January 14, 2018

What Sheikh Khalifa could teach Angela Merkel

In slightly over a year, I've ventured on two informational tours led by Dr. Daniel Pipes, president of the Middle East Forum.  Last year, we studied the immigration crisis in Europe, and we recently returned from the United Arab Emirates, w...

February 6, 2011

Professors Push Israel to Negotiate with Hamas

Prominent Middle East studies professors argue that Israel should conduct negotiations with Hamas, a U.S. State Department-designated terrorist organization that controls the Gaza Strip. Thus, they demand that Israel -- a sovereign state -- negotiate...

May 9, 2010

Embracing Iran

Flynt Leverett and his wife Hillary Mann Leverett, both former officials of the National Security Council, are prominent advocates for appeasing Iran, a case they make in a steady stream of articles, public appearances, and postings on their website,...

January 12, 2010

Islam and the West: 'Overlapping Consensus' or Capitulation?

In his recent book, Islam and Liberal Citizenship: The Search for an Overlapping Consensus, Yale political scientist Andrew F. March argues that fears of an inherent conflict between Western and Islamic political norms are overblown. If true, this wo...