Daniel Levy, director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation, argues that the end of Hosni Mubarak’s thirty-year reign in Egypt could give Israel one last chance to pursue a two-state solution. His commentary, presented in… Continue Reading
News and views on U.S.-Iran relations for February 11: The Weekly Standard: Stephen Schwartz writes on “Iran’s Conspiracy Industry” and observes that “conspiracy theories have long flourished in the lands of Islam.” Schwartz offers a rundown of recent anti-Semitic television… Continue Reading
By Emad Mekay From Cairo : Isn’t the Egyptian Army great? Well, so far. As far as I know, they refused to shoot at their own people. The country is happy. I am happy too. Mubarak is out after 18… Continue Reading
Moving very, very briefly from the Middle East, the White House just announced the nomination of Gen. Scott Gration (ret.) to become U.S. ambassador to Kenya, thus effectively removing him from the Sudan portfolio, no doubt to the applause of… Continue Reading
From DNI James Clapper’s prepared testimony today before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The Iranian regime continues to flout UN Security Council restrictions on its nuclear and missile programs. There is a real risk that its nuclear program… Continue Reading