JOSEPH M BIANCHI

The author is an independent journalist, author and publisher located in Greenville, South Carolina. His latest book is Unnecessary Noises.
AN ARMORED VEHICLE rides during an army drill after the visit of former defense minister Avigdor Lieberman to the Israeli side of the Golan Heights in August.

Will the powder keg in the Golan finally explode?

where is Israel's military threat from Hezbollah leading and what are the ultimate goals of Israeli’s adversaries in that region?

DECEMBER 5, 2018
Foreign Ministers Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran, Sergei Lavrov of Russia and Mevlut Cavusoglu of Turkey

The new Israeli challenge on two fronts: The emergence of Russia and a ‘new Hamas’?

While Israel has always shown no fear when it comes down to staring down, or taking down, its enemies, a new chapter may be opening, and the thinking toward a sufficient response is needed.

MAY 5, 2018
White nationalist leader Richard Spencer of the National Policy Institute.

Is the 'new antisemitism' gaining a foothold in Europe and America?

The new antisemitism is a more media savvy and complex beast.

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Trump’s Russian ‘reboot’ and the Cold War problem

Trump brings a new style of governing to the world stage.

MARCH 28, 2017
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump is flanked by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (left) and Defense Secretary James Mattis at the White House