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June 10, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Trump’s Executive Order on Chinese Students Addresses a Complicated—But Real—Issue

This issue requires a surgical scalpel, not a sledgehammer.

October 8, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Report Card on 50 Years of German-Israel Relations

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s cancellation of Thursday’s sixth joint cabinet consultation between Israel and Germany because of the domestic security situation comes at the end phase of...

December 29, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

The Religious Cleansing of Middle East Christians

The fate of struggling Christians in Muslim-majority countries in the Islamic heartland has shifted from persecution to an existential struggle. Anti-Christian violence in 2014 saw...

December 11, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

The Benghazi Report

Co-authored by Stephen F. Hayes After a long day on November 13, 2013, Speaker of the House John Boehner walked down the marble hallways of the Longworth House Office Building t...

October 20, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal

Non-Islamic Anti-Semitism in Europe

BERLIN — The wave of modern anti-Semitism across Europe in July and August revealed a dangerous amalgamation of left-wing, Islamic-animated, and right-wing extremist Jew-hatred. Ma...

September 25, 2014 |

Who Benefits from Yemen’s Houthi crisis?

It was reported Sunday that the Yemeni government and Houthi Shiite rebels signed an...

August 13, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Libya’s Islamist Counteroffensive

Co-authored by Nathaniel Barr Through much of June and the first half of July, fighting between the forces of rogue General Khalifa Hifter and Benghazi’s Islamist militias...

May 19, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Persecuted Christians Flee Iran, Find Hope And Homes In Germany

Iranian-born Muslims who converted to Christianity are breathing new spiritual life into communities across Germany, where they are fleeing to in increasing numbers to escape persecution back hom...

November 12, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Why did France Toss a Wrench in the Iran Nuclear Talks?

France blocked an agreement on Sunday to curb Iran’s nuclear program because, to cite French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, it did not want to be part of a con game that would allow Tehra...

September 10, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal

The Post-Self-Destructivism of Judith Butler

On Sept. 11, a German organization will reward the American scholar and anti-Israel activist.

June 12, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran Steps Up Crackdown on Christians

BERLIN – Iran stepped up its crackdown on the country struggling Christian community by closing a church in Tehran, prompting an Iranian human rights group and religious freedom experts to...

January 23, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Christians in Iran, Syria Face Rising Persecution

Iranian pastor Nardakhani refuses to renounce Christian beliefs in exchange for release from prison.

June 13, 2011 | Middle East Times

Will Yousaf Raza Gilani change Pakistan?

Perhaps the most notable aspect of Yousaf Raza Gilani's conduct upon his ascension as Pakistan's new prime minister has been his lack of apparent vitriol toward President Pervez Musharr...

July 23, 2008 | Clifford D. May Scripps Howard News Service

Beyond Complacency: The anti-anti-terrorists push for unilateral disarmament

It’s often said that the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 were a “wake-up call’ – that they forced both the political class and the public to seriously (if belatedly) address a p...

April 15, 2008 |

Will Yousaf Raza Gilani change Pakistan?


Perhaps the most notable aspect of Yousaf Raza Gilani's conduct upon his ascension as Pakistan's new prime minister has been his lack of apparent vitriol toward President Pervez Musharraf.