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Fund the Palestinians? Bad Idea

By Daniel Pipes (Dec 18, 2007)

Lavishing funds on Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority to achieve peace has been a mainstay of Western, including Israeli, policy since Hamas seized Gaza in June. But... more

That NIE Makes War against Iran More Likely

By Daniel Pipes (Dec 11, 2007)

  With the Dec. 3 publication of a completely unexpected declassified National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), "Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities," a consensus has... more

Turkey, Still a Western Ally?

By Daniel Pipes (Dec 04, 2007)

"Far from being the source of anti-Americanism in Turkey, the AKP represents an ideal partner for the United States in the region." So asserts Joshua W. Walker, a former... more

Lee Harvey Oswald's Malign Legacy

By Daniel Pipes (Nov 20, 2007)

What's wrong with American liberalism? What happened to the self-assured, optimistic, and practical Democratic Party of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and John F.... more

Washington Protects the Terror Masters

By Daniel Pipes (Nov 13, 2007)

The Bush administration's counterterrorism policies appear tough, but inside the courtroom, they evaporate, consistently favoring not American terror victims, but foreign... more

Saddam's Damn Dam

By Daniel Pipes (Nov 06, 2007)

The surge of U.S. troops in Baghdad is succeeding but deeper structural problems continue to plague the American presence in Iraq. The country's largest dam, 40 kilometers... more

Giuliani's Fresh Start

By Daniel Pipes (Oct 15, 2007)

"Would You Buy a Used Hawk From This Man?" runs the title of a Oct. 15 Newsweek smear of presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, suggesting that the mayor's advisors, "some... more

Zionism's Bleak Present

By Daniel Pipes (Oct 11, 2007)

"We are all Keynsians now," Richard Nixon famously asserted just as the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes fell into disrepute. Likewise, one could have said with... more