University of Pennsylvania

October 16, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

One Day in October

A year after Hamas invaded Israel, anti-Zionists bay for more massacres

December 10, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran regime attacks ‘Zionist lobby’ in US over campus disputes

This appears to be a reaction by the Iran regime to the US Congress focusing on antisemitism at major US universities.

November 16, 2021 | Graham Kennis, Laura Bate, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Agile Multilateralism Is Needed to Address Cybercrime Safe Havens

With the Treasury Department’s announcement of sanctions against the cryptocurrency exchange SUEX and the 30-nation summit led by the White House, the past few weeks have served as a reminder that in...

August 13, 2021 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Natalie Thompson

What the U.S. Competition and Innovation Act Gets Right About Standards

International technical standards set the foundation for the billions of digital devices that people worldwide rely on. The standards ensure that mobile devices produced in China can connect to Swedish...

June 15, 2021 | Natalie Thompson, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Strengthening U.S. Engagement in International Standards Bodies

Read full report Summary Technical standards underpin the functioning of digital devices central to everyday life. What might, at first glance, seem to be a wonky, technical process for figuring out things...

November 15, 2017 | Clifford D. May |

Came the revolution

My political orientation has evolved slowly over decades. With one exception: I became anti-Soviet and anti-Communist overnight. More quickly than that, actually. The year was 1972. I wa...

January 2, 2014 | Clifford D. May |

Jesus of Palestine?

The members of the American Studies Association care deeply about historical truth, which is why they protested so strenuously when, over Christmas, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas...

January 30, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer Philadelphia Inquirer |

Point Counterpoint: Anti-Israeli Agenda Expected at Penn Conference

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a complex issue, one that deserves serious scholarship and open, civil debate. Expect to see none of that next weekend on the campus of the University of Penns...

September 30, 2010 | World Defense Review

A Subtle, But Significant, Shift in U.S. Somali Policy Opens the Door to Realism

Last Friday, speaking in New York to reporters one day after attending a major meeting on Somalia chaired by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the margins of the 65th session the Un...

January 29, 2010 | American Bar Association

Amici Curiae Brief for Samantar v. Yousuf

Dr. j. Peter Pham Former Somali General Mohamed Ali Samantar was defense minister and vice president (1980-1986) and, once the post was revived, prime minister (1987-1990) under Somalia&...

October 1, 2006 | Clifford D. May The American Spectator

Myths of War: The Ten Most Widely Believed Distortions About the Global Conflict Now Underway

Co-Authored with Alykhan Velshi Ronald Reagan once said: “It’s not that liberals are ignorant, it’s just that they know so much that isn’t true.&rdquo...

May 4, 2005 | Clifford D. May |

Kofi’s Break

Kofi Annan is not a crook. Or, to be more precise, the United Nations Secretary-General has not been convicted of criminal activity. It is possible that the investigations now underway w...