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

March 12, 2013 12:52 am

50 Years of Syrian Misery

The horrors of today's Syria - repression, civil war, barbarity - resulted from many developments; one of the most important occurred 50 years...

March 8, 2013 6:24 am

Defending Lars Hedegaard

At 11:20 a.m. on Feb. 5, Lars Hedegaard answered his door bell to an apparent mailman. Instead of receiving a package, however, the ...

March 5, 2013 12:30 pm

When AIPAC Went AWOL

Chuck Hagel's notorious 2008 statement about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the leading institution of the pro-Israel lobby, claimed that "the Jewish...

February 28, 2013 1:23 am

Islamist Assassinations in the West

This article by Daniel Pipes was originally published by the Gatestone Institute. Terrorism broadly takes two forms: against random individuals who happen to be at a...

February 22, 2013 1:30 am

Philadelphia’s Burqa Crisis

Philadelphia, the city where I live, has quietly and unassumedly become the capital of the Western world as regards female Islamic garb as an accessory...

February 20, 2013 1:00 am

The Hagel Nomination: An Open Letter to Chuck Schumer

Dear Chuck, I write to encourage you to review and reconsider your endorsement of Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense. The new information that has...

February 19, 2013 1:21 am

Futile Israeli Efforts to Win Ankara Back

The Government of Israel, we learned yesterday from a Turkish source, has delivered Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) equipment...

February 15, 2013 12:53 am

Smart University Giving

With a flurry of good will and generosity, the Helen Diller Family Fund gave $5 million for Jewish studies in 1999 to the University...

February 7, 2013 4:13 am

Is Turkey Leaving the West?

Recent steps taken by the Government of Turkey suggest it may be ready to ditch the NATO club of democracies for a Russian and...

February 4, 2013 2:17 am

What Planet Does John Kerry Live On?

The two-day old tenure of Secretary of State John Kerry got off to a flying start today with an astonishing statement from his ambassador to...

January 23, 2013 12:58 am

With Obama’s Second Term Israel’s Troubles Will Really Begin

I predicted two months before the November 2012 presidential vote that, should Barack Obama be re-elected, "the coldest treatment of Israel ever by...

January 2, 2013 4:44 am

Can Erdogan Achieve His Islamist Dream for Turkey

The menu for meals on my Turkish Airlines flight earlier this month assured passengers that food selections "do not contain pork." The menu also offered a...

November 28, 2012 12:40 am

Next Time Israel Must Retake the Philadelphi Corridor

The Second Hamas-Israel War of Nov. 10-21 inspired a mighty debate over rights and wrongs, with each side appealing to the large undecided bloc (19...

November 18, 2012 4:33 am

Reflections on Current Hamas-Israel Hostilities

Two observations about the Hamas-Israel hostilities that began on Nov. 10: (1) The old Arab-Israeli wars were military clashes, the recent ones are political clashes. The wars...