Islamism 101
America’s leaders refuse to do their homework
Ottoman Empire
Washington Is Starting to Treat Syria and Iraq as One Policy
In recent weeks, Syria and Iraq have positioned themselves to be key players in a new Middle Eastern order. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi was in Washington to meet U.S. President Donald Trump...
Op-eds
Erdogan Dreams of Annexing Arab Countries, Reviving the Turkish Empire
The prospect of a revived Turkish empire poses a new threat to Arab sovereignty.
Op-eds
Turkey’s Hejaz Railway Revival Is a Bid To Undermine Israel’s Regional Role
A railway originally built by the Ottoman Empire to project power across the Arab world is receiving a second lease on life as Turkey launches its latest bid to become the Middle East’s logistics...
Policy Briefs
Turkish interior minister states dream of governing Jerusalem, provoking Israel
Turkey’s Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci publicly expressed his desire to one day serve as Jerusalem’s governor, while suggesting that the city and other former Ottoman territories would...
Op-eds
The U.S. Needs Its Mideast Bases
If America won’t finish the job in Iran, leaving the Gulf Arab states would turn a failure into a rout.
Op-eds
Blacklisting the Brotherhood
The Trump administration made history on November 24, 2025, when it issued an executive order calling for the U.S. government to designate “certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as Foreign Terrorist...
Op-eds
The many shades of Islam
Not all interpretations justify and drive terrorism – but some do
Op-eds
Israel, Cyprus, Greece Sign Cooperation Agreement at Trilateral Summit in Jerusalem
Latest Developments Boost Trilateral Relations: The leaders of Greece, Cyprus, and Israel agreed to boost trilateral cooperation in the Mediterranean during a summit in Jerusalem on December 22. Against...
Flash Briefs
Turkish President Erdogan Claims Israel Is Biggest Threat to Syria
Erdogan Accuses Israel of Seeking ‘Fragmentation’ of Syria: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan labeled Israel the “primary obstacle” to a stable Syria on December 16,...
Flash Briefs
Qatar Conference on Mandate for Gaza International Stabilization Force Reportedly Inconclusive
Doha Conference Fails to Clarify Force Mandate: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) hosted a conference in the Qatari capital of Doha on December 16 to discuss further phases of President...
Flash Briefs
Meet the Muslim Brotherhood
Working to reestablish the caliphate for almost a century
Op-eds
Tom Barrack’s diplomacy of optics: Fast deals, fragile peace
Tom Barrack’s high-speed diplomacy in Syria and Lebanon backfired, fueling instability, alienating allies and deepening mistrust across the region.
Op-eds
When Erdoğan Shifted Focus to the Kurds in Syria
2015 marked a change in the Syria policy of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He began to walk back his initial goal of toppling the Asad regime and turned towards Syria’s surging Kurdish forces....
Op-eds
Turkey’s Neo-Ottoman Moment
Turkey’s Syria policy didn’t materialize in a vacuum. Rather, it was a reaction to the Arab uprisings that began in January 2011, known as the Arab Spring, which Turkish policymakers interpreted as...
Op-eds
Assad Is Gone. The Syrian Problem Persists
Nine months after Bashar al-Assad’s fall and Ahmad al-Sharaa’s rise to power, the UN Security Council met to address Syria’s ongoing crisis. The Council urged Damascus to establish a government “of...
Op-eds
Choose the Druze
Syria’s endangered minorities deserve protection
Op-eds
The dagger in the Ayatollah’s cloak
President Trump decided to take it away from him
Op-eds
Erdoğan Sets His Sights on Israel
If Trump wants to prevent another regional conflict, calling Turkey’s president a “friend” won’t cut it.
Op-eds
Double Dhimmi: The Plight of Christian Women in the Middle East.
The systemic persecution of Christian women in the Middle East underscores a harrowing reality that their suffering is not just the collateral damage in a war of ideologies but a targeted assault on the very essence of pluralism. It's time the West acknowledged the plight of the Dhimmi in its own battle for freedom and dignity.