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 26, 2012 10:01 am

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After an Israeli Strike on Iran

How will Iranians respond to an Israeli strike against their nuclear infrastructure? This prediction matters greatly, affecting not just Jerusalem's decision but also...

June 24, 2012 12:46 am

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Thoughts on the Syrian Downing of a Turkish Warplane

There appears to be agreement on the basic facts: a Turkish F-4 violated Syrian airspace and the Syrian military shot it down over its territorial...

June 21, 2012 1:47 pm

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Egypt’s Palace Coup

If even Time magazine realizes that in Egypt, "The Military Shows Egypt Who's Boss," one figures that the memo has finally been read by the...

June 13, 2012 12:39 pm

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Stay Out of the Syrian Morass

As the Syrian government makes increasingly desperate and vicious efforts to keep power, pleas for military intervention, more or less on the Libyan...

June 4, 2012 6:00 am

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Twenty Years of Illusion About Islamism

The broad lines of U.S. government, other government, and generally establishment policy toward Islamism were laid down on June 2, 1992, when Assistant Secretary of...

May 29, 2012 12:48 pm

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Counting Palestine Refugees

The fetid, dark heart of the Arab war on Israel, I have long argued, lies not in disputes over Jerusalem, checkpoints, or "settlements." Rather, it concerns...

May 15, 2012 2:32 pm

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Uncovering Early Islam

The year 1880 saw the publication of a book that ranks as the single most important study of Islam ever. Written in German by a...

May 2, 2012 11:34 am

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Chris Christie’s Islam Problem

By Daniel Pipes and Steven Emerson A Quinnipiac poll in April showed Chris Christie the most popular potential Republican vice-presidential candidate, thanks to his budget...

April 18, 2012 3:49 pm

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Islam Cartoon

Yes. One year ago, Harvard University hosted a workshop to teach comic book artists how to address Americans' "unease with Islam and the Middle...

April 4, 2012 9:42 am

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It’s Not Road Rage, It’s Terrorism

On February 25, 1994, Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli doctor of American origins, went to the mosque at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, and...

March 23, 2012 2:57 pm

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Israel’s Arabs, Living a Paradox

Can Arabs, who make up one-fifth of Israel's population, be loyal citizens of the Jewish state? With this question in mind, I recently visited several...

March 7, 2012 10:19 am

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An Old View of the Arabs

"Once mellowed and moldering, the far-flung civilization of the Arabs is being swept today by invigorating winds of change. A fruitful kind of...

February 26, 2012 11:27 am

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Syria: Arguing for U.S. Inaction

Some thoughts on U.S. policy toward Syria on the occasion of the recently-ended "Friends of Syria" meeting in Tunisia: Since the end of the cold war,...

February 22, 2012 7:58 am

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Eventually, All Humans Will Be Palestine Refugees

Of all the issues that drive the Arab-Israeli conflict, none is more central, malign, primal, enduring, emotional, and complex than the status of...