Doha’s Dangerous Dalliance
Co-authored by Luke Lischin Qatari support for Islamist non-state actors has been an escalating source of tension for the monarchy in some of its vital relationships. Qatar&rsqu...
Muammar Gaddafi
Libyan Ansar al-Sharia Leader Gets Medical Treatment in Turkey
Ansar al-Sharia Libya confirmed this weekend that its leader, Mohamed al-Zahawi, had passed away from wounds sustained last year. Ansar al-Sharia is a jihadist group best-known outside of Libya f...
Policy Briefs
It’s Time to Pursue Regime Change in Iran
There are lots of reasons to be skeptical that 2015 will see a diplomatic breakthrough in efforts to end Iran’s nuclear weapons bid. But one of the more compelling...
Op-eds
How Iran and North Korea Became Cyber-Terror Buddies
In late November 2014, cyber-warfare burst into the American public consciousness when Sony Pictures Entertainment was the victim of a massive cyber-attack. Hackers leaked Sony’s corporate...
Op-eds
The Benghazi Report
Co-authored by Stephen F. Hayes After a long day on November 13, 2013, Speaker of the House John Boehner walked down the marble hallways of the Longworth House Office Building t...
Op-eds
Book Review: Dancing With the Iranian Devil
To understand the foreign policy goals of European engagement with Iran during its nascent phase, it is worth recalling a joke of the time. In 1984, Germany’s then-foreign mi...
Op-eds
Analysis: Amid Sweden Crisis, Are Europe’s Social Democratic Parties Shifting Against Israel
BERLIN - The diplomatic crisis between Israel and Sweden over the Scandinavian country’s recognition of “Palestine” as an independent state has brought a shift among European So...
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
James Foley is a Martyr For a Civilization That Has Renounced Martyrdom
A decade from now, will anyone remember the name James Foley? We should. Everyone should. The 40-year-old American freelance journalist was doing something brave when he was kidnapped in...
Op-eds
Gen. Flynn’s Warning
Two recent interviews have been the topic of lively debate within the so-called foreign policy community. First, President Obama told ...
Op-eds
Libya’s Islamist Counteroffensive
Co-authored by Nathaniel Barr Through much of June and the first half of July, fighting between the forces of rogue General Khalifa Hifter and Benghazi’s Islamist militias...
Op-eds
Libya: Hifter’s Stalled Anti-Islamist Campaign
Co-authored by Nathaniel Barr Operation Dignity, General Khalifa Hifter&rs...
Op-eds
Operation Dignity: New Fighting Grips Libya
Co-Authored by Nathaniel Barr Former Libyan army general Khalifa Hifter l...
Policy Briefs
Our Libya Intervention — Failure Disguised as Success
There was some rare good news coming out of Libya this month. Oil exports were set to resume from...
Op-eds
Successes and Failures of the U.S. and NATO Intervention in Libya
Download the full written testimony here (PDF). Ch...
Legislative Testimonies
What Does Algeria’s Election Mean for Israel?
When Yuval Steinitz, minister of strategic affairs, criticized last week an agreement that allows Iran to move toward a rapid breakout to nuclear weapons capability, he said it would spark &ldquo...
Op-eds
The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence
Chairman McKeon, Ranking Member Smith, distinguished members of the committee, it is an honor to appear before you to discuss the state of al-Qaeda, its affiliates, and associated groups. My test...
Legislative Testimonies
The Twisted Conundrum of Funding the United Nations
In the long and bizarre history of America’s role at the United Nations, one especially poignant moment came in December 2007, with the passage of the organization’s multi-billion dol...
Op-eds
The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence
Download the full testimony (PDF). Chairman McKeon...
Legislative Testimonies
The Gitmo Detainee the Times Just Denied Was in Benghazi . . . Was in Benghazi
U.S. officials ...