Posted on Sun, November 18, 2012 at 15:51 pm CET
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So You Want to End the Israel-Hamas War? Here’s How to Do It

A lot of people have asked the purpose of Israel’s defensive war against Hamas… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Egypt • Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Operation Amud Anan • Security and Defense 
Posted on Thu, November 15, 2012 at 19:45 pm CET
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Operation Amud Anan: Lessons for the World from a New Gaza War

The new war between Hamas and Israel has a lot of important lessons for international diplomacy and U.S. policy today… Continue reading

Topics: Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Operation Amud Anan • Security and Defense 
Posted on Wed, November 14, 2012 at 19:09 pm CET
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Operation Amud Anan: Israel Launches Major Offensive into the Gaza Strip

Responding to a major upsurge of Hamas cross-border attacks from the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched its biggest military offensive since the 2008-2009 Gaza war… Continue reading

Topics: Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Operation Amud Anan • Security and Defense 
Posted on Sat, November 10, 2012 at 21:23 pm CET
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Israel’s Situation and Strategy In Obama’s Second Term

What should Israel’s policy and priorities be in President Barack Obama’s second term… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Obamaism • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Mon, November 5, 2012 at 23:34 pm CET
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Obama Administration Secret Talks with Iran Confirmed

The Obama Administration is secretly negotiating with Iran… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Iran • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, November 4, 2012 at 16:11 pm CET
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Russia-Turkey Strains Deepen over Syria

The Syrian crisis is a good test of the strength of the Russia-Turkish detente… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Economy • Energy • International Law • Politics • Russian Federation • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, October 27, 2012 at 16:24 pm CEST
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What Does Turkey Hope to Achieve with Its War Threats Against Syria?

The Turkish government appears to hope to deter the continued Syrian – and Iranian – deployment of the Kurdish card against Turkey… Continue reading

Topics: Kurdish People • Security and Defense • Syrian Kurdistan • Syrian Revolution • Turkey • Turkish Kurdistan 
Posted on Wed, October 10, 2012 at 19:24 pm CEST
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Obama on His Own Middle East Record: Zero Percent Success

Obama is not listening to what the people who are fighting the U.S. say about this fight… Continue reading

Topics: Obamaism • Politics • Security and Defense • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Tue, August 21, 2012 at 20:01 pm CEST
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Which Way for Syria? Listen to the Sermons

The closer one gets to ground level in the Middle East, the crazier things become… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Religion • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Tue, August 21, 2012 at 19:32 pm CEST
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What Happened in Egypt

A short history of democracy in Egypt… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Security and Defense 
Posted on Wed, August 8, 2012 at 21:21 pm CEST
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Who’s Really Isolated? He Who Misunderstands Middle East Realities

One of the mantras from Israel’s supposed foreign well-wishers is that the country is now “isolated.” Sure, on the surface this makes sense… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Hamas • Hezbollah • Israel • Jordan • Lebanon • Security and Defense • Syria 
Posted on Sun, July 29, 2012 at 20:19 pm CEST
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Lebanon: Fractured Past, Bleak Present

Bill Harris is one of the world’s leading authorities on Lebanon. In this interview he discusses politics there; the possibilities of war with Israel; how Western policy let down the moderates; and the dramatic effects of the Syrian civil war on that neighboring country… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Hezbollah • History • Lebanon • Politics • Religion • Security and Defense 
Posted on Tue, July 17, 2012 at 19:05 pm CEST
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Will the Rebels Win Syria’s Civil War and What That Means

The tide seems to be turning in Syria… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Security and Defense • Syrian Kurdistan • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, July 13, 2012 at 21:59 pm CEST
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Israel is in Good Shape Because So Many Others Decided Not to Be

The more I think about Israel’s security situation at this moment, the better it looks… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab World • Israel • Politics • Security and Defense • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Fri, July 13, 2012 at 21:06 pm CEST
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Obama’s spectacular failure

Obama came into office with a theory on which he based his Middle East policy. His theory was that jihadists hate America because the US supports Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Egypt • History • Islamic Terrorism • Jihadism • Obamaism • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Mon, July 2, 2012 at 19:37 pm CEST
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Turkey and Syria: An Undeclared State of War

After Syria’s downing of a Turkish aircraft over the eastern Mediterranean, the question is not so much why Syria shot it down as why the two neighbors have become embroiled in a confrontation in the first place… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • PKK • Politics • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, June 29, 2012 at 20:33 pm CEST
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Philadelphia and the Burqa Bandits

Some scoff at the idea that face-covering Islamic veils endanger public safety in any Western nation, let alone the United States, but… Continue reading

Topics: Multiculturalism • Political Correctness • Security and Defense • United States of America 
Posted on Sun, June 24, 2012 at 14:59 pm CEST
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Turkey’s Leadership Ambitions in NATO Weakened by Petty Politics

NATO’s May 20-21 heads-of-state summit in Chicago reminded everyone how Turkey is making important contributions to NATO in many key areas… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Cyprus • Europe • NATO • Security and Defense • Taliban • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, June 23, 2012 at 10:26 am CEST
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Why Should Obama Help Bring America’s Second-Worst Enemies to Power?

Here’s still another of a series of self-serving leaks from the Obama Administration. In this case, it reveals something very important about policy… Continue reading

Topics: Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, June 19, 2012 at 21:17 pm CEST
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Thoughts on Iran, Nuclear Weapons, and Tehran’s Regional Role

Months ago, I wrote that the hysteria about Israel allegedly being about to attack Iran and the argument by some that Israel should do so were nonsense… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Iran • Israel • Security and Defense 
Posted on Mon, June 18, 2012 at 15:06 pm CEST
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Muslim Brotherhood Claims Victory in Presidential Elections; Signals Egyptian-Islamist/Hamas Jihad Against Israel?

A group of terrorists has attacked Israel from Egyptian territory Monday morning. As for the presidential election, the Brotherhood candidate, Muhammad al-Mursi, seems the likely winner… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Hamas • Islamic Terrorism • Islamism • Jew-Hatred • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Religion • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, June 17, 2012 at 19:10 pm CEST
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Egypt: Things to Think About as We Await the Presidential Election Outcome

While one can certainly sympathize with the idea of letting an elected parliament being allowed to take office… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, June 17, 2012 at 18:35 pm CEST
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Clearest and Briefest Possible Summary of the Situation in Syria

There are three possible outcomes to the Syrian civil war… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Politics • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Mon, June 11, 2012 at 16:38 pm CEST
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Is Obama Strong on National Security? Of Course Not and Here’s the Iron-Clad Case Against Him

Let me explain to you why the Obama Administration’s propaganda leak effort to prove that the president is tough on national security is nonsense… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sun, May 27, 2012 at 21:57 pm CEST
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The Al Houla atrocity: The outcome of nuclear diplomacy with Iran

Bashar Assad and his army chiefs can safely carry on with their “unspeakable crimes” for the next six months under the Iranian-Russian umbrella… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Iran • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations • Yemen