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June 14, 2011 My (PR) Agents in Tehran I am once again grateful to the leaders of the Iranian regime for their continuing efforts to portray me as a powerful man at the very center of American foreign policy. Their latest effort... June 13, 2011 Last Chance for Public Diplomacy Four Americans have now held the title of “Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs” — three of them under the current administration. President Bush has... June 13, 2011 Nice Work: The Taxpayer is Being Stung So This Lord Can Live in Admiralty House Co-Authored by James Forsyth Mark Malloch-Brown, the minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, was the most prestigious recruit to Gordon Brown’s ministry of all the talents.... June 13, 2011 State of Denial Recent events in Pakistan might suggest a need for Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf’s declaration of a state of emergency. Since Musharraf ordered a raid against the extremist Lal Masji... June 13, 2011 Not the News Mark Twain famously said “if you don’t read the newspapers you are uninformed — if you do read the newspapers you are misinformed.” Today, those who rely on the elite medi... June 13, 2011 Egypt Must Resist Relapse to Despotism Since President Hosni Mubarak fell in February, Egypt has become a freer country in many ways. But the ruling military council is continuing his tradition of using the threat of an Islamist takeo... June 13, 2011 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall The “ticking bomb scenario” represents a narrow exception to what should otherwise be our categorical prohibition against torture. After all, “in the event we were ever confront... June 13, 2011 Time for a New “Coalition of the Willing” Against Iran Authored by Larry Haas Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent embrace of Iran’s radical regime begs a basic question for President Bush — would he rather pr... June 13, 2011 La Larga Guerra Hace 5 años este mes, las tropas americanas liberaron el Irak de Sadam Hussein. Y luego vino lo difícil. La inteligencia americana se había equivocado respecto al ar... June 13, 2011 Special Preview: When Jihad Came to America On May 2 and 3, 1990, the U.S. embassy in Cairo alerted its counterpart in Khartoum that Egypt’s “leading radical,” Omar Abdel Rahman, was on his way to Sudan. Warning that his... June 13, 2011 The Long War Five years ago this month, American troops liberated Iraq from Saddam Hussein. Then came the hard part. American intelligence had been wrong about Saddam’s stockpiles of weapons of... June 13, 2011 McCain’s Missed Opportunity It’s been a week since Democrats in the House of Representatives chose to go on vacation without renewing the intelligence community’s legal authority to monitor the people trying to... June 13, 2011 Between Jack Bauer and Dan Abrams On one extreme of the debate over interrogating terrorists are the Jack Bauers, those who -- like the lead character in Fox’s hit series “24”-- think you do whatever it takes to... June 13, 2011 The Circus Is in Tehran There were no elections in Iran last Friday, whatever you may read. The “turnout” was shockingly low, even by past standards, as is demonstrated by the obvious panic in Tehran, where... June 13, 2011 Entre Jack Bauer y Dan Abrams En un lado del debate sobre los interrogatorios a terroristas están los Jack Bauers, aquellos que – al igual que el personaje principal de “24”, la exitosa serie de... June 13, 2011 A Caliph’s Frustration with his Emirs Yes, Bin Laden’s latest audiotape aired on al Jazeera is somewhat unique. Not in its ideological party line or in the Salafi doctrinal roots. That hasn’t changed nor is it expected to... June 13, 2011 At the Scene of Reconciliation I’m in Denmark this week as an observer at an Iraqi “reconciliation conference” that has brought nearly two dozen political and religious leaders to Copenhagen. It’s a fas... June 13, 2011 While Pakistan Burns If there were any doubt about the reach of militants in Pakistan, last week's events should have put them to rest. The ostentatious procession celebrating the return home of former prime min... June 13, 2011 Tocata y Fuga de Al-Qaeda en Irak Al-Qaeda se enfrenta a dos alternativas, una tan indeseable como la otra. El mes pasado, unos 30 de sus altos líderes en Irak fueron muertos o capturados. Ahora, Osama bin Laden se enfrent... June 13, 2011 A New Era in U.S.-Vietnam Relations On Tuesday the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to elect Vietnam to a seat on the Security Council, the first the country has gained since joining the organization in 1977. On... June 13, 2011 Jihadi Regime As Americans debate whhich presidential candidate is best to confront the jihadists or at least preempt their offensives worldwide, the latter almost seized a key African country for the forthcom... June 13, 2011 Playing with Fire: South Africa’s Dangerous Terrorist Liaisons On October 1, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) was officially stood up, achieving its "initial operating capacity" as a subordinate component of the U.S. European Command (EUCOM)... June 13, 2011 Re-Thinking Iran Policy By Joshua Goodman The January 31 cover of The Economist asked an ominous question, "Has Iran Won?" The question certainly has merit. The release of the National Intelli... June 13, 2011 FISA Deal on the Horizon? The Washington Post reports that the administration and Senate leaders have struck a deal to revamp the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The deal would extend for six years the tempo... June 13, 2011 Press That Shield Back Since the War on Terror began, all sectors of the American public have been called upon to do their duty to help aid the war effort. For those opposed to any military action (or war) at all, the... June 13, 2011 Al Qaeda in Iraq on the Run Al Qaeda is on the horns of a dilemma. Last month, some 30 of its senior leaders in Iraq were killed or captured. Now, Osama bin Laden faces a tough decision: Send reinforcements to Iraq in an at... June 13, 2011 Attack Iran, With Words For those who believe — as I do — that the clerics who rule Iran must never have an arsenal of nuclear weapons, the United States’ course of action ought to be clear: The Bush a... June 13, 2011 End the Stealth Government Imagine if a public official, safe in the shadows of anonymity, penned a directive that radically rewrote American intelligence-collection law — statutes enacted by our democratically elect... June 13, 2011 Medellin (and Bush) v. Texas So see if you can follow this. George W. Bush, the imperial president of left-wing lampoon, orders his National Security Agency to intercept enemy communications without judicial warrant... June 13, 2011 Iraq’s Jihad Myths Among Democrats and even many Republicans, it is by now accepted wisdom that the war in Iraq brought huge numbers of holy warriors to the anti-American cause. But is it true? I don't think s... June 13, 2011 Down the Mideast Peace Process Rabbit Hole (Yet Again) One of the more curious aspects of President Obama's May 19 Middle East speech was his decision to devote so much attention to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The president's main the... June 13, 2011 Holy War and Anti War: An Axis against Nature The oddest of all factional relationships is the open alliance between the Jihadists and the so-called "antiwar" neo-Left movement in the West. The jumble of causes thrown together is mind-bendin... June 13, 2011 Profiles in Cowardice On Tuesday, we got a double-winner. First, the Senate voted to approve an overhaul of intelligence law which, though flawed, provides authority for American intelligence agencies to continue moni... June 13, 2011 South Sudan: Simmering Below the Surface Last Friday, seven Nigerian soldiers were laid to rest with full military honors in Abuja. The seven peacekeepers – along with one comrade each from Botswana, Mali, and Senegal – were... June 13, 2011 Weapons, Spooks, and Mirrors James Jesus Angleton, the late chief of CIA counterterrorism, and one of America’s all-time fans of James Joyce, was looking for the right words with which to express his feelings about the... June 13, 2011 Symbolism and Realpolitik Amid the complex dynamics of the Horn of Africa, the most significant national interest at stake for the United States is preventing Al-Qaeda (or any other like-minded international terrori... June 13, 2011 When the Clock Strikes Midnight, We Will Be Significantly Less Safe According to top Democrats, the expiration of the Protect America Act (PAA) when the clock strikes midnight Sunday is no big deal. Our ability to monitor foreign threats to national security, the... June 13, 2011 After Fidel Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutiérrez, who fled the Cuban Revolution at the age of six in 1960, is the Bush administration's point man on Cuba policy. He is often asked whether the U.S.... June 13, 2011 FISA Reform: The Bad Bill that Beats No Bill Wednesday morning, President Bush wisely told the House of Representatives that there would be no further delays: There must be action on an overhaul of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance... June 13, 2011 El COIN No es Cosa de Broma Es trabajo del Pentágono prepararse para las guerras del futuro. Pero en alguna parte entre Vietnam e Irak, los planificadores militares confundieron "futuro" con "futurista." Se convencie... June 13, 2011 COIN is not Small Change It’s the Pentagon’s job to prepare for wars of the future. But somewhere between Vietnam and Iraq, military planners confused “future” with “futuristic.” They... June 13, 2011 An Oil for Food Exposé Having stood trial for almost a month in a Manhattan federal courtroom, 83-year-old Texas tycoon Oscar S. Wyatt Jr. struck a deal Monday. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United Nat... June 13, 2011 Phony-Soldier Sympathizers Stoke a Phony Controversy So let’s make sure we have this straight. There really was a news story, generated by the mainstream media of all people, about phony soldiers — poseurs who falsely claim to... June 13, 2011 Troubled Paradise: The Mixed Success of the African Union’s Intervention in the Comoros Located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel off the east coast of the Africa, the Comoros Islands – Ngazidja (Grande Comore), Mwali (Mohéli), Nzwani (Anjouan), and Mahor&ea... June 13, 2011 El Estilo Wright Versus el Modelo Woods Los mismos entendidos que declararon muerto a John McCain y a Hillary como inevitable ahora están diciendo que Barack Obama han capeado el temporal acerca de su asociación con Jerem... June 13, 2011 The Wright Stuff vs. the Woods Model The same pundits who declared John McCain dead and Hillary Clinton inevitable are now saying Barack Obama has weathered the storm over his association with Jeremiah Wright. Color me skeptical. Th... June 13, 2011 The Press Botches Basra Less than 48 hours after Iraqi security forces began their campaign against militant Shia factions in Basra, the media had already declared the operations a failure. The operations, which were in... June 13, 2011 Securing Africa On February 6, 2007, President George W. Bush launched a major evolution in American military posture when he formally announced that he had directed the Pentagon to establish a new unified... June 13, 2011 Bush Foreign Policy Settles into Weird State of Denial It's an alarming sign for U.S. foreign policy when Central Intelligence Agency Director Michael Hayden says, as he did last month on NBC's Meet the Press, that, personally, he... June 13, 2011 Why We Fight In the Christian Science Monitor this week, Lt. Col. Chris Brady argues that America should “keep fighting for progress” in Iraq where he is currently serving a tour of duty. “A...

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