For some reason or other many think that a policy of “Zero Covid” is the way to go. But it isn’t. Covid-19 isn’t going to go away. We just have to learn to live with it.
Australia has long been considered politically stable compared with Europe and the United States. But according to political scientist Eric Kaufmann, that period of “Australian exceptionalism” may be coming to an end.
Israel faces not a solvable conflict but a permanent condition—one requiring deterrence, “violent maintenance,” and historic patience—while confronting both regional enemies and a cultural battle in the West.