Selected Opinion

By Kamel Daoud – The New York Times – This essay was translated by John Cullen from the French. The Islamic State; Saudi Arabia. In its struggle against terrorism, the West wages war [...]

By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi – The Huffington Post – Republished by Middle East Forum The recent attacks in Paris carried out by the Islamic State have led to widespread speculation [...]

By Gerald F. Seib – The Wall Street Journal – It took French President François Hollande to flatly declare it: In the wake of the terror attacks in Paris, the struggle against Islamic [...]

By Charles Krauthammer – The Washington Post – A Syrian passport was found near the body of one of the terrorists. Why was it there? Undoubtedly, to back up the ISIS boast that it is [...]

By David Ignatius – The Washington Post – Planning the shape of the postwar Middle East may seem like a fantasy right now, as the extremists are widening their fight. But it’s a [...]

Par Luc Ferry – Figaro Vox –  Lorsque les islamistes qu’on appelle, pour ne choquer personne, des «terroristes», se tuent eux-mêmes, lorsque le sacrifice de leur propre vie est [...]

By Thomas E. Ricks – Foreign Policy – ISIS apparently still retained enough management skills to mount the Paris attack and whatever else we do not yet know about. ISIS has already [...]

By James S. Robbins – USA Today – At a news conference Monday at the summit in Antalya, Turkey, of the Group of 20 major and emerging economic powers, Obama denounced those who say [...]

By Charles Tiefer – Forbes – But Egypt, irrationally, has remained in denial on this. As the New York Times commented earlier this week, “”Mr. Sisi [the President of Egypt] and his [...]

By Pierre Briancon – Politico – Though François Hollande hasn’t defined with any precision his “war” aims — much less begun to overcome the enormous diplomatic and military obstacles [...]