Opinion

The Sinai Airliner Bombing Shows Just How Dangerous ISIS Is Becoming

    If, as seems almost certain, the explosion that brought down a Russian passenger jet over Egypt’s Sinai peninsula was caused by a bomb, the...

Unserious About Defeating the Islamic State

    This is one more piece of evidence that our approach to fighting the Islamic State (let’s not dignify it by calling it a “policy”)...

Georgetown’s John Esposito Shills for Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

      John Esposito, founding director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) at Georgetown University, has signed an open letter to...

Egypt: Into the Unknown?

      One need not have some special insight or training to understand that all has not been well in Egypt:  The garish Sisi-mania of 2013,...

A Terror Warning in Sinai

    It may be some time before investigators in Egypt can confirm claims by Islamic State (ISIS) that it is responsible for the “downing” last...

Grounding Egyptian Flights Is Hasty Decision

    David Cameron's decision to cancel British flights to the Egyptian desert resort of Sharm el-Sheikh is not exactly the welcome President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi...

Assad as a Bargaining Chip

    Therefore, the role of time had to be dosed carefully by the producer to avoid turning it from an ally to an enemy. But...

The End of the Turkish Model

    Five years ago, Turkey was a beacon of hope for the troubled Middle East—not only one of the world’s fastest-growing economies but also the...

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