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Shlomo Ben-Ami

Shlomo Ben-Ami

Writing for PS since 2006
220 commentaries

Shlomo Ben-Ami, a former Israeli foreign minister, is Vice President of the Toledo International Center for Peace and the author of Prophets without Honor: The 2000 Camp David Summit and the End of the Two-State Solution (Oxford University Press, 2022).

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  1. The Causes and Consequences of Trump’s Comeback
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    The Causes and Consequences of Trump’s Comeback

    Nov 8, 2024 Shlomo Ben-Ami considers the reasons for – and implications of – US Democrats’ resounding election failure.

  2. The Middle East’s Deadly Dream Palaces
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    The Middle East’s Deadly Dream Palaces

    Oct 4, 2024 Shlomo Ben-Ami traces the delusions of Arab, Iranian, and Israeli leaders that have kept the region mired in violence.

  3. Why Rome Still Matters
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    Why Rome Still Matters

    Sep 11, 2024 Shlomo Ben-Ami considers the ancient empire’s hold on the popular imagination and what its history has to teach us.

  4. Gaza and the Apocalypse
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    Gaza and the Apocalypse

    Aug 14, 2024 Shlomo Ben-Ami sees an intractable threat in the messianic fantasies of Israel, Hamas, and American Christian evangelicals.

  5. Israel Is Enabling Iran’s War of Attrition
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    Israel Is Enabling Iran’s War of Attrition

    Jul 17, 2024 Shlomo Ben-Ami thinks that Binyamin Netanyahu and his messianic allies are hastening the destruction of the Jewish state.

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    Trump’s Best Hope for Peace Is to Support Ukraine

    Tatyana Deryugina, et al. warn that trying to appease Putin could cast the American president-elect as a modern-day Neville Chamberlain.
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    Should Ukraine Have Nuclear Weapons?

    Slavoj Žižek dismisses the idea that firing Western missiles at Russian targets represents a dangerous escalation.
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    The End of the Liberal West

    Joschka Fischer considers what Donald Trump’s return to the White House will mean for Europe and the post-war world order.
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    Trump’s Inflationary Triple Threat

    Maurice Obstfeld

    Contrary to the claims of techno-libertarians like Elon Musk, independent central banks have a decades-long record of successfully controlling inflation. Yet, as the Federal Reserve’s credibility and oversight capabilities become more critical than ever, US President-elect Donald Trump’s policies threaten to undermine them.

     warns that the incoming administration’s agenda would weaken the Fed and destabilize the financial system.
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    What Will Trump Do About China?

    US President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to take a confrontational approach to China, with tariffs as his weapon of choice. But unless his administration adopts a measured approach, his plans may end up harming American businesses and consumers, undermining US democracy, or even leading to military confrontation.

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    The Big Picture

    PS editors
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    Human Progress in the Trump Era

    Tawakkol Karman, et al. propose ways to foster a culture of cooperation at a time of rising conflict and democratic erosion.
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    Elon Musk’s $2 Trillion Fiscal Fantasy

    Jeffrey Frankel dives into the incoming US administration’s absurd claim that fresh tax cuts will not increase the deficit.
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    The Deal Trump Should Offer China

    Todd G. Buchholz proposes that the incoming US administration push for a debt write-off and market access instead of tariffs.

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