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Herman Melville’s last novel, The Confidence-Man, was published on April Fool’s Day, 1857. Aboard a steamboat on the Mississippi, a series of plausible projectors invite their fellow passengers to interest themselves – and invest – in a wild variety of impressive schemes. Touting ventures which range from the Black Rapids Coal Company to the Philosophical […]
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In both academia and the media, a well-known perception is that Christianity essentially embraces religion-state separation whereas Islam essentially rejects it. Defenders of this perception provide some textual evidences. To show religion-state separation in Christianity, they quote a Biblical phrase, “render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are […]
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Assaf Likhovski, author of Tax Law and Social Norms in Mandatory Palestine and Israel, tells us more about his latest book...
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My recent book, Rulers, Religion, and Riches: Why the West Got Rich and the Middle East Did Not, addresses one of the big questions in economics and economic history: why did the modern economy emerge when and where it did? Specifically, why did the modern economy emerge in northwestern Europe at some point in the […]
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“Peres has done more for the cause of peace in the Middle East than just about anybody alive” said President Obama in 2012 upon bestowing Shimon Peres the Medal of Freedom. And while the world mourns our loss, it is worthwhile to reflect on the startling trajectory of Peres’s career, and the remarkable traits that […]
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John Quigley, author of The International Diplomacy of Israel’s Founders: Deception at the United Nations in the Quest for Palestine (2016), examines how history has shaped Palestine.
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In this Cafe DC interview, Daniel Markey, the author of No Exit from Pakistan, discusses the complex politics involved in America’s often-fraught relationship with Islamabad. You can hear more from Daniel Markey about US-Pakistan relations by watching his interviews at the Council on Foreign Relations and the World Affairs Council.
Read MoreEven before 9/11 and the ensuing decade of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, ties between the United States and Pakistan have been rocky at best. Many U.S. policymakers have come to the conclusion that the country is simply a “black hole” for American aid. Can this relationship be saved? Moreover, should it be? No Exit from Pakistan explains why America will find no easy exit—but also why it should remain invested in the region.
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