Punishment as a Foreign Policy

The goal of American foreign policy should be to make our friends more secure and our adversaries less secure.
Palestinians’ Real Enemies: Arabs

The Arab heads of state and monarchs do not like to be reminded of how badly they treat Palestinians and subject them to discriminatory and apartheid laws.
ISIS Attacks Sinai Monastery in Ongoing War Against Christianity

ISIS attacked a monastery in the heart of the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, continuing its wake of terror targeting Christians in Egypt. ISIS forces opened fire from a hilltop overlooking the police checkpoint situated about 800 yards from Saint Catherine’s Monastery, a popular tourist site in the heart of the Sinai Peninsula. One Egyptian police […]
A Month of Islam and Multiculturalism in Britain: March 2017

“Have you seen some of those ISIS propaganda videos, they are cut like action movies. Where is the counter narrative?”
Syria Claims US Airstrike Killed Dozens of Civilians

Claims that at least 30 Syrian civilians were killed on Tuesday when US warplanes hit an ISIS target in Syria have raised concerns that a renewed and aggressive approach to the war on terror may come at an unacceptable human cost.
Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb Dropped on ISIS Target in Afghanistan

The Pentagon announced that on Thursday, it dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal for the first time in combat, hitting an Islamic State (ISIS) target in Afghanistan.
Targeting Jihadist Terrorists after the Syrian Chemical Attacks and US Reprisals

Now that Trump has launched a Tomahawk missile barrage at selected Syrian targets, he will have to decide if it is more urgent to remove al-Assad, or to achieve an American victory against ISIS.
Why Did Assad Use Nerve Gas?

It is hard to explain why Bashar Assad used nerve gas — probably Sarin — in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Syria’s northern Idlib province.
White House Officials Divided on Islam, ISIS, Israel and Iran

As Lee Smith points out, the policy implications of the unfilled vacancies and the ongoing turf wars within the Trump administration are far-reaching.
Trump’s Newly Declared Policy on Syria is Dangerous for US and Israel

From the beginning, the argument that US President Donald Trump is somehow “good for Israel” has been foolish and incorrect.