M Shahid Alam

is a retired professor of economics at Northeastern University. He is the author of ‘Israeli Exceptionalism’ and ‘Intimations of Ghalib’. He can be reached at alqalam02760@yahoo.com

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Is Zionism reaching its demise?

15 August 2024, 07:00 AM
Israel can kill several million of people in the Middle East and destroy it. But what happens then?
15 August 2024, 07:00 AM
US President Joe Biden during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. PHOTO: REUTERS

Confessions of an American intellectual / A dangerous moment for US hegemony

27 February 2024, 02:00 AM
If the US has been letting Israel subvert its policies for decades, what has changed since October 7, 2023 that will allow it now to stand up to Israel’s bullying?
27 February 2024, 02:00 AM