Does Kerry think it would be better for Israel to approach negotiations from a position of precarious poverty?
By Barry Rubin
In the 6400 words used by Obama, Islam only constitutes three of them.
Praising Abbas for instructing his security forces to stop torturing Palestinian detainees is like welcoming a convicted armed robber's promise to retire.
The importance of the caucus on organ harvesting in China, sponsored recently by the Liberal Lobby in the Knesset, cannot be exaggerated.
The Russian Yakhont missiles already delivered to Syria threaten Israel Navy ships carrying out vital missions in the Mediterranean.
The Japanese do not feel the need to apologize to Muslims for the negative way in which they relate to Islam.
Now is the time for Ankara to take some corrective domestic and foreign policy measures consistent with what the country has and continues to aspire for but fails to realize.
In the face of seemingly irrational threats from North Korea, at least one American conclusion should be obvious and prompt: Nuclear strategy is a "game" that sane world leaders must play, whether they like it, or not. President Obama can choose to play this complex game purposefully or inattentively. But, one way or another, he will have to play.
Europeans are rebelling against the unelected E.U. and its grandiose, self-regarding project of abolishing the national sovereignty.
Ahmadinejad keeps standing up to America and America keeps doing nothing to stop him.
By Barry Rubin
Perhaps if Western states studied its policies rather than endlessly criticized them they might gain from the experience.
With the Syrian government refusing to allow UN inspectors into the country it is difficult to see how indisputable proof of use of chemical weapons can be found
The policy of engagement of China was enlightened, far-sighted, and generous.It was also a mistake.
The United States pays about 22% of the UN’s budget, which amounted to almost than $8 billion in 2010.
One must presume that President Obama’s most recent calls for Israeli cooperation in the Middle East peace process are balanced, fair, and well-intentioned. Why not? At the same time, unsurprisingly, these all-too-familiar calls are manifestly thin, in the sense that they lack any genuine intellectual content.
If the fathers of Europe would like to see a future for their children, then they must stop bringing crocodiles home to their birthday parties.
The dust is the memory of ages and the children shall always return to the dust of their ancestors.
Israel must continue to base its policies toward both Iran and 'Palestine' upon an utterly candid and unvarnished awareness of threats to Jewish life.
Disarmed despots are soon-to-be-dead despots. It is a lesson the North Koreans have taken on board with understandable eagerness.
All the wars involving Israel, throughout its history, have caused at least 30,000 fewer deaths than have been caused in Syria in the last couple of years alone.
There have been no recognized examples of anticipatory self-defense as a specifically preventative anti-genocide measure under international law.
By J. E. Dyer
Nukes aren’t something you wave around like a drunk brandishing a knife.
A US diplomat proposed that UN negotiating rooms be 'inebriation-free zones.'
By Barry Rubin
A secretary of defense should not just be a “yes-man.” He should represent an independent point of view and also represent his department’s interests.
Let me clarify these misconceptions about Islam so that there is no excuse for warmongers and those who wish to shed oceans of blood.
