Selected Opinion

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 [...]

By Bret Stephens – The Wall Street Journal – We live in the age of the sanctified tantrum—the political and religious furies we dare not name or shame, much less confront. Students [...]

By Judith Miller – FOX News – Republished by Judith Miller  Reuters reported that two employees of Sharm el-Sheikh airport have been detained for questioning after the downing of the [...]

By Roger Cohen – The New York Times – Alliance leaders are already debating what that response should be. Hollande has spoken to President Obama. Other NATO countries, including [...]

By Reuel Marc Gerecht – The Wall Street Journal – Even before the French-born Kouachi brothers went on a shooting rampage at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in January, French [...]