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An Egyptian protester chants during a protest following midday prayers in Tahrir Square on September 14, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. (Ed Giles/Getty Images)
An Egyptian protester chants during a protest following midday prayers in Tahrir Square on September 14, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. (Ed Giles/Getty Images)
Commentary
Revolutionary Salafism: The Case of Ahrar Movement
Mokhtar Awad
Research Fellow, George Washington University's Program on Extremism
Mokhtar Awad
Commentary
Long Read
A truck used to carry sand for fracking is washed in a truck stop on February 4, 2015 in Odessa, Texas. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
A truck used to carry sand for fracking is washed in a truck stop on February 4, 2015 in Odessa, Texas. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Commentary
Well, Well, Well
Stetzler
Stetzler
Irwin M. Stelzer
Senior Fellow Emeritus
Irwin M. Stelzer
Commentary
7 Min Read
Copies of 'The 9/11 Commission Report' are seen for sale at Borders Books July 22, 2004 in New York City. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Copies of 'The 9/11 Commission Report' are seen for sale at Borders Books July 22, 2004 in New York City. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Commentary
Hit Job
Lee Smith
Former Senior Fellow
Lee Smith
Commentary
5 Min Read
US President Barack Obama (R) speaks with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (L), Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, during the US-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, on April 21, 2016. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama (R) speaks with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (L), Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, during the US-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, on April 21, 2016. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Obama's Saudi Problem Stems from His Tilt toward Iran
arthur_herman
arthur_herman
Arthur Herman
Former Senior Fellow
Arthur Herman
Commentary
4 Min Read
Freshman U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) participates in a conversation about American foreign strategy and statesmanship at the Hudson Institute March 18, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Freshman U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) participates in a conversation about American foreign strategy and statesmanship at the Hudson Institute March 18, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Commentary
Cotton Puts His Foot Down on Iran Deal
Lee Smith
Former Senior Fellow
Lee Smith
Commentary
4 Min Read
US President Barack Obama (L) meets with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at Erga Palace in Riyadh on April 20, 2016. (Pool/Bandar Algaloud/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama (L) meets with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at Erga Palace in Riyadh on April 20, 2016. (Pool/Bandar Algaloud/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Commentary
Saudi Arabia Is a Great American Ally
Pregent
Pregent
Michael Pregent
Former Senior Fellow
Michael Pregent
Commentary
7 Min Read
French troops patrol around the Eiffel Tower on January 12, 2015 in Paris, France. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
French troops patrol around the Eiffel Tower on January 12, 2015 in Paris, France. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Commentary
Misconnecting the Dots
Simond de Galbert
Visiting Fellow, CSIS
Iskander Rehman
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Brookings Institution
Simond de Galbert & Iskander Rehman
Commentary
8 Min Read
The U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, fly in the Delta Formation over the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush off the Florida coast near Mayport Naval Station, Fla., in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec.10, 2013. (DoD/Released)
The U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, fly in the Delta Formation over the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush off the Florida coast near Mayport Naval Station, Fla., in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec.10, 2013. (DoD/Released)
Commentary
New American Grand Strategy
Seth Cropsey
President, Yorktown Institute
Seth Cropsey
Commentary
9 Min Read
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