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March 10, 2009
The Syria-Iran Alliance
In recent years, a number of erroneous notions have been re-injected into the policy discourse on the thirty-year old alliance between Syria and Iran. Statements such as "prying Syria away from I...
March 10, 2009
The Attack on Syria’s al-Kibar Nuclear Facility
Israel's September 6, 2007, attack on Syria's al-Kibar nuclear facility surprised the world—Syria most of all. The operation, executed by the Israeli Air Force (IAF), was reminisc...
March 5, 2009
Can We Drill Our Way to Energy Security?
March 5, 2009
Please Squeeze the Mullahs
President Bush was under no illusions about the threat a nuclear-armed, militant Islamist regime in Tehran would pose. But during two terms in the White House, he took no serious steps to prevent...
March 5, 2009
Can We Give To Gaza Without Giving To Hamas?
If stuffing billions worth of aid into the Palestinian territories could end Islamist terrorism out of Gaza, it might be worth the money. That seems to be President Obama's gamble, with Secr...
March 4, 2009
Here We Go Again
For decades, Democratic and Republican administrations have attempted to cajole the terrorist-supporting Alawite regime in Damascus away from its anti-Israeli and anti-American positions. Since t...
March 4, 2009
Don’t Let Damascus Out of the Doghouse
For years, the regime in Damascus has been an international pariah, given Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's support for terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah, his family's heavy-handed...
March 4, 2009
Hillary Should Get on the Road to Damascus
After decades of diplomacy in the Middle East, it seems there are two schools of thought on how to proceed. One school says a relations between two countries grows from the bottom up. Negotiation...
March 1, 2009
Jihadi Penetration of Pakistan’s Armed Forces is at the Centre of All Concerns in Any New Strategy’
The deal between the Pakistan government and pro-Taliban forces in the Swat valley is an ominous portent of Pakistan's slide into jihadism, with strategic implications for India and other co...
February 26, 2009
Dr. Fadl’s Complaint
In the 20th century, communists waged a struggle for global dominance, but there were conflicts within their ranks as well — disputes over strategy, ideology, and doctrine. Bolsheviks fough...
February 26, 2009
Obama The Appeaser?
President Obama's broad scheme for foreign policy has been something of a puzzle, short on specifics and long on talk about forging alliances, extending hands and "engaging." In his...
February 20, 2009
Why Do We Care Whether Iran Has Nuclear Weapons?
It's official. Iran has enough enriched uranium for a nuclear bomb. It has a long-range missile capable of delivering that bomb. Now all it needs is the blueprint, which is usually complicat...
February 19, 2009
Try Real ‘Change’ Toward North Korea
Quick quiz on North Korea: Can you name a single democratic dissident currently active inside North Korea? Just one? Is there any North Korean equivalent to Myanmar's Aung San Suu K...
February 18, 2009
Peace Processing 101
There’s an old joke about three guys stranded in the desert, dying of thirst. They have a can of water — but can’t open it. One guy, an engineer, uses a stick as a lever and a r...
February 18, 2009
Jihad TV in Europe
Thanks to Arab satellite companies, Hezbollah's al-Manar and Hamas's al-Aqsa TV stations can still beam their incitement and hatred into European living rooms, radicalizing Muslim immig...
February 17, 2009
A Truth Commission?
A growing chorus of critics is demanding the creation of a special commission to "investigate" the Bush administration's alleged abuses of power, especially prosecution of the war on terrori...
February 15, 2009
Will Afghanistan Awake?
U.S. Central Command recently announced it will be supporting an indigenous movement opposing al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, similar to the Awakening movement that was central to turnin...
February 12, 2009
Commerce Department Waives Syria Sanctions
"We will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist." This was President Obama's inaugural offer last month to troublesome tyrants around the world. Most attention has focused on...
January 23, 2009
Gaza Just One of Many Jihadi Fronts
To Osama Bin Laden, the confrontation in Gaza is not a local national issue but part of what he coins as world jihad against the kaffirs (infidels), or more precisely, the "Crusader-Zion...
January 12, 2009
A Third Lebanon War?
While the Gaza war enters its third week, the question of a second front remains very accurate. Even though lots of experts have asserted that Hezbollah would not enter the war at this point, som...
December 31, 2008
Shadow of Iran Looms Large Over Gaza
The Israeli air raids on Hamas's infrastructure along with troop movements around Gaza's enclave and the shelling of Israel by the jihadist organization are both troubling developments...
December 31, 2008
Guinea Avoids the Deluge — At Least for Now
More than two years ago, I devoted a column in this series to the relatively obscure West African nation of Guinea which holds more than half of the world's reserves of bauxite (bauxite ore...
December 18, 2008
Where We Fight
It's of little consequence to most of us what historians of the future will say about George W. Bush. More important is whether there will be historians in the future who can work in freedom...
December 11, 2008
Iran’s Power At The United Nations
With Iran racing down the homestretch toward a nuclear bomb, the United Nations Security Council has spent more than two years expressing "serious concern." By now, Iran is under U.N. sanctions,...
December 8, 2008
The Role of Consensus in the Contemporary Struggle for Islam
Jordan's King Abdullah II launched an ambitious project in November 2004 designed to address some of the thorniest theological issues currently facing Muslims. The project, known as the "Amman Message," expressly holds that non-Muslims can reasonably "expect certain things from Muslims" in the contemporary context, in which Muslims and non-Muslims have unprecedented contact.[i] The Amman Message was self-consciously launched against the backdrop of the "global war on terror," where predominantly stateless terror networks claiming allegiance to Islam have managed to drastically alter the geopolitical landscape.
December 1, 2008
Syria Sets its Traps for the Obama Administration
In approaching Syria, the new administration will have to navigate carefully amidst myths, fantasies, and traps laid not just by the Syrians, but also by credulous experts here in the United States. The best way to do so is to assess soberly the Syrian regime's nature, interests, priorities, and instruments as well as the history of diplomatic engagement with it.
October 30, 2008
Afghan Awakening
IN SEPTEMBER of 2008, Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made a remarkable statement. He said, "I'm not convinced we're winning in Afghanistan. I am conv...
October 27, 2008
It is Clutch Time for Syria
Time is running out for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. He will have to decide in the next few weeks whether his overture to the West is genuine or not. To Assad's credit a slew of events...
October 17, 2008
Egypt: Evolution Theory
Egyptian politics are in a state of stagnation. Despite numerous promises of reform in recent years, the government of president Hosni Mubarak has failed to embark upon a genuine opening of the political system, and hopes for reforms have faded.
October 16, 2008
Profile of an Ideologue, Abu Yahya al-Libi
October 16, 2008
Welcome to Hard Times
Just what we needed: In the midst of a global war to defend the West from radical jihadists, we get a global financial crisis caused by the incompetence and/or corruption of Washington and Wall S...
October 16, 2008
Counting America’s Successes
And you tell me over and over and over and over again my friend, Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction. No, that's not a line from the 2008...
October 11, 2008
Wake Up to Iran’s Dark Dream to Disable U.S.
Which world leader is on record musing about "a world without America" — a goal he calls "attainable"? Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Until recently, it was possible to bel...
October 11, 2008
The U.N.’s Man of Mystery
"I don't trust you, and I also question your integrity." Thus did Maurice Strong offer me a seat on his living room sofa. Often described as an "international man of mystery," Mr. S...
October 9, 2008
Bordering On Tyranny
Set on the northern bank of the muddy Tumen River, this Chinese border town has one of the saddest backdrops in the world. Just across the river lies North Korea. It is so close that from a room...
October 9, 2008
Iran’s War
Twenty-five years ago, several hundred U.S. Marines were stationed in Beirut on a peace-keeping mission. On September 26, an official with the Iranian Intelligence Service in Tehran phoned...
October 8, 2008
News from the Awakening (Part 6)
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October 8, 2008
Countering Jihadists
By Dr. Walid Phares For the debate among jihadists is not about the use of violence or not. It is about when to use it, against whom and under which conditions. If that level of understa...
October 7, 2008
Why Won’t Obama Talk About Columbia?
Barack Obama does not want to talk about Columbia. Not even to his good friends at the New York Times, who’ve so reliably helped him bleach away his past — a past neck-deep in the har...
October 6, 2008
Strait Talk About the Arms Sale
By Dr. J. Last Friday, the United States government gave the go-ahead to a long-delayed arms sale to Taiwan. The $6.5 billion defense package announced by the Defense Security Cooperatio...
October 2, 2008
The Ripple Effect of High Oil Prices
The global economy depends on a superinfrastructure of air, land, and sea transportation networks to move basic goods, primary energy, and people across borders. The global manufacturing industry, particularly in Asia, has thrived due to the massive profits gleaned from items with a high price to weight ratio, such as food, clothing and information technology, that were transported cheaply all over the world. However, the volatile nature of oil prices has shaken the foundation of the transportation-oriented global economy, and sent ripple effects throughout numerous sectors.
October 2, 2008
The Other Bailout
America has been on a socialist bender, and the bills are getting large. Got a problem? Look to Washington to arrange a handout, or a safety net; if that scheme goes sour, expect a bailout. It ha...
October 2, 2008
Shut Up, He Explained
Not since the Nazi book burnings of the 1930s has free speech been as endangered as it is today. Firebombing publishers, murdering filmmakers, issuing death threats against writers and cartoonist...
October 2, 2008
Do As I Say, Not As I Do
The Italian government was considering privatizing its television industry. But Gwen Ifill has sharp antennae when it comes to the appearance of impropriety. The star PBS correspondent o...
October 2, 2008
AFRICOM Stands Up
By Dr. J. Pham A year and a half after it was first announced by President George W. Bush, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) becomes fully operational as the Pentagon's six...
October 1, 2008
Understanding Iran
If you read the news carefully, you will find a notable story about Iran every morning. Nine times out of ten it is hilarious. Today’s Iran story is that the head of its armed forces announ...
September 30, 2008
News from the Awakening (Part 5)
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September 29, 2008
Biden’s Baggage
Tiny Delaware barely registers in the Electoral College, but Barack Obama selected Joseph R. Biden Jr., the state’s senior senator, as his running mate. There’s one explanation: forei...
September 29, 2008
The Challenge of Somali Piracy
By Dr. J. Peter Pham In a metaphor that the traditionally nomadic Somalis would undoubtedly appreciate, it was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Last Thursday, Somali pirates...
September 26, 2008
Ahmadinejad’s Economic Conundrum
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