Casey Babb

3 weeks ago | therealstory.substack.com | Casey Babb |Terry Glavin

Subscribers will know that every once in a while there are periods of radio silence in the frequencies where I’m ordinarily found at the National Post and here on Substack. The Paul Chiang story, which has just now inconvenienced the Liberal Party’s leadership succession and resumption of Parliamentary control, brings what I’ve been working on in recent days into sharp relief. So, serendipity.

Jan 24, 2025 | thespectator.com | Paul Wood |Cressida Bonas |Jonathan Sacerdoti |Casey Babb

ISIS is back. In fact, to borrow Gerry Adams’s remark about the IRA, they never went away. Now, they are regaining some of their previous strength in Syria and Iraq, and moving into fresh territory in Africa.

Jan 14, 2025 | thespectator.com | Jonathan Sacerdoti |Svitlana Morenets |David Kaufman |Casey Babb

As reports swirl of an imminent ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, Israel stands at a crossroads, grappling with the profound dilemmas that such a deal entails. While the full details of the agreement remain unknown until officially announced, the fragments emerging suggest a complex and controversial arrangement that raises difficult questions: How much is Israel willing to concede for the return of hostages? And what price, in lives and security, will the nation pay in the future?

Jan 11, 2025 | thespectator.com | Casey Babb |Katja Hoyer |Brendan O’Neill |Charles Lipson

Time and time again, people look to those outside of the Middle East to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After decades of an occupation and unrelenting hostilities between Jews and Arabs in the region, it makes sense why the burden of peace is so often placed on leaders abroad.

Jan 11, 2025 | spectator.co.uk | Casey Babb

Time and time again, people look to those outside of the Middle East to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After decades of an occupation and unrelenting hostilities between Jews and Arabs in the region, it makes sense why the burden of peace is so often placed on leaders abroad.