Daniel Pipes
ARTICLES BY: Daniel Pipes
On Closed Embassies, the Worldwide Travel Alert, and Wimpitude
In April, the city of Boston was effectively under military curfew because two terrorists were on the loose. Now, fears of al-Qaeda attacking has led...
Fixing Egypt’s Economy: No More Military Macaroni
Since July 3, Gen. Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi has made it clear who runs Egypt: he does. He faces two great challenges. One is the Islamist element,...
Destroying the Muslim Brotherhood is Good for Egypt
In the aftermath of the coup d'état in Egypt, a consensus has emerged, to cite an anonymous Obama administration official, that "Trying to break the...
Islamism’s Likely Doom
As recently as 2012, it appeared that Islamists could overcome their many internal dissimilarities — sectarian (Sunni, Shiite), political (monarchical, republican), tactical (political, violent) or...
Egypt vs. Turkey: Are All Islamists Autocratic?
Mohamed Morsi's recent ejection as president of Egypt prompts a contrast-and-compare with his Turkish counterpart, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Their careers at the top...
Is Netanyahu Veering Left?
With Syria and Egypt aflame, why is U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry returning to the Middle East for his sixth visit since February to focus...
13 Lessons from the Egyptian Revolution
Events in Egypt this week prompt many responses. Here are some 13 (complementing my article suggesting that Morsi was removed from power too soon to...
In Terms of Civilization, Turkey is Not Part of Europe
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble made a statement not often heard from high-up Europeans concerning Turkey's bid to join the European Union: "We should not accept...
Morsi’s Removal Could Let Islamists Off the Hook
The overthrow of Mohammed Morsi in Egypt delights and worries me. Delight is easy to explain. What appears to have been the largest political demonstration in...
Should Egypt’s Morsi Stay or Go?
I was not present in Egypt yesterday, June 30, but I watched some of the wall-to-wall broadcasts on Egyptian television of packed...
Poll: Islamists the Biggest Terror Threat to U.S.
A recent opinion survey asked a sampling of Americans: "Which is a bigger terrorist threat to the United States today - radical Muslims, the Tea Party,...
Obama to Save Presidency by Bombing Iran? Round Two
I wrote an article 3½ years ago, at a low moment in Obama's first term, when his ratings tanked and his party just lost Edward Kennedy's...
What Turkey’s Riots Mean
Rebellion has shaken Turkey since May 31: Is it comparable to the Arab upheavals that overthrew four rulers since 2011, to Iran's Green Movement of 2009...
‘Rooting for Jalili’ in the Iranian Elections
Four years ago, almost to the day, I wrote a blog, "Rooting for Ahmadinejad," which explained why I wanted the worst of the candidates on...
