May 23, 2012

The Folly of Sanctions on Iran

World powers are scrambling to find some magic formula that will ratchet back rising tensions over Iran's nuclear weapons program.  United Nations (U.N.) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) secretary-general Yukiya Amano flew to Tehran on ...

March 27, 2012

Iran-Hezb'allah: 'They Already Hit the Homeland 10½ Years Ago'

At the mid-March 2012 congressional hearings on the "Iran-Hezb'allah Threat to the Homeland," chaired by Representative Peter King, top officials from the DEA, the FBI, and the New York City Police Department, as well as senior scholars addressed the...

December 14, 2011

Islamic World Tells Clinton: Defamation of Islam Must be Prevented -- in America

As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomes Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu to Washington this week, it is critical that Americans pay attention to what these two leaders intend to do.  ...

November 14, 2011

Grover Norquist and the Iran Lobby

A report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released this week shows that Iran has made considerable progress in its nuclear weapons program.  This alarming move toward a deliverable nuclear capability also demonstrates the dangero...

February 15, 2009

Hamas Vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine

Hamas Vs. Fatah: The Struggle for PalestineBy Jonathan SchanzerPalgrave MacMillan, 2008 239pp.  $26.95Reviewed by Clare M. LopezAs a new American administration takes office promising renewal of the Middle East ‘peace process,' and Israel ...

February 22, 2007

Iran's Revolutionary Guards ARE the Regime

When President Bush recently answered a reporter's question about Iranian shipments to Iraq of lethal explosive devices, he was very careful to avoid assigning direct responsibility to the highest levels of the clerical regime. He needn't have been.A...