The Axis of Tyrannies
It will present an enormous challenge to free nations
Fascism
Fascism for dummies
Those using the word should at least know what it means
Op-eds
Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. national interest
A letter to J.D. Vance
Op-eds
Came the revolution
My political orientation has evolved slowly over decades. With one exception: I became anti-Soviet and anti-Communist overnight. More quickly than that, actually. The year was 1972. I wa...
Op-eds
The nuclear deal is on a knife-edge…but Iran is thriving
The Iran nuclear deal, otherwise known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), that was implemented in January 2016 has emboldened Iran and given its leaders additional resources to pu...
Op-eds
How to Make America Win Again
We must wage an ideological war What does “winning” mean and how do we accomplish this against radical Islamists and their allies? It me...
Op-eds
Nobody Knows Anything About Fascism
As I wrote in this space a few weeks ago, Donald Trump is no fascist, but there...
Op-eds
Who’s A Fascist? Not Donald Trump
No, Donald Trump isn’t a fascist. And the efforts of a considerable number of columnists, reporters, and even university professors to make him out to be a second Hitler or Mussolini testif...
Op-eds
Our Iranian Interlocutor
Antisemitism has never been an easy subject for America’s foreign-policy establishment. Read through State Department telegrams and Central Intelligence Agency operational and intelligence...
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When the U.S. Will Intervene in the Gulf, and Other Notes From the Camp David Summit
I've held a number of discussions with people who have direct knowledge of the conversations that took place at this month’s Camp David Summit between President Obama and leaders from...
Op-eds
Israeli Leader Apologizes to Turkey for Fatal Ship Raid
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Policy Briefs
Misunderstanding 9/11
Learning the wrong lessons can be costly.
Op-eds
The Battle of Syria
Assad’s survival would be a victory for Iran – and a defeat for the U.S.
Op-eds
What’s Islam Got to Do with It?
To prohibit the question is to invite disaster.
Op-eds
Shroud of Turin
Turin, Italy — The Turin book fair this year features Israeli literature, and Israeli president Shimon Peres is coming to the opening ceremony next weekend. Lots of others will be there, to...
Op-eds
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...
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In Defense of American Exceptionalism
It’s not about smugness and narcissism. It’s about shouldering responsibilities that no other nation can or will.
Op-eds
An Arab Spring?
Readers of tea leaves, tarot cards and goat entrails may be able to predict the future. But prognostication is a skill few journalists, politicians, diplomats, and intelligence officials have dem...
Op-eds
Why is German Public Television Courting Ahmadinejad’s Media?
Last week, executives from two public German television channels hosted Ezzatollah Zarghami, the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). Zarghami allegedly has ties to the...
Op-eds
Strengthening America
What can be done to advance American strength? The list is long and the mission is urgent. It starts with this: Strengthening America must become a priority. That is not the case at present as an...