Countering the Oct. 7 deniers
A new report on Hamas’s atrocities offers an impressive counterweight for undecided readers who will encounter the deniers as they seek the truth.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Atoning for Britain’s colonialist past
By encouraging China’s colonialist present
Op-eds
Afghanistan and Gaza: Tragedy and farce
You wonder why a Hamas rapist who gets what he deserves is reinvented as an innocent civilian murdered as part of a “genocide,” while Afghan women are transformed into chattels and slaves, and the world remains silent.
Op-eds
Gaza and the De-Colonization Narrative
Western views of Arab society often get one major thing wrong – Arab agency.
Op-eds
The Israeli Moment
If anyone is going to derail the Islamic Republic’s regional ambitions, Israel is really the only local counterweight that counts.
Op-eds
The Economic Dimension of Great-Power Competition and the Role of Cyber as a Key Strategic Weapon
Excerpt Napoleon Bonaparte may have said that an army marches on its stomach, but it is perhaps even truer that a military force marches, sails, flies, and attacks on the back of its nation’s economy....
Monographs
The Tragedy of Mahmoud Abbas
Picture a Palestinian leader in the twilight of his reign. Besieged on all sides and challenged by younger upstarts, he lashes out against Israel, his Arab bret...
Op-eds
The “ideals of 1776”
Andrew Roberts, one of the world’s great historians, took America to task last week. Let me rephrase that: He took Americans to task for what they — or rather we — are doing to...
Op-eds
Divided We Fall?
“Divide and conquer” describes an age-old military concept: If your enemies are fighting among themselves, they can’t effectively battle you. Phillip II of Macedon, Julius Caesa...
Op-eds
Who’s Winning in Syria?
Who’s winning the Middle East war? It’s never an easy question to answer, even for the most skilled and informed analysts. Things rarely, very rarely, go the way we expect...
Op-eds
Obama’s Equilibrium Fantasy
With the nuclear deal finally out of the way, President Obama can now get down to what, for him, has always been the real business—engaging Iran on regional issues. As one adminis...
Op-eds
Napoleon in the Middle East
The French emperor’s war against an Islamic empire is instructive
Op-eds
What If We Were Winning But Nobody Noticed?
It’s all about winning and losing, but the best man doesn’t always win, and outcomes frequently have more to do with luck than with merit. Brilliant strategies fail, and fools s...
Op-eds
What’s Next for Egypt?
The Muslim Brotherhood, which won the presidency Saturday, sees itself as a corrective to modern Egyptian life
Op-eds
Long, Hot Arab Summer
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Commentary on the Arab Spring is much like the famous parable of the blind men learning about an elephant by touching it: Most observers glimpse...
Op-eds
You Must Remember This
There’s an anniversary this week we might do well to recall. On May 29, 1453 – just 555 short years ago -- troops led by Mehmed II broke through the walls of the ancient Christi...
Op-eds
The First Time
Desert Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia by Charles Townshend Belknap Press, 624 pp., $35 THIS BOOK IS an exquisite history of the excruciatingly diffi...
Op-eds
Libya a Fatal Distraction From Iran
Why are British planes bombing Libya? Humanitarian intervention - that's the answer. Consider this: until two months ago, Libya was a new friend - and a textbook example of the kind...
Op-eds
The June 12 Revolution
The modern Middle East has had numerous "game-changing" moments, when history turned. Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of Egypt in 1798, Muhammad Ali's conquest of the Nile Valley in 1805,...
Op-eds
What Do You Mean Obama’s An Empty Suit? Had Napoleon Written Memoirs At This Age?
Classic Krauthammer, on Obama’s coronation on Mount Olympus: What’s the finish? Maybe Obama’s got Zhang Yimou to do the hidden-rope trick, and...