Syria Spillover: The Growing Threat of Terrorism and Sectarianism in the Middle East
Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Corker, and distinguished members of the committee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies,it is a...
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Qatar Lite: The Mideast Maverick May Be Retreating
The Middle East’s most provocative, profligate microstate seems to be entering a more subdued stage. In a development Qatar’s neighbors should try to expand, the country’s new e...
Op-eds
Frustration with Qatar Adds to GCC Security Dispute
In a striking new development, the governments of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday said they were withdrawing their ambassadors from Qatar. In a joint statement, th...
Op-eds
The Disinformation Age
Walter Cronkite, the great CBS anchorman from 1962 to 1981, was called “the most trusted man in America” — and polling supported that claim. He’d conclude his CBS Even...
Op-eds
The ‘Devil’ We Know
Anti-Semitism has transformed itself over the past two decades into a global scourge, as a resurgent movement of lethal Jew-hatred has led to murders in Europe and elsewhere. According to Daniel...
Op-eds
Qatar’s Strategy in Syria
Qatar seeks to turn its newfound energy riches into political power by tapping the strength of...
Policy Briefs
Qatar Journalism
Al Jazeera America launched last week. The new television station features such broadcast luminaries as Soledad O’Brien, Joie Chen, Sheila MacVicar, John Seigentha...
Op-eds
The New Muslim Generation
A month ago, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki was asked whether the Taliba...
Op-eds
From Al Gore to Al Jazeera
A shorter distance than one might have hoped.
Op-eds
Al Gore’s Al Jazeera Sellout
It was July 18th, 2008, the birthday of Samir Kuntar, and so Al Jazeera naturally had a birthday celebration. Fortuitously, Kuntar had been...
Op-eds
Secretary Clinton and ‘Real Democracy’ in the Middle East
“The era of Big Government is over!” I could not get President Bill Clinton’s famous declaration out of my...
Op-eds
Stay Out of Syria
A response to Clifford D. May.
Op-eds
The Battle of Syria
Assad’s survival would be a victory for Iran – and a defeat for the U.S.
Op-eds
Romney’s Syria Problem
His support for “opposition groups” is misplaced.
Op-eds
Western Sharia
Muslim supremacists partner with the Lawyer Left.
Op-eds
The New Palestinian Strategy
One word went unspoken in an interview President Barack Obama gave to journalist Jeffrey Goldberg in late February. In their 45-minute discussion, devoted exclusively to the subject of Israel, th...
Op-eds
Syria Debate: I Didn’t Miss the Totalitarian Angle; I Wrote the Book On It
There is not much with which to argue in Michael’s last salvo, but I do think I’m entitled to...
Op-eds
Releasing the Blind Sheikh?
It is too early to tell, but not too early to be very worried.
Op-eds
‘Islam Is Islam, And That’s It’
The Arab Spring was not hijacked
Op-eds
FDD In The News
Iran and the Myth of the Pro-Regime Backlash Emanuele Ottolenghi – The Wall Street Journal Would a U.S. military strike against Iran kill anti-regime sentiment inside the...