Daniel Pipes

Daniel Pipes
Daniel Pipes, a historian, is director of the Middle East Forum and Taube distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. A former official in the U.S. Department of State, he has taught at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, the U.S. Naval War College, and Pepperdine University. He has written twelve books and his website, DanielPipes.org, with a near-complete archive of his writings, has recorded nearly 60 million page visits. He writes a bi-weekly column for the Jerusalem Post, National Review, and other publications; his writings have been translated into 33 languages. Two U.S. presidents have appointed Mr. Pipes to U.S. government positions. Al-Qaeda has invited him to convert to Islam, Edward Kennedy borked him, and Edward Said called him an "Orientalist." His current focus is on the phenomenon of lawful Islamism (or soft jihad), the forwarding radical Islam through legitimate means. Contact: Pipes@MEForum.org.

ARTICLES BY: Daniel Pipes

June 6, 2013 11:46 am

Happy Israel

In a typically maladroit statement, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry recently complained that Israelis are too contented to end their conflict with the Palestinians:...

May 27, 2013 9:24 am

Muslim Acts of Beheading in the West

The gruesome murder last week of a soldier outside London by a Muslim convert, Michael Adebolajo, brings to mind that throat slitting and...

May 4, 2013 2:33 pm

Why Western Governments Should Support Assad

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. Photo: Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom / ABr via Wikimedia Commons. Analysts agree that "the erosion of the Syrian regime's capabilities is accelerating,"...

May 4, 2013 2:02 pm

Education by Murder in Boston

What will be the long-term impact of the Boston Marathon attack and the ensuing action-movie-style chase, in four people were killed and...

April 26, 2013 3:54 pm

Viscount Samuel, Meet Secretary Hagel

Emerging from intense controversy, the British politician Herbert Samuel (1870-1963) was appointed the first High Commissioner of Palestine, where he served 1920-25. A...

April 23, 2013 2:10 am

Boston Bombing Lesson: Ban Niqabs and Burqas

The Tsarnaev brothers pulled off their terrorist attack with great skill but made a fatal mistake in letting their faces and bodies...

April 18, 2013 8:40 am

U.S. Fears Syria Rebel Victory, For Now

The commentariat universally rejected my Apr. 11 column arguing that Western governments should "Support Assad" on the grounds that he is losing and we...

April 15, 2013 1:18 am

140,000 Canisters of U.S. Teargas to Egypt’s Morsi

The Egyptian publication Al-Masry Al-Youm reports that the U.S. government has supplied five containers carrying 140,000 teargas canisters to Egypt's Interior Ministry. It further reports...

April 9, 2013 8:18 am

Mainstream Jewish Institutions Celebrate Anti-Zionists

Major Jewish institutions show a marked propensity to promote and celebrate the enemies of Israel and even antisemites. Here are some examples, working...

March 28, 2013 3:10 am

The Iraq War and “Nation Building”

How does one understand the U.S.-led expeditionary force that attacked Iraq a decade ago, on March 18, 2003? Saddam Hussein's regime was one of the most...

March 20, 2013 1:12 am

The Obama Administration’s Israel Fixation

Why does Barack Obama focus so much on Israel and its struggle with the Arabs? It's not just that he's spending days in Israel this week,...

March 18, 2013 12:35 am

Abbas is Right, There is No Disagreement Between Fatah and Hamas

For those of us arguing that there's no fundamental difference between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, an interview of Mahmoud Abbas today by Salam Musafir...

March 14, 2013 12:26 am

Excluding Jews and Others from Juries

Comes the news that Frederick Cohn, the Jewish defense lawyer for Abdel Hameed Shehadeh, asked Brooklyn-based federal judge Eric Vitaliano to exclude Jews from...

March 13, 2013 12:51 am