Mahatma Gandhi

December 20, 2024 | Lewis Libby, Nick Danby

Don’t Fall for the New Syrian Regime’s Claims of Moderation

HTS’s membership rolls and track record do not inspire confidence that the group will lead to a free, inclusive, and prosperous Syria.

July 30, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Cherished canine companions: IDF Oketz unit honors dogs killed in Gaza

The canines have played a key role in this war. They have also suffered high casualties. Twenty-nine dogs were killed by mid-July. Of those dogs, nine remains were never brought back from Gaza.

December 30, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Came the Islamic Revolution

The theocrats who seized power in Iran are still widely misunderstood

October 3, 2018 | Clifford D. May

The life, times and foreign policies of Jimmy Carter

One of his wisest advisors attempts to give them a new and improved look.

January 18, 2017 | Clifford D. May |

Defining violent extremism down

Death, where is thy sting? For Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, it certainly didn’t come from the mainstream media. The 82-year-old former Iranian president died of a heart attac...

March 9, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

The search for elusive Iranian moderates

Ruhollah Khomeini was a man of religious faith and revolutionary fervor, committed to waging jihad until, in his words, “the writ of Islam is obeyed in every country in the world.” Bu...

November 14, 2013 | Clifford D. May |

France Derails Iranian ‘Sucker’s Deal’

Well into last weekend it looked as though Iran was going to win the latest round of negotiations — by a knockout, not on points. Secretary of State John Kerry had flown to Geneva to sign a...

July 18, 2013 | Clifford D. May

The New Muslim Generation

A month ago, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki was asked whether the Taliba...

September 14, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer |

A Palestinian Spring

Here's what you need to know about the protests in the West Bank.

June 4, 2012 |

Is ‘The Dictator’ Racist?

Even before it hit theaters, Sacha Baron Cohen's "The Dictator" - a gross-out parody of autocrats and the Western leftists who romanticize them - was met with cries that it's...

February 29, 2012 | Robert Barnidge Chicago Tribune |

International Law and the Flotilla II

In the coming days, a major flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists is set to break Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip in what many see as a publicity stunt wrapped in a humanitarian ve...

December 29, 2011 |

Ron Paul’s World

Earlier this week, Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, said that he would not vote for his fellow presidential candidate Ron Paul should Paul become the Republican nominee. The immediate cau...

July 14, 2011 |

No Strings Attached: The Case for a Distributed Grid and a Low-Oil Future

Co-authored by Rachel Kleinfeld and Chelsea Sexton Energy policy affects every human activity, from the heating of food to the production of microchips. And because of this perv...

February 10, 2011 | Clifford D. May |

Re: Re: Willful Blindness, Etc.

 James Clapper is the director of national intelligence, so he must know what he’s talking about.  I mean, who are you going to believe? DNI Clapper or the Muslim Brother...

January 20, 2011 | Clifford D. May Scripps Howard News Service |

Canada Stands Up to Iran

 Last week, Canada’s Free Thinking Film Society — love that name — was scheduled to screen Iranium, a new documentary about the regime that has ruled Iran since 1979, its d...

October 21, 2010 | Long War Journal

Anwar Awlaki’s Message to Inspire Readers

The second edition of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's (AQAP) Inspire magazine makes multiple references to the controversy over the Obama administration's decision to allow US force...

February 11, 2010 | Clifford D. May |

Iran’s Unhappy Anniversary

I was present at the creation - to borrow a phrase from Dean Acheson, Secretary of State to President Truman. Acheson, of course, was speaking of the origins of the Cold War. I am referring to th...

July 18, 2007 | Dr. J. Peter Pham World Defense Review |

The Indian Tiger’s African Safari

While the African travels of Chinese leaders and their troubling arms sales to regimes on the continent, have caused increasing concern in Washington and other Western capitals, India's grow...

July 4, 2007 |

The Moral Hazard of Kosovo’s Independence

Last week's summit between President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin resulted in no "grand bargain" that could pave the way for the birth of an independent Kosovo. The mo...

November 15, 2006 | The New York Sun |

The Courtier to Annan

Not so long ago, Kofi Annan was up to his ears in the Oil for Food scandal, and his legacy as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations was on its way down the drain. He was ducking que...