9/11 and Arab Democracy
Beyond catastrophe and mourning, September 11th had unforeseen consequences in the Arab world, especially in my home country of Egypt. The attacks of that day, by citizens of America’s key...
Condoleezza Rice
Lessons of Libya (and Syria, and, Some Day, Iran)
First, for those trying to figure out what’s going on in Libya: this sort of event does not lend itself to “live” coverage. Wars and insurrections are very foggy, and reporters...
Op-eds
Death by a Thousand Cuts
Summer in the eastern Mediterranean is always hot, wet, and stormy. But in Lebanon, this summer could be bad — even by last year’s standards. The political struggle that has paralyzed...
Op-eds
Beyond Farce
The following is not the outline of a rejected screenplay by an aspiring Hollywood writer trying to outdo 24. Nor is it product of a freshman political science student's imagination, concoct...
Op-eds
History is Back
Is democracy on the march or is it in retreat? I put that question to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this week. I suggested the answer was, at best, uncertain: Elections in Gaza have led to...
Op-eds
Zimbabwe’s Runoff Rip-off
Three months ago, Zimbabweans went to the polls and by a clear majority repudiated the nearly three-decade misrule of the Zimbabwe Africa National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) in general and t...
Op-eds
To Meet Or Not To Meet?
Amidst Obama's folly, can we finally pronounce Bush's Iran policy a disaster?
Op-eds
Condi Rice Wants Us to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Kim Jong Il
It needs the talents of Stanley Kubrick to do justice to the complete Cuckoo’s Nest that American policy on North Korea has become. The State Department wants a nuclear deal, Presi...
Op-eds
Enabling Mugabe to Cling On
Last Friday was the twenty-eighth anniversary of Zimbabwe's independence, although the country's long-suffering people of the country might be forgiven for not exactly marking the occas...
Op-eds
Switzerland Siding with Iran?
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter went to Damascus last week to meet with Hamas' Khaled Meshaal, a man accused of terrorism by the United States, Israel and the European Union. Carter'...
Op-eds
Soft Foreign Policy Hurts the U.S.
If American diplomacy were delivering on its promises, we'd be heading into boom times for peace and security. Instead, the new year begins with Washington foreign policy increasingly cocoon...
Op-eds
Destination: Durban II
'Tis the season to bankroll hatred of Israel and America.
Op-eds
The Iranian Connection
What's wrong in Lebanon?
Op-eds
Gadhafi Gets More Than He Deserves
For the civilized world, Sept. 11 was a horror once beyond imagining. For Moammar Gadhafi, the tyrant who rules Libya, it has turned out to be a windfall. Thirty-eight years into his blo...
Op-eds
No More Illusions
Michael Ledeen's tour de force shows the war with Iran is already on, whether we choose fight it or not.
Op-eds
Pulling No Punches
John Bolton is tough on friends and enemies alike.
Op-eds
The Government’s Jihad on Jihad
Still lookin' for love in all the wrong places.
Op-eds
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....
Op-eds
State of Denial
Musharraf's latest move has transformed him into a liability.
Op-eds
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...