Why Sic the FBI on the IDF?

The shut-and-open case of Shireen Abu Akleh.
Tom Friedman: Mistaken or Disingenuous?

One shouldn’t rely on the columnist’s assessments concerning the Middle East.
The State Department’s Systemic Failure in the Middle East

Its well-intentioned policy has fueled Middle East violence, generating tailwinds to rogue entities and headwinds to the U.S. and its Arab allies.
This is what you Get when you Offer the Palestinians a State

Palestinian Arabs have responded to Prime Minister Lapid’s offer of statehood with bullets, bombs and bloodshed.
Will the Protests in Iran Bring Down the Regime?

The demonstrations in Iran have now entered a third week. How worried are the Iranian authorities?
If You Want Peace, Reform the Palestinian Authority

The road to a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict runs through Ramallah, not Jerusalem.
The Rise of the Islamic Economy, Part II: Defining the Islamic Economy

The term “Islamic economy” is vague enough a term to mean rather different things to different people.
The Rise of the Islamic Economy, Part III: Radicalizing the Islamic Economy

From the beginning of the modern Islamic economy movement, many of its Western advocates and entrepreneurs have been at least partly driven by political zeal.
Iran’s School Curriculum Exposes the Failure of Diplomacy

Downplaying its centrality in the shaping of the ayatollahs’ foreign and national security policy only adds fuel to the Middle East and global fires, and endangers U.S. national security.
Israel’s War with Palestinian Islamic Jihad was a Wake-up Call for the West

It proved that the diplomatic option doesn’t work in the Middle East.