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What Are the Russians Up To in Syria?
How the Russians are adapting to Bashar al-Asad’s fall.
13 hrs ago
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Kyle Orton
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What Are the Russians Up To in Syria?
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Islamic State’s War on Christianity in Africa—and Beyond
The Messaging in Al-Naba 507
Aug 12
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Kyle Orton
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Islamic State’s War on Christianity in Africa—and Beyond
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Speech and Genocide: The Rwanda Media Case
“Direct Incitement” Violates the Genocide Convention. “Hate Speech” Does Not, Nor is it Evidence of Genocidal Intent.
Aug 4
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Kyle Orton
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Speech and Genocide: The Rwanda Media Case
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The Gray Lady and Gaza
The New York Times Has Not Had a Good War
Aug 1
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Kyle Orton
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July 2025
Can We Ever Know How Many People Were Killed in Rwanda?
Probably not.
Jul 26
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Kyle Orton
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Can We Ever Know How Many People Were Killed in Rwanda?
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Ensuring the Israeli Hostages in Gaza Are Not Forgotten
Omer Shem Tov, after surviving 505 days in HAMAS captivity, works to free those who remain.
Jul 25
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Kyle Orton
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Ensuring the Israeli Hostages in Gaza Are Not Forgotten
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The Alawi Massacres and the Question of Syrian State Responsibility
A Reuters investigation traces the chain of command to Damascus.
Jul 17
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Kyle Orton
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The Alawi Massacres and the Question of Syrian State Responsibility
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Roman-Arab Relations and the Arab Adoption of Monotheism Before Islam
Arab settlers and foederati in the Roman Empire from the fourth to seventh centuries
Jul 5
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Kyle Orton
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Roman-Arab Relations and the Arab Adoption of Monotheism Before Islam
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The “Peter Bergmann” Mystery
An Anglo-Irish Somerton Man, Except Nobody Seems to Be Interested
Jul 3
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Kyle Orton
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The “Peter Bergmann” Mystery
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The Historicity of Islam’s First Caliph
In Search of Abu Bakr
Jul 1
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Kyle Orton
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The Historicity of Islam’s First Caliph
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June 2025
When “Revisionism” About Islam’s Origins Goes Wrong
The Strange Last Half-Hour of Dan Gibson’s ‘The Sacred City’ (2016).
Jun 26
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Kyle Orton
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When “Revisionism” About Islam’s Origins Goes Wrong
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Trump Puts Iran in its Place
Treating the Islamic Revolution as the surmountable challenge it is.
Jun 22
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Kyle Orton
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