strait of Hormuz

“Ceasefire Is Over”: Why America Still Cannot Secure the Strait of Hormuz The US’s tactical military successes in the Strait of Hormuz do not...

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New Eastern Outlook

Adrian Korczyński

Souring on JD Vance, many Jewish Republicans rally behind Marco Rubio for 2028

Souring on JD Vance, many Jewish Republicans rally behind Marco Rubio for 2028

Prominent GOP figures don’t back a bid by the vice president amid concerns over his invoking conspiracy theories, and silence on right-wing...

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The Times of Israel

Joseph Strauss

What Inequality Does to Electoral Democracy

What Inequality Does to Electoral Democracy

PRINCETON—In a new polemic that aims to serve as a manifesto for our times, the economists Julia Cagé of Sciences Po and Thomas Piketty of the...

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Project Syndicate

Harold James

As Christopher Nolan revives ‘The Odyssey,’ a scholar links Homer and the Bible

As Christopher Nolan revives ‘The Odyssey,’ a scholar links Homer and the Bible

What do a wily Greek king and the heroes and heroines of Genesis have in common? Academic and author Jacob Howland highlights more than a few points...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Trump raises doubts about US election integrity ahead of midterms

Trump raises doubts about US election integrity ahead of midterms

US president uses primetime address to justify push for strict voter ID bill, despite lack of evidence of voter fraud, and blasts TV networks for...

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The Times of Israel

Michelle L. Price

The Middle East’s ‘Babushka Doll’ Syndrome: States within States

A “Babushka Doll” comprises several layers of ever smaller dolls nestled within each other. It turns out that some Middle East countries have a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Coalition’s ‘legislative blitz’ designed to shore-up, unshackle right-wing power

Coalition’s ‘legislative blitz’ designed to shore-up, unshackle right-wing power

Raft of contentious laws passed this week increases power of right-wing media, throws off attorney general’s legal restraints, and keeps the Haredim...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Democratic Socialists of America platform backs Palestinian ‘right to resist’

Democratic Socialists of America platform backs Palestinian ‘right to resist’

Far left movement, home to Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez, calls to abolish the US Senate, presidency and Supreme Court

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Nicholas Carl: US and Iran are now in the Battle of Hormuz

Nicholas Carl: US and Iran are now in the Battle of Hormuz

Iran thinks it won the war, which it almost did, argues the Critical Threats Project fellow, saying now is the time for Trump to impose his will as...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

The Subversion of the International Criminal Court

The Subversion of the International Criminal Court

MADRID—Some institutional failures unfold not through scandal but procedure, with acts of sabotage dressed up in the language of good-faith inquiry...

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Project Syndicate

Josep Borrell

Culture News.The Cultural Start of Summer

Culture News.The Cultural Start of Summer No matter how complicated contemporary international relations may be, the human need for contact with art...

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New Eastern Outlook

Ksenia Muratshina

Strait of Hormuz transits drop as US and Iran escalate attacks across Gulf

Strait of Hormuz transits drop as US and Iran escalate attacks across Gulf

Just three commodity vessels cross the vital waterway on Thursday, down from 11 the previous day, while crude carriers and liquefied natural gas...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

As Likud challenges the election watchdog, some fear it may challenge the election outcome, too

As Likud challenges the election watchdog, some fear it may challenge the election outcome, too

Netanyahu’s party has been slamming appointments of Central Elections Committee officials, a campaign some experts see as laying the groundwork to...

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The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol

Knesset votes on official dispersal of parliament, wrapping up final legislative blitz

Knesset votes on official dispersal of parliament, wrapping up final legislative blitz

Motion to disperse passes 62-0 with sole coalition backing after it was tacked onto party financing bill; 25th Knesset ‘most challenging’ in...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

VOX POPULI: Musings on Ultraman and justice 60 years after TV debut

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

The legacy of Professor John Esposito: The scholar who refused to turn Islam into an enemy

The legacy of Professor John Esposito: The scholar who refused to turn Islam into an enemy

There are scholars who interpret the world, scholars who flatter it, and scholars who quietly make it less cruel. John L. Esposito belonged...

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Middle East Monitor

Junaid S. Ahmad

PlayStation may regret ejecting the disc

PlayStation may regret ejecting the disc

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Nikkei Asian Review

Lu-Hai Liang

John Esposito transformed how the West understood Islam

John Esposito transformed how the West understood Islam

John L Esposito, a prominent scholar of religion and international affairs at Georgetown University, passed away on July 15, 2026, due to...

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Al Jazeera

Nader Hashemi

Israel Is Winning Wars, But Losing the World’s Mind

Israel Is Winning Wars, But Losing the World’s Mind

There is a painful reality that many supporters of Israel refuse to admit. Israel is exceptionally good at surviving wars. It is remarkably good at...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Opinion – The Most Personal Propaganda Tool Ever Built

Opinion – The Most Personal Propaganda Tool Ever Built

AI chatbots might be the most personal propaganda tool ever built, quietly shaping how billions think by influencing what they see as balanced, safe,...

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E-International

Jude Althagafi

Herzog tells Saudi TV he dreams of peace with Riyadh, ‘heart aches’ for innocent Gazans

In rare interview with state-owned outlet, president says Jerusalem also wants normalization with Syria and Lebanon, and that he respects Trump and...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

US strikes Iran for sixth consecutive night, as deescalation chances appear to fade

US strikes Iran for sixth consecutive night, as deescalation chances appear to fade

Tehran targets Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain, while warning it will hit civilian infrastructure across region if Trump follows through on threat to...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Israel Needs a Ballox-box Revolution to Rid Itself of Netanyahu

Israel Needs a Ballox-box Revolution to Rid Itself of Netanyahu

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Haaretz

Nehemia Shtrasler

Sacha Baron Cohen brings Ali G character back to life at Wimbledon

Sacha Baron Cohen brings Ali G character back to life at Wimbledon

Video shows the British Jewish actor clad in white tracksuit emblazoned with ‘official Ganja dealer’ arguing with police over whether or not he...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Eisenkot Allows Israelis to Replace Netanyahu Without Changing Who They Are

Eisenkot Allows Israelis to Replace Netanyahu Without Changing Who They Are

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Haaretz

Carolina Landsmann

The Netanyahu Regime's Black Boxes Must Be Revealed

The Netanyahu Regime's Black Boxes Must Be Revealed

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Haaretz

Aluf Benn

Making the Most of a College Tour

Making the Most of a College Tour

10 ways to crush your college visit.

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Psychology Today

Deborah J. Cohan Ph.d

Karim Khan’s sex abuse accuser says ICC prosecutor exploited ‘power disparity’

Karim Khan’s sex abuse accuser says ICC prosecutor exploited ‘power disparity’

In her first media appearance, Sarah says embattled court chief groped her, including while she pretended to sleep, dismisses online rumors she is a...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

What Does the Barak–Epstein Connection Tell Us?

What Does the Barak–Epstein Connection Tell Us?

Intelligence Adjacency versus Espionage During his recent interview with Joe Rogan, Vice President JD Vance made a striking claim. Jeffrey Epstein, he...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

William Keenan

The Invisible Hand Is a Person

The Invisible Hand Is a Person

Your best work was shaped by people who never took credit.

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Psychology Today

Faisal Hoque

Covenantal Protection

Parshat Devarim is always read before Tisha B’Av. That is no coincidence. The Book of Devarim is Moshe’s final address to the new generation...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nitzan Bergman

Netanyahu slanders Israelis for Ro Khanna

When the Prime Minister and the IDF throw innocent Israelis under the bus in the ill-considered attempt to appease an open enemy, is it any wonder...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Reuven Bobby Weinmann

Vsiljeni energetski krizi ni videti konca

Vsiljeni energetski krizi ni videti konca

Kubi je ta teden uspelo za silo odpraviti električni mrk, ki je po vsej državi trajal 24 ur. Prejšnji teden je še dvakrat dlje primanjkovalo...

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Dnevnik

Mihael Šorl

Milijonarjev sin več kot 70-krat zabodel mačeho

Milijonarjev sin več kot 70-krat zabodel mačeho

Petindvajsetletnega Emanuela R. so zaradi brutalnega umora mačehe obsodili na enajst let zapora. Šestinsedemdesetletnice ni maral, saj naj bi ga...

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Dnevnik

Tamara Krivec

Former UK diplomat: Foreign Office has lost its ability to discern friends from enemies

Former UK diplomat: Foreign Office has lost its ability to discern friends from enemies

Edmund Fitton-Brown, who for decades served as envoy to Gulf nations, believes Islamic extremism is poisoning his country’s diplomatic well. Can a...

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The Times of Israel

Robert Philpot

The Verdict America Never Issued

In The Kremlin Method, Practiced in Vilnius, I described a Lithuanian state institution that behaves less like a research body than an information-war...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Grant Arthur Gochin

How an attorney turned entrepreneur is bringing AI receptionists to businesses

How an attorney turned entrepreneur is bringing AI receptionists to businesses

Israel has been writing a new chapter in the future of work story, and it isn’t just about skills or job titles. Increasingly, it’s about how...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Conrad Egusa

Why Unexplained Infertility Feels Different

Why Unexplained Infertility Feels Different

An uncertain diagnosis keeps many suspended between possibility and loss.

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Psychology Today

Delia M Petrescu M.a

All We Have Standing Between Us: 250 Years of Jews and American Democracy

All We Have Standing Between Us: 250 Years of Jews and American Democracy

For 250 years, American Jews have helped shape, challenge, and reimagine the nation’s democratic ideals. All We Have Standing Between Us: 250 Years...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Silas Anastacio

In conversation with rock legend John Illsley – My Life In Dire Straits

“We were lucky we weren’t teenagers – that would certainly have been fatal” writes Mark Knopfler in his forward to John Illsley’s...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Hannah Gal

The Red-Green Axis!

The Red-Green Axis!

The Red-Green Axis: An Alliance That Begins With Israel but Will Not End There One of the most dangerous political alliances of our time is also one...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mansoor H. Laghari

Najbrž se ne zavedamo dovolj, kakšno bogastvo je voda

Najbrž se ne zavedamo dovolj, kakšno bogastvo je voda

Da ne bom omenjal samo Ljubljane, ki z mestno klimo dejansko lahko odstopa v toploti, bom navedel podatke za letališče Cerklje ob Krki, kjer...

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Dnevnik

Andrej Velkavrh

Building Community AND Connection

As the pandemic lockdown eased, we talked a lot about rebuilding community. We thought about how and when to bring people together, aware of the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Betsy Stone

Vance’s MOU does not advance American war aims

Vance’s misconceived MOU quickly failed, because it radically diverged from its purpose. There were three main objectives of the Iran war: 1 –...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rony Blum