In which I chat to Alan Rusbridger about ceasefires. The pressures are mounting for one - and Macron added to them in his BBC interview. But the only happen when both sides are ready for one, there are honest broker(s) and a plan for overseeing them. And therein lie problems. x.com/prospect_uk/...

all this time i thought the lasers were going in the other direction

Good analysis on yesterday's anti-Semitic violence in Dagestan from North Caucasus expert Harold Chambers: ridl.io/the-storming...

The games we play with on social media have consequences

Hi, Middle East expert here. There is really no reason to be so pessimistic or morally conflicted by the ongoing events in Israel/Palestine. Here are some of the reasons why the situation is ethically simpler than you think and likely to stabilize in the long term:
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