Selected Opinion

By Kori Schake – Foreign Policy – Defeating the Islamic State was candidate Trump’s top national-security priority, one of the few policy issues on which he was consistent. While his claim [...]

By Lord Alton – The U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office said, “We deplore all discrimination against religious minorities and constraints on their freedom to practise their faith. The [...]

By GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs -Special to World Tribune – ‘.. if Washington had to choose, it would choose the geopolitical (..) and cultural weight of Egypt.’ – [...]

By Ramy Aziz – Fikra – The Washington Institute –  On December 11, a massive explosion shattered St. Mark’s Cathedral in Abbasia, central Cairo, claiming the lives of more than [...]

By Charles Lister – Foreign Policy – On the sixth anniversary of the Syrian uprising, moderate rebels have never been weaker — and jihadis have never been stronger. After six years of [...]

By Eric Trager – The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Much to his Gulf allies’ chagrin, Egypt’s president has not toed their anti-Iranian line in the region, instead [...]

By Raymond Ibrahim – PJMedia – Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis’ pick for undersecretary of defense for policy, Anne Patterson, is problematic. Politico briefly explains why: If [...]

By Ziad Bahaa-Eldin – Ahram Online – It’s no wonder the terrorist attacks on Christian families in Sinai last week sparked such anger and so much sympathy and solidarity with the [...]

By – MEMRI – Following the expulsion by ISIS of Coptic families from their homes in north Sinai,[1] Egyptian journalist Fathia Al-Dakhakhni wrote an article in the daily Al-Masri [...]

By Dagmar Engel – Deutsche Welle- Foreign policy doesn’t usually follow the plan of making a state visit, clinching a deal and leaving. Even though there may be some presidents who like to [...]