Dear Mrs. Trump, Or may I call you Melania? If that is too familiar, no problem, I understand. But you can certainly call me Cliff! I am a longtime admirer. I have heard you speak out for human rights,...
The Islamic Republic of Iran remains at war with America
America’s third president understood that jihadis don’t make good deals
The “great, proud people of Iran” are not among them
The Middle East is once again in flames, with Iranian proxies active across the region and Tehran attacking British bases and allies. Yet at this very same moment, Foreign Office staff attended a party...
The roots of the current Middle East conflict trace back centuries
It’s not a warmed-over version of Obama’s fatally flawed JCPOA
Gaza is a significant battleground
What might happen in Iran if America or Israel bombed the nuclear sites?
So last week during the Republican debate, hundreds of thousands of people read your tweets lambasting four of the candidates — Gov. Chris Christie, former Gov. Mike Huckabee and Senators M...
The Islamic Republic of Iran is holding its eleventh presidential election on Friday. It’s all very exciting — just as it was in 1979 when, right after the Iranian Revolution that bro...
Most are bad. The rest are worse. But actions must be taken.
The state of too many Western leaders ten years after 9/11/01.
In his remarks following the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak last week, Presid...
There is only one thing that terrifies Washington’s foreign policy establishment more than the prospect of an American airstrike against Iran’s nuclear-weapons facilities: an Israeli...
President Obama’s policy of “engagement” with Iran can be viewed as an experiment. There was at least a chance that it was only President Bush — that swaggering, unilatera...
Congress wants Obama to get tougher with Iran.
What do you serve an Iranian Islamist who is hungry for power?
Hezbollah and its foreign sponsors deserve credit: They understand the perverse psychology of the Middle East. They knew they could launch a war against Israel and then have Israel get the blame...