Joshua Krasna
@jkrasna.bsky.social
Teach at NYU CGA. Director, Forum for Regional Cooperation; political and strategic analyst at FPRI. Former diplomat.
Not a nothing Burger, but not much, considering expectations. Most significant would be Arab country normalizing, next would be Muslim country normalizing: A non-Arab Muslim country that already has relations is pretty far down on the list. Sort of like this surprising document I saw last month...
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Not a nothing Burger, but not much, considering expectations. Most significant would be Arab country normalizing, next would be Muslim country normalizing: A non-Arab Muslim country that already has relations is pretty far down on the list. Sort of like this surprising document I saw last month...
So for all the Trump-whisperers and Trump-splainers and pro-Bibi spinners, lets take the man at his own words: time.com/7327689/trum...
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
So for all the Trump-whisperers and Trump-splainers and pro-Bibi spinners, lets take the man at his own words: time.com/7327689/trum...
So he is a liberal Jew of color ("the farthest thing from a Nazi")?
October 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
So he is a liberal Jew of color ("the farthest thing from a Nazi")?
Just in case anyone misses it, in my view, "the hard way" for Netanyahu is negotiations.
October 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Just in case anyone misses it, in my view, "the hard way" for Netanyahu is negotiations.
Ben Caspit: So Netanyahu apologized to the King of Jordan (after Mashaal), to Erdogan (after the Marmara), and to the Emir of Qatar (after the Israeli strike). The only ones he hasn't apologized to are the Israeli people.
September 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Ben Caspit: So Netanyahu apologized to the King of Jordan (after Mashaal), to Erdogan (after the Marmara), and to the Emir of Qatar (after the Israeli strike). The only ones he hasn't apologized to are the Israeli people.
"Around the UN": 35 mile radius around the UN much of the tri-state area. The drama is extremely misleading.
www.timesofisrael.com/us-dismantle...
www.timesofisrael.com/us-dismantle...
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"Around the UN": 35 mile radius around the UN much of the tri-state area. The drama is extremely misleading.
www.timesofisrael.com/us-dismantle...
www.timesofisrael.com/us-dismantle...
Quoted here:
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
September 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Quoted here:
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
To assist US law enforcement, there is a picture of three of the leaders of antifa ...
September 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
To assist US law enforcement, there is a picture of three of the leaders of antifa ...
I have to say, I really love the "went missing" here. The passive voice is working hard...
September 10, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I have to say, I really love the "went missing" here. The passive voice is working hard...
A. This is the alumni association, which I hope is still not lethal.
B. Is being proud of being the most lethal force in the world a thing?
C. I have the feeling that there are some other armies, who could certainly argue about superior lethality...
B. Is being proud of being the most lethal force in the world a thing?
C. I have the feeling that there are some other armies, who could certainly argue about superior lethality...
September 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A. This is the alumni association, which I hope is still not lethal.
B. Is being proud of being the most lethal force in the world a thing?
C. I have the feeling that there are some other armies, who could certainly argue about superior lethality...
B. Is being proud of being the most lethal force in the world a thing?
C. I have the feeling that there are some other armies, who could certainly argue about superior lethality...
too bad I'm not in Abu Dhabi these days. This sounds fascinating!
September 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
too bad I'm not in Abu Dhabi these days. This sounds fascinating!
September 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This is amazing (thank you MEES):
August 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This is amazing (thank you MEES):
This is where it comes from (apart from being encouraged by Bibi and his supporters): Trump apparently sees Bibi's legal issues as parallel to his own, and therefore is having such an over the top reaction.
June 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This is where it comes from (apart from being encouraged by Bibi and his supporters): Trump apparently sees Bibi's legal issues as parallel to his own, and therefore is having such an over the top reaction.
Pet peeve: those who write articles like this about "useless degrees", likelyread social science, humanities or journalism at university. Same for highly- credentialed pols (add law), pushing vocational education. Good for thee, not for me: shades of Marie Antoinette dressing up as shepherdess.
June 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Pet peeve: those who write articles like this about "useless degrees", likelyread social science, humanities or journalism at university. Same for highly- credentialed pols (add law), pushing vocational education. Good for thee, not for me: shades of Marie Antoinette dressing up as shepherdess.
If I was an Israeli politician right now, I wouldn't be too thrilled.
www.inss.org.il/publication/...
www.inss.org.il/publication/...
June 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
If I was an Israeli politician right now, I wouldn't be too thrilled.
www.inss.org.il/publication/...
www.inss.org.il/publication/...
This is a deeply unobjective phrasing. The use of the words "reflexively" and "mired" leave no room to assume that there's an attempt here at objectivity
June 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is a deeply unobjective phrasing. The use of the words "reflexively" and "mired" leave no room to assume that there's an attempt here at objectivity
I have to say, this is the kind of picture I never expected to see in the US on a government building:
June 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I have to say, this is the kind of picture I never expected to see in the US on a government building:
Do as we say, not as we did. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
May 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Do as we say, not as we did. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
May 11, 2025 at 6:33 AM