If I’ve ever seen a single sentence that spells disaster in the Middle East it’s this one… Continue reading
Countries may vary, but civilization is one, and for a nation to progress, it must take part in this one civilization… Continue reading
When a delegation of Syrian Kurdish rebels recently visited Washington DC, the State Department met them to ask for a favor. What was it?… Continue reading
Israel is going to have elections on September 4 and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will almost certainly win by a big margin… Continue reading
Since there is so much bad policy on the Middle East to critique and since there’s no hope of the Obama Administration listening to alternative strategies… Continue reading
President Barack Obama hasn’t changed but the situation has, in part due to his actions… Continue reading
Five months ago, I wrote how the U.S. government collaborated in creating an anti-American, Islamist-dominated leadership for the Syrian revolution. This leadership group failed immediately. Now it is collapsing openly… Continue reading
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has just completed a well-timed visit to Washington… Continue reading
Tehran this week hardened its nuclear and military policies in defiance of tougher sanctions and ahead of international nuclear talks… Continue reading
One of the principal beneficiaries of the Arab uprisings has been Al Jazeera television… Continue reading
As U.S. military operations in Afghanistan drag on inconclusively, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the Taliban insurgency is gaining ground… Continue reading
In the last 24 hours, the approach of international talks with Iran on its nuclear program has escalated already high tensions over the issue between the Obama administration and the Israeli government… Continue reading
Presidential candidate Ron Paul has said repeatedly that Iranians hate America because of its role in the 1953 coup overthrowing Prime Minister Muhammad Mossadegh… Continue reading
I don’t think one could come up with a more teachable moment regarding international affairs… Continue reading
I feel guilty every day that I don’t write about Syria’s revolution… Continue reading
How can U.S. government officials believe such silly and wrong things about the Middle East… Continue reading
The Obama Administration seems to believe that merely repeating endlessly that they support Israel and its security… Continue reading
Here’s an effort to bring together all of Obama’s regional policy into a single analysis and explaining everything… Continue reading
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta gave us a clear picture of the Obama administration’s view of the region… Continue reading
At the time of the Bush administration… Continue reading
On November 28, Egyptians will vote for a parliament which will also write the country’s new constitution… Continue reading
Few realize how U.S. policy at the start of the radical Islamist era in Middle East history parallels that… Continue reading
Does this sound too extreme and alarmist?… Continue reading
They claim to be protecting the country from Islamic fundamentalists, who appear likely to capture a plurality of seats in parliament… Continue reading
The New York Times and BBC headlines on the Tunisian elections tell us it is a victory for “moderate Islamists”… Continue reading
Remember that Hillary Clinton ad about it being the early morning hours and the phone’s ringing in the White House… Continue reading
ABC News has broken a story about the disruption of a major Iran-backed terrorist plot to stage an attack on U.S. soil… Continue reading
Christians are fleeing the Middle East and Western Christians are indifferent… Continue reading
On the front lines there are a lot of them, they are jihadists, dangerous, militant in their beliefs… Continue reading
The Obama administration finally acknowledged that al Qaeda elements had been fighting in Libyan rebel ranks in last week’s capture of Tripoli… Continue reading
After months of rebellion in Syria and heavy repression there, the Obama Administration has finally called for the downfall of… Continue reading
I ask you to explore with me how the downfall of a great power is encapsulated in this passage… Continue reading
There’s a real war going on with real massive human rights’ violations, real massacres, and real alternatives at stake… Continue reading
Nabil Shaath has given a fascinating and insightful interview that is well worth analyzing… Continue reading
Two weeks ago, a motley group of youngish people set up a “tent city” in the high-end Tel Aviv Rothschild Boulevard to protest the… Continue reading
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