Clare M. Lopez

Clare M. Lopez


  • May 23, 2012

    The Folly of Sanctions on Iran

    Disastrously misplaced confidence that the West can understand and even influence the behavior of these adversaries in ways that will deter them from acts hostile to U.S., Western, and international interests.

  • March 27, 2012

    Iran-Hezb'allah: 'They Already Hit the Homeland 10½ Years Ago'

    The terror team -- Iran, Hezb'allah, and al-Qaeda -- has been at war with the U.S. for decades, despite the inexplicable unwillingness of American leadership to acknowledge that what we face is indeed an enemy alliance.

  • December 14, 2011

    Islamic World Tells Clinton: Defamation of Islam Must be Prevented -- in America

    As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomes Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu to Washington this week, it is critical that Americans pay attention to what these two leaders intend to do.

  • November 14, 2011

    Grover Norquist and the Iran Lobby

    As Washington's Iran policy is in shambles, Americans should not forget the inside the Beltway pressure from the "Iran Lobby" advocates, including the support for their activities from Republican activist Grover Norquist.

  • February 15, 2009

    Hamas Vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine

    As a new American administration takes office promising renewal of the Middle East 'peace process,' and Israel looks to national elections in February 2009, the Palestinians have no real government at all.

  • February 22, 2007

    Iran's Revolutionary Guards ARE the Regime

    When President Bush recently answered a reporter's question about Iranian shipments to Iraq of lethal explosive devices, he was very careful to avoid assigning direct responsibility to the highest levels of the clerical regime. He needn't have been.