Big Question | What Is the Allure of the Strongman?
Examining the role that charisma, deception, scapegoating and even psychopathology might play in the way strongmen leaders attract a following and hold onto power.
Big Question | What Is the Allure of the Strongman?
Examining the role that charisma, deception, scapegoating and even psychopathology might play in the way strongmen leaders attract a following and hold onto power.
The Israel-Hezbollah Showdown:
What’s Happening Inside Israel, Lebanon, Gaza, Jordan and Iran with Aaron David Miller and Nadine Epstein
As the one-year mark of the October 7 Hamas attack looms, Israel and Hezbollah are in a state of near-war as the Middle East faces a possible all-out war. What’s going on right now inside Israel and Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank, the Sunni nations and Iran? Does anyone really want war? And why is this happening now? These are just a few of the questions addressed by Middle East analyst Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a Moment Institute Middle East Fellows advisory board member and Moment Editor-in-Chief Nadine Epstein. Part of Moment’s Insight into the Middle East series.
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FINALISTS
“You’re not impressing them with our suffering.”
— Stephen Nadler, Princeton, NJ
“Morty, they want to know when the hours for mixed swimming begin.”
——Daniel Besdin, New York, NY
“They want to know if that beer is kosher.”
—Rich Wolf, Westminster, MD
WINNER
“Overall, you’re not doing bad for an old Giza.”
—Phil Wilson, Mobile, AL