Fostering a culture of death has its price
Contrary to the wishes of the U.S. State Department, the U.S. House of Representatives has just frozen $370 million in
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The Iran Nuclear Agreement…… A Ticking Time-Bomb
The countdown to Iran becoming a threshold nuclear state has begun and the world now stands at the abyss. In
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Palestinian Statehood – Separating Fact from Fantasy
The NY Times recently reported that the Vatican has concluded a treaty recognizing Palestinian statehood. During Israel’s recent election, however,
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Palestinian State Recognition – The Unfolding Disaster
The British House of Commons in session In a spectacular display of ignorance, immorality and malice in early October, Sweden’s
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Geneva meets Jihad: The New Rules of War
Despite thousands of rockets being fired at Israeli cities, towns and kibbutzim during Israel’s current conflict with Hamas and Palestinian
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Next Steps in the Middle East
In November 2003 (and on many occasions since then), Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar set out the reality under which Israel
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Power and the Perception of Weakness
Nowhere is power (or the lack thereof) more clearly understood than in Middle Eastern culture. Coming from a Western perspective,
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Rethinking American War Strategy
In 1945, after the liberation of France, it would have been unthinkable for the Allies to have stopped at the
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Russia: The New Order Cometh
If there is any lesson to be learned from the recent Russian-Georgian war, it is that Western security commitments should
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The Third Lebanon War
There is something to be learned from the frenzied love-fest given in Beirut in mid-July to the most notorious of
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