Cloak and Swagger
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Angela Merkel’s Ugly Romance With the Iranian Regime
Why Germany seeks to increase trade with a murderous theocracy bent on Israel’s destruction.
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End of the West?
Should the United States militarily defeat jihadist outfits in the Middle East? After 9/11 the answer seemed easy, but after the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Barack Obama is not alone in arguing...
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France and the New Charismatic Jihad
Worries about autonomous jihadist cells appear to have been realized in Paris.
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Iran’s Diplomatic Path to the Bomb
Let’s assume the Iranian nuclear talks in Vienna fail to conclude a final agreement by Nov. 24, the already extended deadline under the interim Joint Plan of Action signed in January. Iran&...
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Sandstorm
The great medieval historian Ibn Khaldun centered his understanding of history on asabiyya, which is perhaps best translated as esprit de corps mixed with the will to power. In his maste...
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Despite Criticism of Israel, Hitchens was Ardent Foe of Anti-Semitism
Not long ago, I told an older colleague of my admiration for Christopher Hitchens, the Anglo-American author, journalist and public intellectual who finally succumbed to esophageal cancer Thursda...
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War-Power Paranoia
Zero. If you’re keeping score, that would be the number of American citizens assassinated so far by President Obama. Oddly enough, it turns out to be the same number of our countrymen kille...
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De-Commissioned
Will Pentagon blunders mean the end of military trials for terrorists?
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Extradition Delayed Is Justice Denied
He arrived in Europe with great fanfare: an inspiring young leader from a foreign land who spoke with passion about change and social justice. And Europe answered the...
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Can the U.N’s Global Compact Initiative Teach Good Corporate Behavior?
Can the United Nations teach good corporate behavior? That’s the mission of a fast-growing UN initiative called the Global Compact – run out of the Secretary-General’s executive...
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Brits Bash Bolton
To understand why the Bush administration has become so unpopular in the United Kingdom, one needn’t look much further than the utterly misleading headline that screamed across Wednesday&rs...
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Selling Out Moderate Islam
Washington's misbegotten campaign to be loved in the Middle East.
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Mission Shift
Declining polls reflect drift, not public support for battling militant Islam.
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No Exit; The Choice is Between a Strategy for Victory — or Defeat
When a politician or a journalist talks about an “exit strategy” from Iraq, there is only one appropriate response: Roll your eyes and leave the room. Imagine some senator or...
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Between Iraq & a Hard Place
Authored by Andrew Apostolou Libya’s announcement that it will close down its weapons-of-mass-destruction programs is an important vindication of American and British foreign polic...
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Bush’s New U.N. Challenge
By Andrew Apostolou When President Bush visits the U.N. today, his speech must be a carefully balanced mixture of diplomacy and leadership. As he did a year ago, his role is to...
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The War is Justified by Saddam’s Evil…It Will Give Iraq a Better Future
By Richard Chesnoff There's a lot of hand-wringing over what happens to Iraq after Saddam Hussein is ousted, which he will be very shortly, now that the war has begun....
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When is Terrorism Justified?
Our message … is clear," Attorney General Ashcroft said last Thursday. "We make no distinction between those who carry out terror attacks and those who finance and manage [them]."...