By Ron Raskin Israel is a small country, but anyone who visits it will notice how colorful its society is. You’ll see Arabs in both traditional and modern clothing, Druze, Bedouins, religious Jews dressed in 18th-century-style clothing, and secular Jews in shorts and T-shirts. Just like their different clothing styles, each group has its own […]
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By Bender Rize What to Do? How to Go Beyond Simplified Models Recently, I started wondering: can we divide the world into two camps—say, individualism with its freedom and low taxes versus socialism with its bureaucracy and control? At first glance, the idea is tempting: here we have libertarians with their “live and let live,”
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By Bender Rize We humans are a peculiar species. We crave freedom like air, yet without others, we feel unmoored. History shouts this truth at every turn—from the glow of ancient campfires to the towering skylines of today, we’ve always reached for one another. This pull isn’t just habit; it’s rooted deep within us, like
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By Ron Raskin Never in the history of modern diplomacy, war, peace, whatever, have I ever, ever, ever seen anything like it, Christiane Amanpour, CNN No doubt, Trump’s second term started like a storm, and on February 28, 2025, the world changed forever. This wasn’t just about Ukraine—it was about the entire West. The shift
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by Ron Raskin Today, people in Western societies can feel that something is changing. After years of peace, wars are breaking out around the world, and societies are becoming more divided. Things were once calm, but now instability is growing. Some even compare it to the years leading up to World War II in the
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By Ron Raskin Trump’s plan for Gaza, his talks with Putin, and Vance’s speech at the Munich Conference shocked European officials, who mostly stick to long-standing political views. It’s no surprise that the internet is full of heated debates, with each side convinced they are 100% right and the other side is completely wrong. But,
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By Ron Raskin On February 4, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump proposed a plan for Gaza that includes relocating its population, either temporarily or permanently. While it’s unlikely that this plan will be fully or partially implemented, it is the first time someone states loud and clear, that the “Palestinian cause” is deeply infected by radical
By Ron Raskin Today’s economy favors high productivity and high income per person. The environment is very competitive, and the time and energy required for success make it hard to support large families. Social norms also don’t encourage having more children. This leads to a decline in the influence of Western democracies in the global
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By Ron Raskin Lately, we’ve been hearing a series of strange statements from Donald Trump, such as the idea of buying Greenland or Canada becoming the 51st state. Whether these statements are serious or just a joke doesn’t really matter, as there’s often a grain of truth in every joke. So, what do these statements
by Ron Raskin What exactly does Information Warfare mean? We live in a time when almost everyone knows about information warfare, but most people don’t fully understand what it really is or how to deal with it now and in the future. This post aims to clarify the topic. So, what are information warfare and
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