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May 7, 2024
Entering Rafah on Yom HaShoahThe Biden administration would do well to remember what ‘Never Again’ really means, and respect how Israel is implementing it.
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December 28, 2023
Operation Prosperity GuardianAttacks both verbal and military by Iran and its proxies have ramped up since the Hamas atrocities against Israel on October 7.
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August 26, 2023
Niger and El Salvador: More in Common Than One Might ThinkThe U.S. approaches them both from the wrong end.
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June 10, 2023
WHO is running the clubWhen countries with no obligations — financial, moral, or other — get together to denounce countries on a different and better trajectory, the United States should reconsider its financial and political support.
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February 2, 2023
Predicting and preparing for warGen. Michael A. Minihan is getting some flak for his remarks on possible war with China. Here's what he really said.
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January 27, 2023
Where The U.S. and Israel Make Common CauseThe American military establishment has not allowed debate over Israel's domestic politics interfere with its national security mission.
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December 2, 2022
How Long Do They Get to be Wrong?Threatening Israel will not make the failed “two-state” policies of the past 35 years succeed.
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October 14, 2022
Biden Deflects to Saudi ArabiaThe actual cause of the Saudi decision to cut production in the face of Biden administration begging for an increase is Biden administration policy.
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April 27, 2022
Between the Scylla of the PA and the Charybdis of HamasAs Israel sails between Scylla and Charybdis, from Jerusalem’s point of view, better Scylla.
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March 24, 2022
Regional Architecture and the Middle EastA new regional architecture consisting of Israel and the Gulf Arab states and centered on opposing Iran appears to be emerging in the Middle East.
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January 26, 2022
The US will never stop violence in the Middle East until it gets tough on IranWhat good does condemning the Houthis as terrorists do as long as Iran remains free to sponsor them?
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January 13, 2022
'If/Then' is no Policy for Dealing with RussiaThe U.S. and NATO have embarked on a policy of wish-fulfillment as regards Putin.
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December 29, 2021
Are Russia and Israel cooperating under the radar in Syria?A Russia-Israel condominium of interest has long been working in Syria. It may be beginning to pay off.
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December 3, 2021
Tehran Seeks a 'Better Deal'For all practical purposes, Iran wants its cheating legitimized.
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November 10, 2021
People Don't Want to be ColdThat is not surprising to anyone but, perhaps, the U.S. president.
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October 12, 2021
The foreign minister’s visitCan Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid accomplish anything in Biden's Washington?
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September 2, 2021
Three Takeaways from Afghanistan for Us at HomeA disastrous military defeat is not necessarily permanent or even precedent-setting.
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July 23, 2021
Why are we bailing out the terrorism-supporting Palestinians?U.S. policy appears disinclined to honestly assess the culpability of Palestinian leadership in their people's misery. Just throw money.
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May 20, 2021
Withholding Weapons from Israel Makes the US WeakWe've seen this stupid strategy before. It failed then, and it will fail now.
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April 3, 2021
Talking Won’t Solve the Iran ProblemObama was fleeced in the bazaar and Biden is currently throwing away any leverage remaining from the “maximum sanctions regime” that had constricted Iran’s ability to spend money on nefarious activities.
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January 22, 2021
The Problem Isn’t in Palestinian NumbersJoe Biden wants to guarantee Mideast "peace" by supporting Palestinian terrorism.
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May 27, 2020
Open Skies: The Cassette Deck of TreatiesPresident Donald Trump has notified the parties that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Open Skies treaty, effective in six months.
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May 7, 2020
Is Iran Going Home?For the first time since the Syrian war began, Israeli defense officials see Iran appearing to finally back out of that country.
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April 17, 2020
Remember Federalism? COVID-19 Takes us BackThe coronavirus crisis underlines the virtues of federalism.
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March 30, 2020
Planning for 'Peace' in AfghanistanWhat is the American objective in Afghanistan? It is to get the United States out of the middle of the Afghan civil war.
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March 28, 2020
Sanctions in a time of PandemicThe Islamic Republic of Iran is fighting the Wuhan virus with its usual obfuscation, lies, denials, and accusations.
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January 25, 2020
Righteous Anger vs. Politics as UsualFrom Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon, where parts of a whole are coming undone, to Hong Kong to Puerto Rico to France and Venezuela, people are mad as hell.
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October 13, 2019
Trump's Foreign Policy: Less Military, More MoneyThe administration's mix could use some rebalancing, but "follow the money" is still not a bad way to go.
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September 1, 2019
The Shiite Crescent and Regional DisasterThe Shiite Crescent is, for Iran, a single battlefront and the Islamic Republic has spent decades successfully exploiting it.
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May 16, 2019
Orbán at the White HouseWhat should the United States make of resurging nationalism in Eastern Europe?
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March 30, 2019
The Gaza Rebellion as the Arab SpringUnable to come to terms either with Israel’s existence or with the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, Gaza is a pit of its own making
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February 17, 2019
A Palestinian Terrorist Too Brutal for FatahIn the world of the Palestinian Authority, everyone is a soldier, and every day is wartime.
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January 24, 2019
Finally Signs of Hope for Venezuela?President Trump is leading the countries of the Western Hemisphere – with a few disgraceful exceptions – in denouncing Maduro's socialist paradise.
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January 13, 2019
Israel's Sovereignty on the Golan Heights: Why Now?It has been almost 52 years since Syria lost the Golan Heights. How long is Israel required to wait?
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December 21, 2018
Trump Declares Victory in Syria Too SoonThe president will live to regret this ill advised act.
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November 28, 2018
The Russians and the Kerch Bridge: What Would Reagan Do?In his foreign policy, Donald Trump is proving himself more Reaganesque every day.
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August 29, 2018
Taking an Axe to 'Peace Processing'In the new game, the Palestinians have something to lose – the sine qua non of successful negotiations.
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July 11, 2018
Wrecking NATOThe NATO countries are, indeed, among America’s closest allies, but some of them appear more interested in oil, natural gas, and trade with Iran than in the Fulda Gap.
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May 25, 2018
Making the Iranians MadIt is not the obligation of any country to pursue its adversary's endgame rather than its own.
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March 23, 2018
Never Again?Does "never again" apply just to the Jewish people, or should it apply to everyone?
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January 31, 2018
No Breaks for IsraelAs the shape of the Syrian war changes, Israel faces new strategic challenges.
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December 7, 2017
A Down Payment for PeaceThe U.S. can clearly state the way forward for the Palestinians: they have to make a down payment on peace with Israel.
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November 15, 2017
The Middle East's Problems Are Really Our ProblemsDecades of U.S. Middle East policy, up to this very day, can be described only as "split-brained."
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October 15, 2017
Palestinian Reconciliation: To What End?All this is is a rock negotiating with a hard place, with Israel in between.
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October 10, 2017
How Naked Is the Iranian Emperor?It should be clear that the JCPOA nuclear "agreement" did not moderate Iran's ambitions – nuclear or otherwise – and pretending will not make it so.
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August 25, 2017
Egypt, America's Ally in the Larger WarNothing should suit the United States more than to find Egypt working to ensure that Iran does not have a permanent hold on Syria.
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August 15, 2017
Where is Israel?Without some understanding of where the Palestinians see Israel, how can anyone hope to understand where the Palestinians see Palestine?
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August 10, 2017
Lebanon Is an Outpost of IranThe United States persists in treating Lebanon as if it were a country. Nope. Not the case.
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July 27, 2017
It's about SovereigntyIsrael is now paying the price for behaving decently toward Muslims.
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July 19, 2017
Another lopsided trade: Israel compromises, Palestinians keep everythingThis is what The New York Times calls "a good story." Not exactly.
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June 23, 2017
Does Trump Get the Israel-Arab Problem?If the Trump administration believes that the goal is "peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians," it is in for disappointment.
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June 17, 2017
Straight talk and Palestinian 'intent'The president can take steps to get the Palestinians to do the right thing, but can he (and we) trust them when they say they're doing it?
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June 9, 2017
How Trump Got Liberals to Embrace FederalismIf cities or states or businesses want to abide by Paris Accord-type environmental regulations, more power to them.
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June 1, 2017
The Accumulation of VibrationsThe international dam of denial concerning the Palestinian role in terrorism may be about to burst.
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May 24, 2017
Saffie Rose Russos, British terror victim, and the presidentJihadist terror is no longer controllable at the source. Stopping it is going to take more than just Saudi promises.
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May 18, 2017
The President Goes to IsraelThe president’s visit to the holiest site in the Jewish world is an exclamation point.
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April 10, 2017
Punishment as Foreign PolicyA successful policy will have tactical goals that fit into a larger strategic picture.
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March 19, 2017
The Opposite of a Two-State Solution Is Not One StateThe so-called "two-state solution," to subdivide the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea between independent Israel and independent Palestine, fails the tests of logic and history.
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February 15, 2017
Making Policy in the New AdministrationThe Trump administration might consider three priorities for American behavior – political, economic, and military.
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December 27, 2016
UN Resolution 242: The Linchpin of Israel’s SecurityLast week’s passage of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334 erases previous U.N. guarantees.
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November 2, 2016
Lebanon's Government and Iran's VictoryIran's Shiite Crescent has become a reality with an Iranian victory in Lebanon's election.
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August 27, 2016
Biden speaks in Turkey. Ouch.The U.S. is in a tight spot, mostly of its own making, as regards relations with post-coup attempt Turkey. And Vice President Joe Biden just made it tighter, slandering Americans in the process.
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August 20, 2016
What Outcome do we Seek in Syria?Whether temporary or serving longer term Russian interests, the increasing breadth and capability of the Russian military in the Middle East presents problems for the United States.
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August 5, 2016
Iran: Follow the MoneyThe same government that imprisons Western citizens is the one complaining because Western banks won't do business with it.
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July 9, 2016
Why Not Zero?If Barack Obama can't give our troops a militarily achievable mission, the correct number to have in any Middle Eastern country isn't 8,400.
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June 23, 2016
Funding Israel’s Missile Defense -- and America’sContra the Obama administration, Israel -- and the U.S. -- will need cooperative missile defense programs for the foreseeable future.
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May 13, 2016
Israel as a Security Asset – for EveryoneInvestments in Israeli defense and defense industries will pay dividends in the United States and to our NATO allies.
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May 3, 2016
Reversing Israel on the Golan HeightsIt is only the Israeli part of the Golan that transfixes the UN.
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March 17, 2016
Russia Leaves Syria: Not Every War is a QuagmireThe Obama administration has created a series of half-in, half-out military and political situations that have brought chaos to the Middle East.
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March 3, 2016
French Diplomacy on 'Palestine' Will Run AgroundFrance is proposing to lead the Middle East Quartet on a new foray into Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy. It's a ready-made disaster.
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January 24, 2016
Iran Trade: The Deal on BalanceOn balance, the deal stinks for the United States, the Iranian people, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and all who worry about Iranian ambitions in the Middle East and beyond.
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January 9, 2016
The Next Stage of the WarThe Saudis fear a future without an American security umbrella, particularly as Iran rises to fill the American void.
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December 23, 2015
It's not about 'Muslims', it's about TerrorPlots against symbols of American military, law, justice, and governance have had a cumulative impact on the psyche of Americans.
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December 2, 2015
'Tactical Patience,' 'Zero Casualties' and Still no GoalU.S. tactics against ISIS prolong the war with more attendant suffering for those in the war zone.
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November 17, 2015
<em>Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite</em>There are modern rules and there are medieval rules; there are tolerant rulers and intolerant rulers. There is our side of the great divide and there is their side.
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November 4, 2015
Could the destroyed Russian plane be jihadi payback?ISIS alone probably could not have pulled it off...but ISIS may have a partner.
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October 9, 2015
What Goes Around, Goes AroundAmericans like their history linear and their enemies well-defined. But it isn’t, and they aren’t.
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September 30, 2015
Hitler or Stalin? The Case for ChoosingWe're going to have to pick a side in the Middle East. Better get on with it.
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July 9, 2015
Pristine War and Zero CasualtiesWar is, by its nature, ugly. There are some agreed-upon rules and there are some countries that make their own rules.
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June 30, 2015
Congress Knows Everything the Administration KnowsUnder the circumstances, it can’t be said that President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry are unaware of the potential downsides of a bad deal.
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June 16, 2015
A Middle East 'Complete Strategy'? To What End?The debate over sending more American troops to Iraq, and in what capacity, flows in a vacuum -- not a vacuum of strategy, but the absence of articulated goals to which strategy can be applied.
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May 15, 2015
Christians in the Middle East: Sometimes it isn't About IsraelThe Vatican needs to worry about Christians in the region and can't talk to ISIS or Syria or Iran, so it chose the “State of Palestine” to take a stand for the “essential life of the Church.”
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May 9, 2015
Iran Has Red Lines -- Too Bad the U.S. Doesn'tThe Iranians are negotiating a deal to ensure they can continue their nuclear program; transfer nuclear knowhow to whoever they wish; continue their missile program; continue to arm/train/support terrorist organizations; and receive immediate, total and irreversible sanctions relief.
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April 29, 2015
The U.S. is there 'when it matters,' right?When it comes to relying on the U.S., the Marshall Islands and Israel appear to have something in common now.
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April 21, 2015
40 Years from SaigonVietnam represented a change in the American security dynamic for the protection of friends and the defeat of adversaries, but the application of useful policy lessons is hard to find.
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February 27, 2015
NYPD had it Right a Long Time AgoPop quiz: How can the threat of radical jihadists be countered?
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February 23, 2015
The U.S.-Israel Divide on IranWith the American “red line” being nuclear weapons, not capability, the negotiated option with Iran has become a non-starter from the Israeli point of view.
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January 30, 2015
The U.S. as 'Pindostan'That's what Vladimir Putin and the Russians are calling us. And it's not a compliment.
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January 24, 2015
Iran Doesn't Need Nuclear WeaponsObama's focus on nuclear weapons later rather than current Iranian behavior at home and abroad is helpful to mullahs.
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January 4, 2015
Back in Iraq: What Happened to AfPak?Pakistan has fallen off the Obama administration's foreign policy radar. It wasn't supposed to be like this.
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December 21, 2014
Cuba and the 'State of Palestine'Two darlings of Europe and (liberal) America – two destroyers of human rights.
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October 17, 2014
Chemical Weapons Revelations in the Middle EastTwo chemical weapons-related stories this week should be considered separate, not necessarily interchangeable, parts of a whole.
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October 10, 2014
Yemen, Iraq, Syria, and KobaniKobani and what it represents appear doomed – to America’s shame.
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September 23, 2014
'Every War Must End'The American people rightly want to know under what conditions and with what allies their sons and daughters will be sent to the Middle East again.
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September 12, 2014
We Already Built an Iraqi Army Once, Now What?Building them a second one -- or Syrian rebels a first one -- under markedly less controlled circumstances is even less likely to succeed.
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August 15, 2014
The "Disengaged" President Punishes IsraelThe administration’s intention to punish Israel’s self-defense against Hamas rockets and tunnels is entirely clear.
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August 13, 2014
End the Arab-Israel WarThe president and his minions need a quick course in the modern history of the Middle East.
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July 28, 2014
Why a Gaza Cease Fire Doesn't HelpIsrael has became responsible for protecting civilians on both sides.
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July 10, 2014
How Does Israel End Up the Bad Guy?The Arabs, the international media, and Western governments speak as one to blame the victim.
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July 2, 2014
A Requiem for Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar, Naftali Fraenkel, and Mohammed KarakaIn the end, the IDF couldn’t find the boys before Hamas decided it had better cut its losses, toss the bodies and abandon the effort.
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May 8, 2014
Hamas tells Israel, 'No Hope'Hamas either really believes in the destruction of Israel, or puts out a pretty good facsimile thereof.
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April 30, 2014
Zero-Sum SufferingSympathy used up on the Holocaust means less for Palestinians in the territories.
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April 12, 2014
How the U.S. Went Wrong and WhyThe common thread in the Obama administration's foreign-policy disasters is hubris, the supreme confidence that what you think is what everyone thinks -- they’re just waiting for you to show up.
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March 30, 2014
Where Did the Peace Process Go?John Kerry and Barack Obama have managed to alienate both Israel and the Palestinians at the same time, so they don’t want to talk about it.
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March 20, 2014
What's Happening to the Internet?American abandonment of DNS and ICANN is yet another indication that President Obama is willing to trust the “international community” to do the right things.
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March 3, 2014
America Speaks... and Who Cares?Obama and Kerry believe that the U.S. can retain influence without power. Putin, Maliki, Assad, Rouhani, and Abbas beg to differ.
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February 27, 2014
Waking Up to Defense CutsIf you're feeling snowed by the increasingly quick decline in America's military muscle, it's February and the snow is not metaphorical
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January 28, 2014
Seeing What isn't ThereJohn Kerry wouldn't be the first one to see things in the Middle East.
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January 26, 2014
Be Angry with the Iranians, Mr. President, and YourselfRather than throw fits about "Jewish activism in Congress," Barack Obama and John Kerry should be upset with an Iran that flouts them at every turn.
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January 16, 2014
Egypt: It's Not a Democracy, but It's Not Nothing, EitherWarning: The following isn't nice.
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January 11, 2014
Destroying Syrian Chemicals at Sea'If you like your coastline, you can keep your coastline.'
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December 27, 2013
An 'Objects' Lesson from SyriaAnti-Semitic governments should not have the privilege of being the curators of the history of people they despised.
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December 18, 2013
Listening to the PalestiniansJohn Kerry assumes that the Palestinian bottom line would be independence, money and a wedge between the U.S. and Israel.
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November 7, 2013
Egypt Turning to the Russians? Not so FastIt is better to be the 'ineffectual' United States than to be Russia 'fighting on the wrong side.'
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October 24, 2013
The Confluence of Events in SyriaWill the Free Syrian army try to broker a deal with Assad?
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October 20, 2013
We're Talking (While They're Acting)The United States has "negotiated" its way into a host of global calamities. But talk about talking continues.
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September 20, 2013
Jews, Germans, and Poison GasThe lessons of the Holocaust for Germany may have been broad but not deep.
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September 11, 2013
While we Wait: the Real Lesson of IraqAs the Obama Administration tries to salvage a diplomatic deal, Iraq should be uppermost in the President's mind.
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September 9, 2013
On Syria: Americans are War-Wary, Not WearyThough there is certainly some weariness as well.
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August 20, 2013
The Triumph of Illusion in the Middle EastThe United States has the Palestinian model from which to work: when a violent, dictatorial organization tells you its goals and means, believe them.
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August 1, 2013
Fixing PalestineThe Israeli-Palestiinian "peace talks" aren't actually about what the American sponsors claim that they're about.
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July 30, 2013
Paying in AdvanceIsraeli and Palestine requirements for a settlement remain in conflict -- and always will.
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July 25, 2013
Agitating for an American War in SyriaNot with Syria, necessarily, but definitely in it.
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June 29, 2013
Russian Troubles in Syria, and OursThe Bear has gotten stuck in the Syrian tar pit -- along with a number of other states.
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June 23, 2013
Abandoning Vietnam, er, AfghanistanAs a centurion once put it: " if we should leave our bleached bones on these desert sands in vain, then beware the anger of the legions.."
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June 17, 2013
People, Privacy, and FearAmericans appear to have made a balanced assessment of the NSA scandal. Is that a good thing?
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June 5, 2013
Wissam Allouche and the Touchy Problems of ImmigrationImmigraton policy is full of holes as it is -- so why not poke in a few more?
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May 26, 2013
Hezb'allah: A Chicken on the EU Terror ListIt's not complicated. Think KKK with Kiddie Kare. Would you fund it?
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May 10, 2013
Mistaking Cause and Effect in SyriaAs long as the Arab war against Israel war goes on, Israel is entitled -- required -- to defend its people. And if that complicates life for the United States, so be it.
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April 23, 2013
The Secretary's EpiphanyWhat's making Chuck Hagel so uncharacteristically kind to Israel this week?
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April 19, 2013
Shut That Window of Opportunity, PleaseIf the "two-state solution" window has been closing for over a decade, did it ever really exist in the first place?
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April 16, 2013
Happy Birthday, IsraelNo matter which way you count the birthdays, Israel is remarkable.
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April 6, 2013
What Do We Want Done in Syria?The bloodshed in Syria could have been curtailed through mutual action by the U.S. and Russia. Too bad Obama didn't know how.
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March 15, 2013
Israel has a Government, Mr. PresidentThe Jewish state is as complex and intricate a political entity as any on the planet. Is Obama capable of recognizing that fact?
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March 13, 2013
Training Syrian Rebels to Conquer Golan Heights and Shoot Down Israeli AircraftNo, they don't say it quite like that. But for all intents and purposes, that's what the Obama administration is doing.
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February 25, 2013
Secretary Kerry's Maiden SpeechSecretary of State John Kerry made two really important mistakes in his maiden speech, delivered to a fawning audience of American university students.
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February 19, 2013
Obama at RamallahAre unhappy Palestinians going to be pleased with U.S. support for their dictator on behalf of Israel? Will they be encouraged to support Hamas and its rejection of both the U.S. and the Jewish State?
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February 11, 2013
What Happens When the Government Tells the TruthThere's a sickening contrast between the Obama administration's "White Paper" authorizing the killing of American citizens and the complete fiasco of Benghazi as we now know it.
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January 31, 2013
Chuck Hagel at J Street: Mediocre BoilerplateChuck Hagel had no idea in 2009 what was going on in the Middle East (though he pretended otherwise). Does he have any idea now?
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January 30, 2013
The President's Wars and Women in CombatIt is unsurprising that a president who sees war primarily as "whack-a-mole" with drones would believe that women belong in all phases of combat.
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January 17, 2013
We're Leaving Now; The Wars RemainPresident Obama wants his legacy to be "winding down" America's wars in and bringing American troops home. He is doing that, but at the same time leavinbg unresolved conflicts that will enable al Qaeda to thrive and grow.
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January 13, 2013
The Strange Arrest of Zaki al-SakaniAl-Sakani is still wanted in Israel, but he will serve his time, apparently, in a Hamas prison. How did this happen?
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January 10, 2013
Where the Pressure Lies in the Middle EastAs Fatah struggles for relevance, King Abdullah of Jordan tries to play to all sides (including Israel).
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January 7, 2013
What to Do About a CoupAs Venezuela hurtles toward a probable constitutional crisis if Hugo Chavez dies, the signs are very ominous about an Obama administration response.
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December 29, 2012
'Carnage in Schedule Two'Is Israel a "schedule one" country and Syria a "schedule two"? Looking at a prescient piece in The Guardian from 1982.
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December 4, 2012
Back to Being a 'Sh**ty Little Country'Israel is again, in the immortal words of Daniel Bernard, a sh**ty little country.
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November 30, 2012
Why Treat Sudan Like a Normal Country?From the perspective of American national interests, lack of effective action to remove Omar Hssan al-Bashir and his lieutenants allows Iran to vastly expand its conventional reach and encourage endless warfare in Sudan and neighboring states.
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November 21, 2012
The Commander in Chief's Lack of Military AwarenessAs the IDF does what it must, Americans should be concerned that their commander in chief so profoundly misunderstands what soldiers do and why they do it.
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November 7, 2012
The Enemy of my Enemy in DamascusNowhere in the Arab Middle East has the United States created a government that shares our values, despite the investment of billions of dollars, millions of person-hours, and the lives of thousands of brave American soldiers.
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October 31, 2012
Leaving No One BehindCould the President of the United States really have said that "Americans leave nobody behind?" Did he really have the nerve to use the words that soldiers use to reassure themselves that their comrades will do everything they can to support them?
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October 28, 2012
Having your Soldiers' BackSupport for our troops means more than yellow ribbons, prayers and "gestures of kindness" to the families.
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October 24, 2012
Will the U.S. Take On the Russians to Take Out Assad?The demise of Bashar Assad's regime is a compelling interest of the United States. But then there's Russia to consider.
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October 22, 2012
What to Do with SanctionsWhen it comes to international sanctions, the optimism lies largely in the belief that the next round, a bigger round, a better round, a tighter round will be the round that works. It won't.
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October 4, 2012
Rethinking Palestine 2012The Oslo Accords, negotiated without U.S. participation and signed in 1993, were founded on the mistaken belief that Palestinians and Israelis were trying to solve the same problem.
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September 25, 2012
Obama in Denial on the War against AmericaPresident Obama said, "The tide of war is receding." Wrong yet again. The tide of war is advancing as the United States withdraws troops and influence, as acts of war escalate against us in the Middle East.
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September 20, 2012
Does AP stand for 'Associated Propaganda'?It is willful propaganda to continue to insist that a snippet of garbage from a private citizen is responsible for what American officials knew perfectly well was organized guerrilla warfare against the United States.
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September 13, 2012
Mrs. Clinton and American SensibilitiesSecretary Clinton has an unfortunate habit of trying to ingratiate herself with Muslims who can't seem to control themselves.
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September 9, 2012
Relying on US IntelligenceIsrael, the designated target of Iran's wrath, would be derelict in its duty to its citizens to rely on the work of the American intelligence
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September 6, 2012
President Obama's Tin EarThe troops have a firmer grasp on the present than does the President.
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September 1, 2012
Russia, Unfortunately, Being RussiaBefore the pundits start telling you the Romney campaign stepped into a time-warp on the subject of Russia, it's worth considering that Russia is asserting its interests the way large, dictatorial, and resource-rich countries do.
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August 25, 2012
South African BDS - or Just BS?A government that just shot and killed 34 of its own citizens for protesting over pay presumes to decide what Israel's borders should be.
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August 20, 2012
'Cooling off Israel' and Riling up AmericansSeriously preparing Americans for the possibility of American intervention in Iran as an American national security interest would have the salutary effect?
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August 16, 2012
Is Hillary Clueless or Cavalier? Neither HelpsSecretary of State Clinton seems not to understand that for many governments, problems don't get "worked out"; they get bludgeoned.
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August 14, 2012
Standard Chartered Bank and Iran. Yawn?The banking equivalent of pornography. So much for Western solidarity on the big issues.
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August 10, 2012
Rise Up and Die: Hillary Clinton on Aleppo in FebruaryIf Secretary of State Clinton didn't mean to help the people of Aleppo, she shouldn't have encouraged them to rise up and die.
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August 9, 2012
The beginning of accountability in Egypt?What Israel told Egypt, the Egyptian blogger who broke the story, and who got fired. Israel is watching with some satisfaction. The revolution may, in fact, not be over.
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August 7, 2012
Obama Trying to Buy Allies in Syrian RevolutionAnother case of trying to buy influence among people we don't know and expecting that they will later behave in ways that suit us. Buying influence or buying trouble?
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August 1, 2012
The Palestinian Culture of Slapping IsraelWhy the Palestinians don't develop economically.
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July 29, 2012
Palestinian Financial Crisis LoomsThe Palestinians are at war with Israel and wars have consequences.
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July 26, 2012
Back to the U.S.-Israel FutureA few basic principles will serve Mitt Romney well in his upcoming visit to Israel.
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July 3, 2012
When Everything's Been SaidOfficial Washington is watching and talking as a problem that affects us militarily, politically, and economically unfolds in a manner both predictable and predicted.
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June 24, 2012
Staying Out of SyriaHere are the questions on Syria: what is the American obligation? What is the American interest? What is the American capability?
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June 10, 2012
Facing the Brutal Reality of American Syrian PolicyThe wailing over Syria has reached fever pitch. Sadly for Syrian people, the one thing that does not by itself constitute an American strategic imperative is carnage.
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June 3, 2012
The ICG Rethinking the "Peace Process"One could be forgiven for thinking that current strategies to ensure peace between Israel and the Palestinians are not working.
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June 1, 2012
Military Exercises and Political CorrectnessWhat is the United States doing sharing military skills with Egypt, Pakistan, and Lebanon, those paragons of anti-democratic values and bastions of anti-Americanism?
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May 18, 2012
Why is the U.S. doing Special Ops exercise with Egypt and Pakistan?Snubbing Israel in favor of the Muslim Brotherhood?
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May 11, 2012
The Rights of Indigenous People and the Rest of UsIn early 2011, President Obama announced that the United States would sign the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Now the U.N. wants us to give Mt. Rushmore to the Indians.
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May 8, 2012
The New Israeli Coalition and the Elephant in the Cabinet RoomRarely do politics in a democratic country wrap up as neatly as they did for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week.
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April 30, 2012
Lessons from the Fall of SaigonThe 37th anniversary of the fall of Saigon today is a good time to review the utility of American security promises -- including those purchased with American blood -- to countries fighting ideologically based insurgencies.
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April 17, 2012
Mystery Ship to Syria Raises QuestionsThe weekend report of a German-owned, Ukrainian-chartered ship carrying weapons to Syria should raise questions and alarm bells.
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April 15, 2012
Between War and a Warm EmbraceA lick of historicism would serve the Obama administration well in its much-too-friendly relationship with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and other manifestations of the Arab uprising.
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April 1, 2012
What's on That Ship, and Where Is It Going?Why did Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waive requirements that would have stopped arms shipment to the Muslim Brotherhood-controlled government of Egypt?
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March 29, 2012
Obama's 'Space' for RussiaPresident Obama's latest kerfuffle regarding Russia and missile defense is bad on many levels...but it is also consistent.
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March 22, 2012
Does It Matter if He Was Neo-Nazi or Muslim? (updated)It was not, as first thought, French neo-Nazis berhind the Toulouse massacre. Does it matter?
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March 20, 2012
The Correction Doesn't HelpNo, the murdered Jewish children in Toulouse, France are not like the children of Gaza.
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March 19, 2012
Presidents, Emperors, and Volunteer ForcesCongress has to exercise its constitutional role as the body that ensures that the president cannot function as king or emperor, sending his army to war at his pleasure.
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March 15, 2012
Bravo to Italian Police (and a Warning)Italian police monitor not only websites and publications, but also individual Internet usage in ways American police do not, and yesterday it paid off.
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February 19, 2012
Foreign Aid and American PrioritiesIf the minimal condition is that American money should advance American interests, it is worth considering money spent on the Palestinian Authority and on Egypt, as well as in support of what remains of the "Arab Spring."
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February 3, 2012
SEAL Team 6: A Big Secret, Unless Obama Wants to BragHaving to choose between siding with the Obama administration and siding with the ACLU is tough -- but the ACLU wins this one.
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January 27, 2012
Israel and the US Perspectives on Iran at OddsWhere and how the United States and Israel differ in their analysis of the problem posed by Iran's nuclear activity.
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January 10, 2012
The Taliban and the PLOIn 2010, Obama stated that Afghanistan is "not another Vietnam." But that's not the correct analogy at all.
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December 21, 2011
The Chicken Theory of Islamist PartiesIslamist organizations like having two wings, especially when the West pays for the one and makes excuses for the other.
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December 19, 2011
'A Monstrous, Ramshackle, Stinking Machine'In an odd cosmic juxtaposition, Vaclav Havel and Kim Jong Il died at nearly the same time. They bounded the opposite ends of 20th Century moral and political thought
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November 23, 2011
Where Ron Paul Meets Barack ObamaThey share an odd understanding that the United States is, by nature and by history, a cause of tension in the world, and that others need reassurance that the U.S. means no harm.
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November 6, 2011
Striking Iran? Not LikelyThere is no simple action, Israeli or otherwise, that will "take out" the Iranian nuclear capability. There is no "Osirak option." Watch the ground, not the skies.
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October 16, 2011
The Release of Gilad Shalit is The End of the 'Peace Process'Why would Israel agree to strengthen Hamas at the expense of Fatah? To punish Mahmoud Abbas.
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October 12, 2011
This Is a Screwy Time for Optimism, Isn't It?Yet some astute observers of both domestic and international issues are finding reasons to be optimistic.
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October 5, 2011
Obama's Turkey Policy Is Proving to Be a TurkeyPresident Obama has held Turkey up as a model of a moderate, democratic Muslim country. He made Ankara his first stop in the Muslim world after taking office.
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September 28, 2011
Negotiating 'Peace' and Not Getting ThereThe Middle East Quartet (United Nations, the United States, the European Union, and Russia) is promoting new "peace talks" as a means of holding off the Palestinian bid for independence...but to what end?