InternationalCommentary
“[Israel] also realize that they’re in the middle of a war of ideas, a propaganda war, and that Hamas uses everything possible to try to… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Winston Churchill once said “an appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.” The U.S. has been negotiating a deal… Read More
InternationalCommentary
If they are taking odds in Vegas, bet on not getting a P5+1 deal with Iran over its nuclear program. The sides have an option… Read More
InternationalCommentary
USA Today reports that “[t]he Israeli military announced a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip late Thursday after 10 days of fighting between Israel and… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Hamas starts wars it knows it can’t finish. It also knows full well that wars in a very small place put innocents at risk. And… Read More
InternationalCommentary
As Hamas launches rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel, casualties are kept at a minimum thanks to Israel’s superior air defense system. In the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Considering its participation in the new Palestinian unity government, Hamas’ rocket attacks on Israel should lead the U.S. to cut the hundreds of millions in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Clearly, ISIS was not in the plan. The Obama Administration was caught flat-footed by the triumph of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in… Read More
SecurityNews
With the rapid advance in Iraq of the deadly terrorist group calling itself the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), political leaders and policy… Read More
SecurityNews
Less than three years after U.S. troops left Iraq, political leaders and policy analysts are wrestling with how to respond to the growing turmoil there…. Read More
SecurityNews
As the vicious Islamist group ISIS upended the status quo in Iraq, another terrorist network — Ansar al-Sharia — broke into the headlines. Although relatively… Read More
SecurityNews
Four letters are topping headlines around the world: ISIS. Pinned at the center of the crisis in Iraq, it’s hard to read or watch the… Read More
InternationalSecurityAnalysis
The swift collapse of Iraqi security forces in northern Iraq in the face of an al-Qaeda-spearheaded Sunni insurgency is a disastrous setback for U.S. counterterrorism… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The sudden rout of Iraqi security forces in Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, is a humiliating defeat for the Iraqi government, a severe blow to U.S…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
President Obama’s Middle East policy continues to unravel with dangerous consequences for American national interests and those of its allies. On Monday, the Palestinian Islamist… Read More
Last week, The Heritage Foundation’s Economic Freedom Task Force published its 2014 Global Agenda for Economic Freedom. In it the task force identifies obstacles to… Read More
Secretary of State John Kerry undiplomatically declared that Israel risks becoming “an apartheid state” if it fails to negotiate a peace agreement with the Palestinian… Read More
The reconciliation agreement announced between rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas on April 23 is a severe setback for peace prospects and a slap in… Read More
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is set to release a report indicating that Iran is fulfilling its commitments under the November interim agreement on… Read More
The Heritage Foundation hosted a distinguished panel on Wednesday to discuss current affairs in Iran. The purpose of the event was to discuss not only… Read More
Last week, a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee held a hearing provocatively titled “Is Al-Qaeda Winning?” The answers that the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade… Read More
News
While posing as a friendly and pragmatic reformer, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has stuck a finger in the eye of Washington by appointing a diplomat… Read More
According to The Washington Post, the Obama administration is considering releasing convicted spy Jonathan Pollard from a federal penitentiary, and using him as a bargaining… Read More
Last week, Iran was once again caught red-handed shipping arms, including advanced rockets, to Gaza-based Palestinian terrorists. The Israeli navy intercepted the Klos-C, a Panamanian-flagged… Read More
There is mounting evidence that longtime U.S. ally Turkey has gone soft on terrorism since the rise to power of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan…. Read More
Iran’s recent announcement that it is sending a “military fleet” to the United States’ maritime borders was accompanied by a threat from Iran’s senior naval… Read More
On February 7, Tunisia, the birthplace of the “Arab Spring,” celebrated the adoption of a new constitution that has been hailed as one of the… Read More
Secretary of State John Kerry admitted that the Obama Administration’s policy on Syria was failing and needed to be changed, according to two Republican Senators…. Read More
Who is the United States’ resurgent adversary in Iraq, and what do they want? A panel convened at The Heritage Foundation yesterday posed these and… Read More
The Obama Administration, which signed an agreement with Iran on Saturday on how to implement its November 24 interim nuclear deal, is now seeking to… Read More
