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Alex Joffe

Alex Joffe is the director of strategic initiatives for the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA).

Bigoted academics and students must be held accountable for their hatreds.
Everything old is new again; U.S. allies must prepare for a period of American weakness and possibly even betrayal.
The incoming administration’s appointments and statements indicate a return to the process-laden policies of the past that is unlikely to be adequate to confront rogue states like China and Iran.
What would the re-establishment of these “norms” by Obama-era experts mean, particularly in a world reorganized by Trump, the coronavirus pandemic and China?
With the U.S. presidential election rapidly approaching, an assessment of US foreign policy is in order.
Barack Obama may turn out to be an unintended godfather of Israel’s sovereignty bid.
People and power are moving out of New York at an increasing rate. What are the implications for the United States, the world order and the global Jewish community?
Like the Sputnik satellite launch in 1957, the pandemic represents a chance to transform science and technology, though powerful institutional and cultural forces are working against such a goal.
Unpacking Sen. Bernie Sanders’s refusal to attend the annual AIPAC Policy Conference reveals a gambit to split U.S. Jews not only from AIPAC, but from Israel.