Warning, War Clouds on the Horizon!

Will Assad start a war against Israel in order to try to unify all those fighting him against a common enemy?
Oman: The Middle East’s Most Surprising Country

Oman, where I have spent the past week, is an Arab country unlike any other. Count the ways.
Report: Iran Already Intimidated by Trump

Middle Eastern analysts say a vicious regime is being brought to heel.
World Shrugs as Hizballah Prepares Massive Civilian Deaths

If world powers and the international media genuinely care about avoiding civilian casualties, they should be loudly condemning Hizballah’s ongoing efforts.
Why Must Women Choose Between Feminism and Zionism, But Not Any Other ‘ISM’?

There are many countries and movements throughout the world that treat women as second-class citizens.
A Month of Islam and Multiculturalism in France: February 2017

“Terrorism has no nationality or religion,” he said.
Israel, Escalation, and a Nuclear War in the Middle East

In the final analysis, Israel’s most significant risks of a nuclear exchange or nuclear war will arise from certain predictable kinds of crisis escalation.
Jordan at the Precipice

Jordan may no longer be hyper-vulnerable and under siege, as it was in decades past; but it does face possibly unprecedented problems.
Fixing the World: Averting Another Decline and Fall

In his Introduction to The Decline of the West (1918), Oswald Spengler acknowledges the “philosophy of Goethe” for inspiration.
Report: Homegrown Terrorism is Top Threat to UK

Homegrown terrorism inspired by the Islamic State poses the dominant threat to the national security of the United Kingdom, according to a comprehensive new report on violent Islamism in Britain.