Kenneth M. Pollack

September 17, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hezbollah’s worst nightmare: Chaos in its ranks

Hezbollah, a highly trained and disciplined terrorist group, is now facing chaos and vulnerability after a large number of its members were injured by exploding communication devices.

December 15, 2017 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Mark Dubowitz

Deceptive Deja Vu

In France, all right-thinking people know instinctively what the pensée unique is—the socially acceptable view on any subject that ensures a Parisian won’t get axed from the be...

July 15, 2016 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

The Chilcot Report

The Chilcot report on the Iraq war ought to elicit two emotions: sympathy and pity for former British prime minister Tony Blair. As was evident by late 2002, when Europeans saw the fri...

May 13, 2016 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Done Deal?

All administrations are short-sighted. Even the brightest, most reflective people can develop acute tunnel vision when they join the paper-pushing, crisis-a-minute senior ranks of the National Se...

February 10, 2014 | Mark Dubowitz

Negotiations on Iran’s Nuclear Program

Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Corker, members of the Committee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), thank you for inviting me to testify today on the implementation...

November 29, 2013 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Faith-Based Negotiations

O believers, when you encounter the unbelievers marching to battle, turn not your backs to them. Whoso turns his back that day to them, unless withdrawing to fight again...

October 10, 2013 | Michael Ledeen |

The Obama-Rouhani Communication Efforts Are No Historic Breakthrough

There's just something about Iran, perhaps an old Jedi trick, that clouds Western minds. No matter how many times one presents experts and journalists with the facts, they go right on repeat...

May 13, 2013 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Radioactive Regime

The list is long of Occidentals who’ve fallen for Persia. This isn’t surprising. Compared with Arab lands save Egypt, Iran has a longer history—Hegel described the Persians as &...

June 14, 2011 | National Review Online

About-Face

Critics warm to the surge.

June 14, 2011 | Clifford D. May Scripps Howard News Service

How the Left Spent Its Summer Vacation

A few short months ago, the anti-war left was feeling its oats. On campuses around the country, professors were receiving letters asking them to steer students to “a major new organizing in...

June 14, 2011 | Translation of Scripps Howard News Service

Cómo Pasó la Izquierda sus Vacaciones de Verano

Hace unos pocos meses, la izquierda pacifista se sentía muy importante. En los campus de todo el país, los catedráticos estaban recibiendo cartas pidiéndoles que guiar...

June 13, 2011 | National Review Online |

Talking Cure

Obama's flawed thinking.

May 16, 2011 |

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...

July 30, 2007 | Clifford D. May

Symposium: Turning Point?

Yes, Virginia, there are some rational, reasoning liberals. Michael O’Hanlon and Ken Pollack have long been among them. They are serious students of national security. They are Democrats bu...

April 18, 2007 | Clifford D. May |

After the Fall: A “Plan B” for Containing the Impact of an Iraqi Collapse

Imagine that it’s 2009 and a Democrat is in the White House. He (or she) determines that the U.S. mission in Iraq has failed irretrievably. What happens next? It is not too much of...

September 28, 2005 | Clifford D. May

They Shoot Schoolteachers, Don’t They?

To The Washington Post they were simply “gunmen.” The New York Times non-judgmentally called them “armed men.”  The elite media fastidiously avoid such harsh...

February 4, 2004 | National Review Online

Pressure Drop

Authored by Rep. J.D. Hayworth David Kay’s testimony should put to rest any doubts that the Bush administration “sexed up” intelligence or pressured analysts to reach c...

January 14, 2004 | Clifford D. May Scripps Howard News Service |

The Imperfect Storm: Anti-war Warriors Cloud Recent History

President Bush has made his share of enemies – political, ideological, personal and stylistic. These opponents now appear to have joined together in an ad hoc alliance bent on proving that...