Clifford D. May / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Clifford D. May / JNS.org
Biden’s Bad Foreign-Policy Deals
JNS.org - Because Barack Obama struck me as a clever fellow, I never understood why, when negotiating with despots, he failed to utilize the leverage available...
China’s Rulers Have a New and Unimproved Version of Rules-Based Order
JNS.org - Top Biden administration officials met in Anchorage this month with top officials of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Reporters characterized their exchange...
Macron Deserves Credit for Trying to Unite France
JNS.org - What holds a nation together? In some cases, it’s blood, soil and language (think Japan). In some cases, it’s a police state (think...
Biden Must Deter, Not Appease, Moscow, Beijing, Tehran and Pyongyang
JNS.org - We all disapprove of appeasement, right? The term evokes Munich, where British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain made concessions to Adolf Hitler in the...
Despots Dominate the WHO and the UNHRC
JNS.org - I understand why Joe Biden wants to rejoin the World Health Organization and the UN Human Rights Council. The new president is a...
Who Killed Lokman Slim?
JNS.org - “Killing for them is a habit,” Rasha al-Ameer told reporters last week. By “them” she meant Hezbollah, a designated terrorist organization that is Lebanon’s...
Iran and Islamic Revolution 101
JNS.org - In early 1979, I was sent to Iran to report on the rebellion then underway. I was woefully ignorant of Iranian history, politics,...
The Forgotten Jewish Refugees of the Middle East
JNS.org - November 30 is the day Israel designates annually for commemorating the 850,000 Jews who fled from Arab countries and Iran following World War...
Al-Masri’s Assassination Exposed Iran’s Ties with Al-Qaeda
JNS.org - The assassins were professionals and they had planned carefully. On August 7, around 9 pm on a warm evening, they rode a motorcycle...
Radical Islam’s Threat to Free Speech in France
JNS.org - Suppose you’re a teacher and you’re French, and you want your students to learn about France’s tradition of freedom -- the reasons your...
The Life and Legacy of Natan Sharansky
JNS.org - In the Soviet Union of the 1970s, it wasn’t hard to meet Russians who knew the Communist system was incorrigibly corrupt, dysfunctional and...
Let’s Look at the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict With Fresh Eyes
JNS.org - Before there was a Palestinian-Israeli conflict, there was an Arab-Israeli conflict. Last week, on the White House lawn, that older conflict was put...
Putin’s Evil, Belarus, and the Battle for Freedom
JNS.org - It was once thought probable, if not inevitable, that from the ashes of the USSR would arise liberal democracies. But few Soviet republics...
Is Lebanon Broken Beyond Repair?
JNS.org - Earlier this month, two days after a catastrophic explosion in Beirut’s port, French President Emmanuel Macron arrived on the scene wearing a black...
