Withdrawing from Afghanistan won’t cause all of central Asia to turn Islamist.
A former top weapons inspector says Iran is a nuclear-weapons capable state. A military threat must be real.
The president’s Cairo address confirmed his skill as an orator and encouraged Arabs and Israelis to work toward peace. But the realities of the AfPak conflict will probably ring truer in Muslim ears than Obama’s dulcet tones.
Hillary Clinton says that the United States should “obliterate” Tehran if it launches an attack on Israel, even though the likelihood of that occuring is next to nil. Are Barack Obama and John McCain any more realistic?
The Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey warrants serious analysis and attention, not misguided generalizations.
In the Middle East and elsewhere, we do not have the luxury of choosing our allies like dessert, based on our inclinations or whether we happen always to like what they say. The Muslim Brotherhood merits our attention.
Can the stalled Israel-Palestinian peace process move forward?
Examining the Muslim Brotherhood objectively and in light of its relationship with other currents is a necessary first step in facing up to our challenges in the Middle East.
People lament the absence of Muslims who can punch holes in the radicals' arguments, but unfortunately we won't get to hear this one.
The peaceful and moderately fair Palestinian election of Mahmoud Abbas on January 9 spawned an optimistic fervor among Israelis and Palestinians alike-not to mention foreign intellectuals and policy makers.