Clinton’s show of indifference isn’t just a question of distracting attention or callousness, it is a clear symptom of exactly what is wrong with the Obama Administration’s handling of this and other issues… Continue reading
I did a lot of soul-searching before writing my latest article, yet within hours after its publication I concluded that I hadn’t been too pessimistic… Continue reading
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
Iran displayed the top-secret US stealth drone RQ-170 Sentinel captured on Sunday… Continue reading
Few realize how U.S. policy at the start of the radical Islamist era in Middle East history parallels that… Continue reading
Next month, convicted Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard will begin his 27th year in prison, and the Obama administration is displaying… Continue reading
In early 1959, a small West German intelligence operation stumbled over a sensational find: U.S. collusion with the Muslim Brotherhood… Continue reading
Our nation is united in its determination to eliminate the spectre of terrorism from our soil, from our region and the world… Continue reading
When President Obama hosted his annual iftar dinner in August to commemorate Ramadan… Continue reading
Members of the Al Qaeda-linked Libyan Islamic Fighting Group are in control of the former strongholds of Muammar Qaddafi captured by Libyan rebels… Continue reading
The memory of centuries of foreign manipulation and interference is a constant factor in the foreign and domestic policy of modern Iran… Continue reading
Leon Panetta, leaving the CIA directorship post to become secretary of defense, and General David Petraeus, leaving the job of commander… Continue reading
The Arab Spring has cast new light on resistance in the Middle East. A rare 2007 encounter with the leader of… Continue reading
Why is U.S. and European policy toward the Middle East so off-base, and why do policymakers believe the strange things they think and… Continue reading
The Obama administration is presenting the successful Osama bin Laden hit as an epic American solo operation, unparalleled in… Continue reading
U.S. President Barack Obama has confirmed in a speech to the nation that Osama bin Laden, leader of the Islamic Al-Qaeda terror group, is dead… Continue reading
The most common question — or remark — that I get from readers is to say that I’m wrong to talk about how Western policymakers… Continue reading
Why do people in certain parts of the world hate America? Some think it’s because of U.S. support of Israel or other policies… Continue reading
If the Obama Administration would listen more to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates it might salvage its foreign policy… Continue reading
The problem is that the people most qualified to be heard and who have the better understanding of the situation are being ignored… Continue reading
We do not accept the proposition that Egypt’s only choices are a slow-to-reform authoritarian regime or an Islamist extremist one… Continue reading
The Egyptians have a long history of threatening us with the MB bogeyman. Your counterparts may try to suggest that the President’s insistence on greater democracy in Egypt… Continue reading
Turkey allowed the US to use its airbase at Incirlik in southern Turkey as part of the “extraordinary rendition” programme to take suspected terrorists to Guantánamo Bay… Continue reading
The tone of the relationship has been improving since PM Erdogan’s visit to Washington last June, but Iraq continues to dominate our agenda… Continue reading
A new investigation into the death of the American journalist Daniel Pearl says that the British jihadist jailed for his murder is likely to be released because Pakistani officials used tainted… Continue reading
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Hello Mike, Thank you for your positive feedback to the article. I felt there wasn’t too much critical analysis of ...
Thanks for this considered and well constructed article. A follow up article on the manner in which the editorial contro...
THE CLUELESSNESS OF CLAIMING THAT OBAMA'S MIDDLE EAST POLICIES WERE A FAILURE CANNOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH, WHAT THE...
As long as Obama is the president of the usa do not trust the us government......
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