U.S. and Israel

Two premises shape my preferred U.S. policy toward Israel.
Negatively, the two countries have the same enemies and suffer from the same problems coming out of the Middle East, notably WMD, wars, terrorism, piracy, anarchy, tyranny, refugees, drug trafficking, counterfeiting,… Read More

Why I am Not Writing About Iran

The president of the United States and the prime minister of Israel each gave major speeches on the Iranian nuclear threat and then they met for a two-hour meeting [on March 5], with attendant statements – and yet my column… Read More

How the UN Rose to Power

If Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor were the naïfs who foisted the United Nations on the world, George H. W. Bush was responsible for its revival as a political force.
From about 1950 to 1990, the United Nations… Read More

Reflections on the Arab Spring in Syria

1. Dewy-eyed predictions of democracy within the year proved to be as silly as they appeared to be back then. Instead, a power-hungry military leadership shows it will do whatever necessary to remain in the saddle.
2. The real action… Read More

Panetta Predicts an Israeli Strike on Iran

It’s not every day that someone like the U.S. secretary of defense forecasts an ally’s move but this just happened when Leon Panetta said that he believes, in the paraphrase of a Washington Post reporter, that “there is a strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June.” Thoughts on this unusual statement:

Egypt’s Electoral Fraud

When Egypt’s Lower House convened on Jan. 23, Islamists held 360 out of its 498 seats, or 72 percent. This astounding figure, however, reflects less the country’s public opinion than it does a ploy by the ruling military leadership to remain in power.

Securing Israel’s Zionist Future

A stealth form of Palestinian “right of return” is undermining the Jewish nature of Israel.

Out of Africa: A New Ally to the West

A successful South Sudan could eventually become a regional power and a stalwart ally not just of Israel but of the West.

Muslim Self-Hate Rears Its Head in Egypt

What is it about Muslims and history? Too many of them hate not only what is non-Islamic but even their own heritage.

Turkey and Israel: The End of the Affair

Military relations have been at the core of the Ankara-Jerusalem entente.

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