Erdogan and the Meaning of Hitler
It’s one of those questions political science majors debate over too many beers at the college pub: Which is better, a parliamentary system or a government headed by a powerful chief execut...
Hassan al-Banna
Boys in the Brotherhood
Among Western leaders these days, truth-telling is hardly habitual. So I feel compelled to give credit where credit is due: to British Prime Minister David Cameron for speaking frankly about the...
Op-eds
The Brotherhood Declares Jihad – in Arabic
Islamic State-linked jihadis struck the Sinai Penin...
Policy Briefs
Iran’s Supreme Censor
The Blind Man’s friend: Don’t suffer because of the past. You censored books for the sake of God. . . . What is...
Op-eds
Why They Fight
In his 6,000-word speech at the National Defense University last week, President Obama devoted only one paragraph to the ideology of those who proclaim themselves America’s enemies. But tho...
Op-eds
Beyond ‘Toxic Nationalism’
The Islamist threat is post-nationalist – and second to none.
Op-eds
Islamology 101
Few Americans would get a passing grade.
Op-eds
Seven Foreign Policy Priorities for Obama’s Second Term
In his second term, President Obama will inherit -- from his first term -- a long list of national security and foreign policy challenges. If he were asking my advice (unlikely so long as pigs ar...
Op-eds
Living with Islam
Begin with Western strength and confidence in our principles.
Op-eds
Misunderstanding 9/11
Learning the wrong lessons can be costly.
Op-eds
Oh, Brother
Why Egypt's new Islamist president is keeping the Saudis up at night.
Op-eds
What’s Next for Egypt?
The Muslim Brotherhood, which won the presidency Saturday, sees itself as a corrective to modern Egyptian life
Op-eds
Obama Funds the Egyptian Government
In October 2010, on the eve of the Islamic revolution that the media fancies as “the Arab Spring,” the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood called for jih...
Op-eds
How to Stop Putting Gas in the Islamist Tank
Because enriching your enemy may not be a brilliant strategy.
Op-eds
‘Islam Is Islam, And That’s It’
The Arab Spring was not hijacked
Op-eds
Democracy Project Triumph: Islamists Surge Ahead in Egyptian Elections
It would be hard to overstate what a catastrophe the Egyptian elections are shaping into. Reports abou...
Op-eds
Of Mafiosi and Mullahs
Intelligence is how you take down organized crime and organized terror.
Op-eds
Cast a Wider Net
The Islamic radicalization hearings need to hear from witnesses beyond cops and Muslims.
Op-eds
The ‘Bin Trotsky’ Video and the Jihadi Failure in Iraq
Has Osama bin Laden turned into Osama bin Trotsky? As I was watching bin Laden reading carefully from his prepared speech, I couldn't help but notice the dramatic drifting in the rhetoric fr...
Op-eds
A Hundred Years of War?
A growing number of Democrats have falsely accused Sen. John McCain of “promising” 100 years of war in Iraq. In fact, McCain’s point was that the presence of American forces pro...