The Turkish Betrayal – Global Implications
On October 16th, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius reported that in 2012, Turkey, a NATO member, gave Iranian intelligence the
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Iran
A Leap of Faith: Analysis of the Israeli-Hamas Ceasefire Agreement
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman marked the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Gaza
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Deciphering the Iranian Nuclear Red Line Controversy
Of late, the mainstream media and the U.S. Administration have been attacking Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s demand that President Obama
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The Point of No Return
Debkafile recently disclosed that it was Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, not the Obama administration, who decided to postpone the largest
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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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Lebanon’s Hezbollah Dilemma
With each passing day, it is becoming increasing difficult to determine where Hezbollah control of Lebanon ends and where Lebanese
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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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Dealing with the Devil
The assumption that the Obama administration’s diplomatic initiative to our enemies will enhance America’s image in the world and increase
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The Grand Bargain
If recently amended U.S. and Israeli intelligence reports are correct, the next U.S. president will have precious little time to
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The Strategy of Defeat
America has learned that the road to stabilizing the Palestinian territories, Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan and virtually the entire Middle East
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