Few people question the benefits of international trade. And since global markets require international institutions capable of sustaining them, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is a valuable, indeed, in many ways, the most fully developed international institution. It has been successful not only at creating international law, but at adjudicating disputes and enforcing its decisions.
The latest Gaza war presents the United States and governments across the Middle East with an opportunity to end Hamas and Iran’s cynical project of creating chaos. But first, Israel must be stopped from expelling the Palestinians from Gaza, as that would radicalize and destabilize the entire region.
warns that Israel’s scorched-earth Gaza campaign risks playing into its enemies’ hands.