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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea, April 7, 2017. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/Released)

Commentary

In Striking Syria, Trump Made All the Right Calls

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Apr 8, 2017

Commentary

5 Min Read

$Russia's president Vladimir Putin during a meeting with his envoy to the Volga Federal District, Alexander Yevstifeyev (not in picture) in the Kremlin. (Mikhail Klimentyev\TASS via Getty Images)$

Russia's president Vladimir Putin during a meeting with his envoy to the Volga Federal District, Alexander Yevstifeyev (not in picture) in the Kremlin. (Mikhail Klimentyev\TASS via Getty Images)

Commentary

Did Putin Get the Message?

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Apr 8, 2017

Commentary

6 Min Read

US President Donald Trump delivers a statement on Syria from the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 6, 2017. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

America Is Back

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Michael Doran

Apr 7, 2017

Commentary

2 Min Read

In the Media

Role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Region: A Terror Group or an Ally?

Michael Pregent

Former Senior Fellow

Michael Pregent

Apr 6, 2017

In the Media

In the Media

Trump Begins Critical Week of Foreign Policy

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Apr 4, 2017

In the Media

In the Media

Religious Persecution in Egypt

Samuel Tadros

Former Senior Fellow

Samuel Tadros

Apr 3, 2017

In the Media

Commentary

Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, Volume 21

Hillel Fradkin

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow

Eric B. Brown

Senior Fellow

Hillel Fradkin, Husain Haqqani & Eric B. Brown

Mar 31, 2017

Commentary

1 Min Read

Supplicating Pilgrim at Masjid Al Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, February 13, 2003 (Ali Mansuri/Wikimedia)

Commentary

Hatred, Courage and the Israeli-Saudi Connection

Lela Gilbert

Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Lela Gilbert

Mar 31, 2017

Commentary

9 Min Read

Delegates listen while United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories presents his final report before the UN Human Rights Council on March 24, 2014 in Geneva. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Why the UK Had to Crack Down on the UN's Anti-Israel Hypocrisy, Duplicity and Dishonesty

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson makes an opening speech during the Ministers of the global coalition on the defeat of Daesh, in Washington, United States on March 22, 2017. (Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

How to Defeat ISIS

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Mar 24, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

OPEC headquarters on the eve of the 171th meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in Vienna, on November 29, 2016.(JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

The Cartel That Failed