Analysis & Commentary
Covering the War
Ask most Americans if they were aware that Iraqis, by almost a 2-to-1 margin, believe that life today is better than it was under Saddam Hussein, and you’d most likely elicit incredulousness, blank stares or outright laughter. Not because it isn’t true, though. It is.
The Mullahs Scoff at Geneva…Again
For what seems like the millionth time since 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has perpetrated an act of war against the West, reaffirmed its hostile, revolutionary intentions, and demonstrated that it is a rogue state which scoffs at the civilizing impulses of international law, including...
Iran’s Shadow Hovered Over Riyadh
The standard for success at Arab summits is, usually, the avoidance of implosion as differences between the various rulers take center stage and eclipse more relevant issues. The end-result is usually a diluted final statement aimed at preserving a fa?ade of Arab solidarity.
Nuclear Motives
There’s no denying it. Iran’s capture of 15 British hostages was a stroke of cunning — and a brilliant one at that. The mullahs were in a pickle. They had decided to do two things which were going to push Washington closer to military action. They needed a diversion or a smokescreen...
FDD Academic Fellow Publishes New Book on Terrorism and Economic Theory
Steven Rosefielde, a 2005-2006 FDD Academic Fellow and Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina, recently published a book, Masters of Illusion, which uses economic theory to evaluate current threat information and predict future attacks.
Confronting Hezbollah
Hezbollah, the Iranian-controlled terrorist organization operating inside Lebanon, continues to grow in strength and to endanger the U.N.-brokered “cease-fire” in southern Lebanon. The U.N. arms embargo has not been enforced and the terrorist organization continues to rearm, receiving...
Salvaging Security in Somalia
Two weeks ago in this space, I reported that the supporters of Somalia's defeated Islamic Courts Union (ICU) were reconstituting themselves as the "Popular Resistance Movement in the Land of the Two Migrations" (PRM) and beginning to undertake the same insurgency strategy and unconventional...
A Dangerous Woman
Theo van Gogh was a modern Western man, a believer in reason, tolerance and multiculturalism. And so it is perhaps fitting that his last words were: “Can’t we talk about this?”
Una Mujer Peligrosa
Theo van Gogh era un hombre occidental moderno, un creyente en la razón, la tolerancia y el multiculturalismo. Y por ello quizá encaja que sus últimas palabras fueran: “¿No podemos hablar sobre esto?”
Tehran Seizure
In light of Iran’s taking 15 British soldiers to Iran National Review Online asked a group of experts: Is this an act of war? What can be done? What can be done about Iran generally? What can the U.S. do?
Royal Navy Incident: Iran’s Plan to Drag the U.S. and the U.K.
The capture of British Navy servicemen by Iranian forces is not simply an incident over sea sovereignty in the Persian Gulf. It is a calculated move on behalf of Teheran's Jihadi chess players to provoke a "projected" counter move by London and its American allies. It is all happening in a...
High-Stakes Poker in the Persian Gulf
Earlier this week, Iran’s spiritual leader Ali Khamenei began preparing public opinion for Iran’s withdrawal from the nuclear-nonproliferation regime. Today we have reports that the Iranians detained 15 British seamen. These and other incidents appear to be unconnected — but they may...
Careful Vetting’?
How could the U.S. government be funding Hamas’s university in Gaza? It’s the question that has been asked often since my front-page story in this paper earlier this month, from Capitol Hill to the State Department’s daily press briefing.
Symposium: Iran: The Countdown
With Iran's Mullahs refusing to stop their nuclear program, a collision with the U.S. appears inevitable -- and approaching sooner rather than later. To discuss the Iranian threat and the options the U.S. has to deal with it, Frontpage Symposium has assembled a distinguished panel.
FDD Academic Fellow Publishes New Book on Terrorism
Michael Kenney, a 2004-2005 FDD Academic Fellow and Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Penn State University, recently published a book on terrorism, From Pablo to Osama. The book has received wide acclaim from academics and terrorism experts.
Good News from Cote d’Ivoire
It often seems that the news media, both traditional and new, operate under a journalistic version of Gresham's Law whereby bad news trumps good news.
The Inter-Branch Clash Over Fired U.S. Attorneys
From the very start, the Bush administration’s self-induced debacle over fired United States attorneys has blurred law and politics. Now, the blur has officially grown into the fog of inter-branch war.
Future Jihad
Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Walid Phares, a Professor of Middle East Studies and Religious Conflict at the LLS Program of Florida Atlantic University and a visiting Professor at National Defense University in Winter 2007. Dr. Phares is a Senior Fellow with the Foundation for the...
The Myth of Moderate Mullahs
If the Reagan administration had learned in 1987 that the clerical regime in Tehran was doing what it is doing today, would Washington have approved of preventive strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities? If Reagan and company had seen Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini rapidly constructing...
9/11 Mastermind’s ‘Apologies’ Hollow
"My bad." For readers unfamiliar with the phrase, this is how one apologizes insincerely in contemporary American slang. Often when used, "my bad" conveys even less than an insincere apology. In its usual context "my bad" means that the speaker is taking credit for some misdeed, and lightly...
