Bruce Riedel
FDD’s Long War Journal’s response to Zalmay Khalilzad’s Twitter thread
In a brief Twitter thread responding to a recent article from The Washington Post, Zalmay Khalilzad, one of the key architects of the 2020 Doha Agreement that set the stage for the collapse...
Op-eds
Neither Here Nor There
Jordan and the Abraham Accords
Memos
Oman in the Middle
Muscat’s Balancing Act Between Iran and America
Monographs
Saudi Arabia Honors Its Nastiest Clerical Ideologues
On Friday, September 2, a group of over fifty Saudi clerics joined in a petition condemning “Russian intervention against Syria&r...
Op-eds
Slow Release
A few more documents from the bin Laden raid are finally revealed. They do not flatter the judgment of the Obama administration.
Op-eds
King Salman’s Shady History
President Barack Obama arrived in Riyadh today to offer his condolences on the death of the beloved Saudi King Abdullah and to meet his successor, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. But just who is Ki...
Op-eds
John Brennan and the Bin Laden Files
During a speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center on April 30, 2012, John Brennan, President Obama’s nominee to head the CIA, discussed “The Ethics and Efficacy of the U.S. Pres...
Op-eds
Interrogate Brennan
President Obama’s nominee for CIA director, John Brennan, has been one of the president’s closest advisers over the last four years. So it should come as no surprise that O...
Op-eds
After the Fall
When the Assad regime ends, will a new slaughter begin?
Op-eds
Cause for Celebration in Syria
The fall of Assad’s pro-Iranian regime is a net gain for the US, even if what replaces it isn’t a reliable ally
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Pariah State: Examining Sudan’s Support for Terrorism
***This article originally appeared in "State Sponsorship of Terrorism", a publication of IHS Defense, Risk and Security Consulting, in June 2012. Reproduced with permission © IHS (Global...
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Syed Zabiuddin Ansari, and India’s Role in Prosecuting the Global War on Terrorism
The 10 Islamist terrorists who committed the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks killed 164 innocent people with guns, grenades and bombs. Nine of the killers died during their rampage. The 10th, Ajmal...
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Report: Al Qaeda Trained Mumbai Attackers
Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, the alleged facilitator of the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, has proven to be a "treasure trove of information" for Indian investigators, according to new...
Op-eds
A Lion in Winter?
Last week, foreign press...
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Report: Osama bin Laden Helped Plan Mumbai Attacks
Osama bin Laden was in close contact with Hafiz Saeed, the wanted chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and helped plan the 2008 Mumbai attack, according to a report in the...
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Looming Threat
By refusing to directly confront Iran’s provocations, the United States has become the Islamic Republic’s key ally.
Op-eds
Don’t Get Cocky, America
Osama bin Laden's death is a significant blow for al Qaeda, removing a figurehead who had evaded the largest manhunt in world history for almost a decade, and who seemingly managed to remain...
Op-eds
Fear the Muslim Brotherhood
At the Daily Beast, Bruce Riedel has posted an essay called “Don’t fear Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” the classic, conventional-wisdom response to the crisis in Egypt. The...
Op-eds
The Muslim Brotherhood is No Friend
Writing for the Daily Beast, Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer and adviser to the Obama administration, argues that the U.S. can coexist with a Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Egypt. The Obam...