In this Q&A section, Strauss addresses the forces shaping Israel’s future, from political divisions within the country to changing international support and the resilience of the US-Israel alliance. He considers Palestinian identity and displacement, the treatment of refugees across the region, and the rise of antisemitism on American college campuses. Historical experience suggests that ethnic conflicts rarely end quickly or without painful concessions. Any path toward peace will depend on political leadership, outside powers, and stronger ties between Israelis and Palestinians.
Barry Strauss
Books
How can we make better decisions—especially when the stakes are highest? In Judgment Calls, historian Zachary Shore tackles this timeless puzzle with intellectual daring and uncommon range.
November 1, 2026
Articles
The world breathed a sigh of relief when, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month—November 11, 1918—the guns fell silent. The Great War, as World War One was then known, was over in Europe.
November 11, 2026
Articles
This Monday marks thirty-six years since the beginning of the end of the Cold War. In the excerpt below from Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World, I recall watching the Iron Curtain part while serving in the Second Armored Cavalry Regiment, a unit charged with border surveillance and control along the East-West German border and the West Germany-Czechoslovakia border.
November 10, 2026