Notes on our world: Migration, authoritarianism and wealth bubbles
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN I’m thirty-seven years old. That means I was born in 1980 and grew up in the 1990s. It means my formative years were that turn of […]
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Is the US deploying in Sinjar (Shingal)? If so, why? A look at the emerging reports
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On August 7, 2014 US president Barack Obama authorized operations to confront Islamic State after ISIS assaulted Yazidis near Sinjar and began a genocide of the […]
The new anti-evangelicalism, scapegoating, evangelicals, the Trump era and Israel
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN There is a lot of talk about evangelicals and Trump these days in America. Most of it accuses a lobby of “evangelicals” who somehow guide the […]
Will Iran really be kept out of southern Syria: A history of rumors
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Russia agrees to keep Iran out of southern Syria? We’ve heard this story before. It emerged again on May 28th as it appeared that a crises […]
Attacks on Kurds at refugee camp in Greece raises disturbing questions
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On Friday May 25 reports emerged that “Six people were injured after violent fights between migrants at the Moria registration center on Lesvos.” The first reports were in Lesvosnews.gr and […]
Greenblatt in Qatar as Doha seeks role in Trump’s Israel peace plan
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In late April I wrote about an exchange between Qatar, Hamas and Washington regarding the peace process. At the time the full details were not known. […]
Palestinians increasingly talk about “one state”, that should concern Israelis, but it doesn’t
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A recent article at al-Jazeera included discussions with young Palestinians. One woman tells Al-Jazeera that she is one of the “Palestinians in the 1948 territories,” meaning […]
Iranians in Syria fled the ‘Glass House’ due to Israel airstrikes
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN New images published by ImageSat International (ISI) show damage caused by Israeli airstrikes in Syria on May 10. The images show relatively limited damage to several sites […]
How Trump took away Iran’s “war” card
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Iran’s propaganda machine studied the US over the last decade and a half and concluded around 2013 that the US was very reticent to get involved […]
“I am the law”: Highlights from the ‘New Yorker’ piece on New York’s Attorney General
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Once again The New Yorker has proved just how important a powerful and independent press is, with writers willing to investigate and take risks; and with the […]
