Islamism

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Foreign Funding and Influence in America’s K-12 Education System

When, as in France, the radical left and Islamists blame Jews for Israel’s policies, a line has been crossed

*This article was originally published in German Burning town halls, looted shops, injured police officers: France is going through a wave of violence. The legitimate demands for better-resourced schools...

The French Republic Is Under Attack

France’s radical left wants its followers to believe they are fighting tyranny. But burning city halls and terrorizing public servants is an assault on democracy, not a defense of it.

Insurgent attacks surge in southeastern Iran

A coalition of Iranian Baluch insurgent groups, Jebhe-ye Mobarezin-e Mardomi (JMM), claimed two attacks on Islamic Republic security forces on October 8, killing a police officer and a conventional army...

Turkey’s Latest Financial Scandal Is a Symptom of Authoritarianism

Under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, cronyism and financial wrongdoing are increasingly immune from accountability.

Time for Europe To Stop Funding Islamist Networks

Europe’s Parliament wants to close the public purse to Muslim Brotherhood networks. Its recent vote challenges a funding system that risks subsidizing organizations whose political agenda undermines...

Who still fights the war on terror?

A plumber, a dentist, a farmer, and a wounded pilot

Hezbollah’s Shadow Economy in Post-Assad Syria

Iran at the Epicenter

REVIEW: ‘Stolen Revolution: Betrayal and Hope in Modern Iran’ by Yeganeh Torbati and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin

The Muslim Brotherhood Still Controls Jordan’s Rebranded Ummah Party

The political wing of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (MB) elected a new leader over the weekend. The Ummah Party elected Muath al-Khawaldeh as secretary general at its seventh general conference, defeating...

Can anyone stop the Houthis?

Yemen’s civil war is set to go global

Syria’s military is rebuilding, but foreign influence may slow security progress

Foreign influence in the Syrian military, chiefly Turkish and Russian, combined with the continued presence of extremist elements within its ranks, will constrain Damascus’s ability to take steps consistent...

The Abraham Accords at Six: How a New Paradigm Outpaced the Old Peace

Six years after the Abraham Accords were signed on the White House lawn, perhaps the clearest evidence of how profoundly they have changed the Middle East came not at another diplomatic ceremony, but behind...

The Heart Attacks Fueling Suspicion in Syria

When a commander in the Syrian army’s 52nd Division died in March, a Syrian Telegram channel announced the news in the language of an ordinary obituary: Nader Mutlaq, better known as Abu Hatem...

Houthi attacks expose Iran’s desperation — here’s how Trump must respond

Tehran saw its leverage slipping away — and expanded the battlefield to attack the United States and its allies from a different angle. That’s the takeaway from this week’s fighting in Yemen,...

The UN Arms Embargo on Sudan Is Broken. America Has a Plan to Fix It

The U.S. is rightly pushing the UN Security Council to expand the Sudan arms embargo before it expires this Saturday. Outlined by Ambassador Mike Waltz and Senior Advisor Massad Boulos, the proposal...

Tiresome Targets in the War on Terror

REVIEW: ‘All The Presidents' Wars: Twenty-Five Years of America’s War on Terror’ by Peter Bergen

Previewing the 2026 UN General Assembly

Post-9/11 Lessons — We Overlooked Festering Geostrategic Issues

As we approach the 25th anniversary of 9/11, it is important to reflect on the historic significance of that atrocity and on the lessons we have drawn and should draw from it. The 20 years that followed...