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Islah’s Senior Leaders Support Both Hamas and Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Today’s Islamism Promises Authenticity but Is Postmodern in Form, Postcolonial in Posture, and Pretends to Retrieve the Sacred Through the Techniques of the Profane
Paris Has Seen Three Days of Demonstrations, with Pro-Islamic Republic Crowds Setting Out from Boulevard Voltaire
The Lack of an Official Statement by the Syrian Government So Far Does Not Mean That Syrians Are Not Following the Conflict with Interest
Before the Revolution and Before He Became President in 1981, Khamenei Was Often Described as a Spiteful, Uncharismatic, and Power-Hungry Man
This Symbolic Act Likely Marks the Fever Breaking, Creating an Off-Ramp for De-escalation and a Return to Backchannel Diplomacy
With the U.S. Striking Its Nuclear Program Directly, Iran’s Worst Nightmare Has Come to Pass
The U.S. Should Counter This Threat by Seizing Kharg Island, the Terminal Through Which 90 Percent of Iran’s Oil Is Exported
When Khamenei—or His Successors—Do the Inevitable and Surrender Their Nuclear Program, Then It Will Need to Be Extricated from Iran
President Trump Warned Any Retaliation Will be Met With Overwhelming Force
Regimes That Were Hostile to the Jewish State, or Doubted Its Effectiveness, Are Now Reconsidering
The Decision to Concentrate Israeli Citizens in Cyprus and Greece Demonstrates the Strategic Alliance That Has Been Steadily Built over the past Decade
The United States Has the Assets to Defeat Iran Without Immunizing Pakistan for Its Actions
The Middle East Currently Stands at a Crossroads
The Rational Move for the Iranian Regime, If It Wishes to Survive, Would Be to Concede Military Defeat and Renounce Its Nuclear Ambitions
It Is Quite Likely Today That the Islamic Republic Has Greater Support in the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft than It Does Among the Iranian People
In the First Incident of Its Kind Since the Fall of the Assad Regime, Two Rockets Were Fired from Syria at the Golan Heights on June 3
A Functioning Iranian Nuclear Program Is a Threat to Global Security and to the West They Hate
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