By SETH J. FRANTZMAN I gave a talk at The Hebrew University’s Rothberg library today and discussed by book ‘After ISIS.’ I also looked at 2015 as a pivotal year […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Iranian mobile networks appeared to go offline on Saturday night amid rising protests in Iran. Videos from across the country showed security forces firing tear gas, […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A version of this appeared at The Jerusalem Post on November 15 ‘On both the northern and southern fronts, the situation is tese and fragile and […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN US officials who view Turkey as America’s natural ally are heading a State Department delegation to Ankara that will seek to work closely with Turkey on […]
Drones or UAVs have become increasingly important on the battlefield. They are used by proxies and terrorists and by states. In 2019 this became highly visible as Iran shot down […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A version of this appeared at The Jerusalem Post The US is seeking to withdraw from Afghanistan, something that has bedeviled three US administrations over the last […]
Compiled By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The new report is out. “This is the 18th Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report on Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the overseas contingency operation to […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN *A version of this was published at The Jerusalem Post US President Donald Trump wants to end what he has called “endless wars” but he increasingly […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN For a year Hamas and other Palestinian groups in Gaza kept a major protest movement along the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel. Around 260 Palestinians were […]
I wrote this in late February 2019. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Israelis awoke on Thursday morning, February 2 with news that three former generals and a populist centrist political leader […]
