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Xenophobia on the Continent

| Oct 30, 2008

Anti-Semitism is on the march in Europe. But the European’s new turn toward isolationism goes even further than that.

Sectarian infighting and foreign intervention breed intrigue on the Lebanese political scene. Last summer’s war had a devastating effect—but factional power politics and Hizballah’s rising popularity threaten to make matters worse.

Revolt of the Maccabees

Robert Doran | Sep 01, 2006

The Biblical account tells a cautionary tale for Mid-East policy today—to those reading between the lines.

The Middle East Waiting Game

Claude Salhani | Mar 01, 2006

Many in the Islamic world experience their own internal class of civilizations.

Blending Democracy

Dov S. Zakheim | Sep 01, 2005

The political soil of the Middle East has not been tilled by the Western Enlightenment. Growing democracy there must take this into account.

The Old-New Anti-Semitism

Robert S. Wistrich | Jun 01, 2003

The "new" anti-Semitism of the Arab and Muslim worlds bears much resemblance to the "old" anti-Semitism of Europe. As the latter became a warrant for genocide, it would be foolish to underestimate the lethality of the former.

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