Will the Russia-Ukraine War lead to World War III?
So far, the conflict has remained within manageable bounds for the international community, but the prospect of further conflagration is not far off.
Spanish Civil War
Heading Toward An EMP Catastrophe
For over a decade now, since the Congressional EMP Commission delivered its first report to Congress eleven years ago in July of 2004, various Senate and House committees have heard from numerous scie...
Congressional Testimonies
Courtesy of Tehran and the Whole Gang
As Israel’s UN ambassador, Ron Prosor, said:&...
Op-eds
The Muddle East
If Congress refuses to support American military action against the Assad regime in Syria, and President Barack Obama declines to strike or strikes meekly, will American power—that marriage...
Op-eds
Syria: The Spanish Civil War All Over Again
History may not quite repeat itself, but the war in Syria — invariably, “the Syrian Civil War” — is eerily similar to the “Spanish Civil War” in the mid-1930s....
Op-eds
Arno Lustiger: Historian of Shoah Resistance Dies
Tribute: Writer survived six camps, debunked view that Jews went "like sheep to the slaughter."
Op-eds
Has America Given Up?
Last week, U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled the latest artful attempt at avoiding responsibility to prevent genocide. With his newly created "Atrocities Prevention Board," the president has b...
Op-eds
Revolution, Iranian and Otherwise
Tell the truth: you don’t really know what a revolution looks like, do you? Chances are that if anybody asked you, you’d conjure up some picture including the storming of the B...
Op-eds
The Spy Swap that Really Happened: The Case of Agent ‘Lily’
I’ve of course been following the story of the French release of Ali Vakili-Rod, the Iranian assassin of former Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar. If you like assassinati...
Op-eds
A Proper Welcome
Know your fascist.
Op-eds
Kim Philby Was Here
Richard Carlson is Vice Chairman of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a policy institute focusing on terrorism. He has experience in journalism and diplomacy and is a former United State...
Op-eds
Mugged by Surreality
By Stephen Schwartz FRANCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN a country with a divided soul: on one side, a record of humanistic Enlightenment philosophy and modern art unrivalled by any other nation; on t...
Op-eds
Interview with Stephen Schwartz
By Katie Bacon What misunderstandings about Islam do you most want to correct with this book? First, I want Westerners to get over their fears. Second, I want to correct the mis...