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Cyprus Rides a Troubled Sea of Oil and Gas Opportunity
The Republic of Cyprus has entered the maelstrom of the world's most volatile region thanks to new-found gas and oil reserves combined with an erratic Turkish foreign policy and a civil war in Syria. Even as leaders of this Mediterranean island show skill dealing with these novel threats and opportunities, they need support from a strong U.S. Navy, something not now available.
Forget Syria, Target Iranian Nuclear Program
Here's advice to the members of the United States Congress as they are asked to endorse an American-led attack on the government of Syria. Target Iran.
Arguing Against 'Limited' Strikes on the Assad Regime
Warfare is a very serious business whose first imperative is to deploy force to win – rather than to punish, make a statement, establish a symbolic point, or preen about one's morality.
Obama's Foreign Fiasco
But now, with Barack Obama, the United States has slid into shocking irrelevance in the Middle East, the world's most turbulent region. Inconstancy, incompetence, and inaction have rendered the Obama administration impotent.
Is Now the Right Moment for Israel's Danny Danon?
"Lunacy." That's how Danny Danon describes Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's decision to hand over 104 killers to the Palestinian Authority as a "goodwill gesture."
Is Netanyahu Turning Left?
With Syria aflame and Egypt at the precipice, why did Secretary of State John Kerry disproportionately just devote his fifth visit since February to Israeli-Palestinian shuttle diplomacy?
Spreading Polio in the Name of Islam
An radical Islamist doctor in Nigeria decided that administering the polio vaccine in his country was part of a Wester conspiracy theory to cause infertility. His campaign to end polio vaccinations influenced 23 other Muslim countries, bringing misery to millions of people.
Muslim Acts of Beheadings in the US and the West
The gruesome murder of a soldier outside London by a Muslim convert is just one example of throat slitting and beheading, which are Islamically sanctioned forms of execution.
Taxpayers Fund $1M Reading List About Islam Sent to Libraries Nationwide
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) joined two private foundations, Carnegie and Duke, to fund "Muslim Journeys," a project that aims to present "new and diverse perspectives on the people, places, histories, beliefs, practices, and cultures of Muslims in the United States and around the world."