Oscar Clarke

Oct 7, 2024 | quillette.com | Oscar Clarke |Sonny Loughran |Benny Morris |Allan Stratton

The October issue of Commentary features a long article by Abe Greenwald titled “Why Won’t We Let Ukraine Win?” Meanwhile, in the Free Press, Eli Lake has an essay titled, “Let Israel Win the War Iran Started.” Both pieces do an excellent job of describing the absurdity of Western foreign policy in these two conflicts.

Mar 4, 2024 | quillette.com | Pamela Paresky |Oscar Clarke |Brian Stewart

Quillette contributor Pamela Paresky interviews Israeli academic Dan Schueftan about the Israel-Palestine conflict, why he wasn't surprised by October 7th, and his hopes for the future of Israel. Dan Schueftan was an advisor to Israel's National Security Council, and to former Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Ariel Sharon. He has served as a lecturer and researcher at several prestigious institutions, including the University of Haifa and the National Defense College of the Israel Defense Forces.

Dec 26, 2023 | nationalpost.com | Oscar Clarke

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Aug 28, 2023 | quillette.com | Oscar Clarke |Aaron Sarin |Holly Lawford-Smith

There has been much discussion in recent years about the commitments US officials may or may not have made to Gorbachev in 1989 regarding NATO expansion when East Germans were finally freed from the Stasi and Vladimir Putin acquired the grievance he has been nursing ever since. It is not often acknowledged that entertaining this Russian talking point capitulates to the sphere-of-influence politics of the Cold War.

May 7, 2023 | kyivpost.com | Oscar Clarke |Jason Smart |Jonathan Sweet

It seems paradoxical, given the immensity of the disaster from which the continent was emerging, but 1945 was a year of utopian optimism in Europe. At Yalta, it was agreed that the ruins of Berlin would be the setting for an experiment in the dream of “One World” government, a capital jointly administered by the three powers of the Grand Alliance (plus France).