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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 26, 2022. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Biden Shouldn’t Underestimate Israel’s Resolve in Face of Iranian Nuclear Threat

Lewis Libby

Former Senior Vice President

Douglas J. Feith

Senior Fellow

Lewis Libby & Douglas J. Feith

Jan 31, 2022

Commentary

5 Min Read

Commentary

Hudson Institute Launches New Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Hudson Institute

Jan 28, 2022

Commentary

3 Min Read

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi delivers a speech in the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in downtown Tehran on January 3, 2022. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

Why Russia and China Build Up Iran

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Michael Doran

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

Bryan Clark & Michael Doran

Jan 27, 2022

Commentary

1 Min Read

Azerbaijan flag waving in center of the city on November 28, 2020 in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Aziz Karimov/Getty Images)

Commentary

Azerbaijan in the Struggle for Eurasia

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Jan 27, 2022

Commentary

Long Read

Woman in a hijab takes part in Black Lives Matter protest in Cologne, Germany, on June 7, 2020. (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Rise of “Woke” Islamism in the West

Lorenzo Vidino

Director of the Program on Extremism at The George Washington University

Lorenzo Vidino

Jan 23, 2022

Commentary

Long Read

Acehnese Muslims are seen attending Eid al-Fitr prayer which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan at the Islamic Center Mosque in Lhokseumawe, on May 13, 2021, Aceh Province, Indonesia. (Photo by Fachrul Reza/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

Nusantara Islam: Seeking a New Balance in the Muslim World

Rumadi Ahmad

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Sharia and Law, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta

Rumadi Ahmad

Jan 20, 2022

Commentary

Long Read

In the Media

Afghanistan Sent Signal of Bad Thinking, Weakness and Irresolution

Douglas J. Feith

Senior Fellow

Douglas J. Feith

Jan 18, 2022

In the Media

U.S. servicemen walk through rain and strong winds with an AIM-120 missile on January 31, 2006. (U.S Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric T. Sheler)

Commentary

Why the Saudi Arabia Weapons Deal Was a Strategic Necessity

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Dec 28, 2021

Commentary

4 Min Read

Passengers are loaded aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Forces Europe-Africa via Getty Images)

Commentary

Is the US Repeating the Error of the Iraq Withdrawal?

Mike Watson

Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft

Mike Watson

Dec 17, 2021

Commentary

2 Min Read

A mosaic discovered 1884 at the Church of Saint George in Jordan depicting the Holy Land, including Jerusalem, the Jordan River, and the Dead Sea in the 6th Century AD. (Getty Images)

Commentary

The Forgotten History of the Term "Palestine"

Douglas J. Feith

Senior Fellow

Douglas J. Feith

Dec 13, 2021

Commentary

Long Read

A Russian Moskva guided missile cruiser participates in a naval parade near a Ukrainian military base in Sevastopol. (Vasily Maximov/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

America’s Enemies Fill the Vacuum She Leaves Abroad