“About 14 billion years ago, matter, energy, time and space came into being.” So begins Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011), by the Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari, and so began one of the 21st century’s most astonishing academic careers. Sapiens has sold more than 25 million copies in …

During August 2024, the ISIS weekly al-Nabā’ published two editorials referring to Hamas inconnection with the war in the Gaza Strip. ISIS rejected Hamas’ methods, accusing the Sunni movement of cooperating with theIranian-led Shi’ite axis and stating that the only way to deal with Israel and the Jews was ajihad …

Elections in East Germany reveal how Russia’s war on Ukraine can be exploited for political gain. Rising domestic pressures fueled by societal discontent are becoming a risk for collective Western support for Kyiv. Germany’s regional elections in Thuringia and Saxony on September 1 spelled out the weakness of the country’s …