The World Islands

Is Everything Reagan's Fault?

An event the American Enterprise Institute gives us insight into the problems with Congress

Dec 11, 2025 • Shay Khatiri

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Four Ways to Read the National Security Strategy

A graduate professor, Jake Sullivan, a West Coast Straussian, and I walk into a bar...

Dec 10, 2025 • Shay Khatiri

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Ilhan Omar: The Immigration Villain

And the best friend of far-right

Dec 9, 2025 • Shay Khatiri

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The Pursuit of Abundance in a Bureaucratic System

Lessons learned in government about power, caution, and why change so often stalls from the inside.

Published on The Bench • Dec 4, 2025

November 2025

Is A Ceasefire In Ukraine Such A Bad Idea?

As long as it is not confused with a permanent peace.

Nov 30, 2025 • Shay Khatiri

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Whose Fault Are the Groypers?

Other than their parents

Nov 19, 2025 • Shay Khatiri

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From Berlin to Beijing, It's All Eurasia

A brief history of 2,000 years

Nov 18, 2025 • Shay Khatiri

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Introducing The World Islands

And The Right Struggle

Nov 17, 2025 • Shay Khatiri

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What Darius Feared—And the Mullahs Have Wrought

Lies, Enemies, and Drought

Nov 10, 2025 • Shay Khatiri

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October 2025

Netanyahu Isn't Getting the Credit He Deserves for the Ceasefire

And Trump deserves credit too, but not for brokering the ceasefire.

Oct 16, 2025 • Shay Khatiri

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September 2025

Qatar Is Using Its Influence on European Soccer to Get Israel Banned

It started with a lunch involving Sarkozy; billions of dollars later...

Sep 29, 2025 • Shay Khatiri

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Quick Hits on Palestine and Russia

Summary: One is not a state. The other one, unfortunately, is.

Sep 24, 2025 • Shay Khatiri

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