Protecting Palestine
Not long ago, I was talking to a Fatah official about Palestinian aspirations, especially his party’s sharp emotions about Hamas, the Palestinian fundamentalist movement that rules Gaza and...
Marxism
Another American Revolution
Donald Trump’s electoral victory surprised no end of pundits, not just because the polls were so off-base, but also because they couldn’t imagine the American people turning against a...
Op-eds
Terrible Things Are Happening
Americans just can’t take the Iranian tyrants seriously. If you ask us what Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei means when he leads his weekend crowds in a chant of “Death to America,...
Op-eds
The Death of Iran’s Islamic Left
Co-written by Ray Takeyh Democracy in the Islamic Republic is a peculiar institution: it is designed to reinforce the legitimacy of the theoc...
Op-eds
The Revolution Devours Its Own
Laura Secor surprised me. I had expected to read yet another journalist’s account of an Iran where “reformists,” though bruised and battered, remain hopeful and allied to &ldquo...
Op-eds
How Terrorism Came Back to Turkey
A suicide bomber identified as an Islamic State (IS) militant ...
Op-eds
Analysis: Istanbul Attack Reveals Erdogan’s Crumbling Sense of Stability
A terrorist bombing on Tuesday in the heart of Istanbul’s major tourism district that killed 10 people and left 15 injured showed the fragility of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan&rsq...
Op-eds
The Bloody Trail
The writing has been on the wall for so long that it has already begun to fade. The bloody trail of Islamist terrorism is the single most insidious threat to our free societies’ globalised...
Op-eds
Our Iranian Interlocutor
Antisemitism has never been an easy subject for America’s foreign-policy establishment. Read through State Department telegrams and Central Intelligence Agency operational and intelligence...
Op-eds
Turkey Risks Relapse into ’90s Violence
A specter is haunting Turkey. Suicide bombers, assassins and an alphabet soup of terrorist organizations seem to have brought back the carnage of the 1990s. The rapid ...
Op-eds
A Raw Deal for Iran’s Dissidents
Iranian dissidents are increasingly worried that — with the nuclear deal signed and business prospects looming — the West will give Iran a pass on human rights. European dignitaries v...
Op-eds
Transformational Diplomacy
Many supporters of an Iranian nuclear agreement believe that a deal could help to moderate, even democratize, Iranian society. Barack Obama’s constant allusions to the transformative potent...
Op-eds
A Resurgent Terrorist Threat in Turkey
Turkey has long fought Kurdish insurgents within its borders, and the country now faces a severe jihadist threat in part due to Ankara’s reckless policy of allowing jihadists to exploit its...
Op-eds
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
Beheshti Never Came to Tripoli
This Sunday marks the 36th anniversary of the disappearance of Lebanese-Iranian cleric Musa as-Sadr during a visit to Libya in 1978. While it has long been unders...
Op-eds
The Man And The Myth
Urbi et Orbi, the city and the world, Tehran and the globe. In his turban and clerical robe, softly speaking of peace, Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, resembles a spiritual guide mor...
Op-eds
Jihad At The Jewish Museum
For three years, Western governments have viewed Syria mostly as a problem from hell. They lamented Syria's descent into the abyss of civil war and mass atrocities. They expressed hope for a...
Op-eds
The Politics of Genocide
Spring is a season for black memories. April 24 marked the beginning of the Armenian Genocide in 1915. April 27 was Yom HaShoah, a day for Holocaust remembrance. The Rwandan Genocide, in which Hu...
Op-eds
Sons of Iran’s Islamic Revolution
In Tehran last week, the 35th anniversary of Iran’s revolution was celebrated with chants of “Death to America!” and the burning of American flags. Also on display we...
Op-eds
Why Europe Blames Israel for the Holocaust: Post-1945 anti-Semitism
The acclaimed British novelist Howard Jacobson opened his speech at the B’nai B’rith World Center in Jerusalem last October with piercing sarcasm: “The question is rhetorical. W...