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

February 8, 2012 9:48 am

Kastelorizo – Mediterranean Flashpoint?

Remember the name Kastelorizo; you heard it here first. It is the far-flung, easternmost island of Greece, 80 miles from Rhodes, 170 miles west of...

February 5, 2012 12:43 pm

Egypt’s Economic Iceberg

Terrified of the secular/modern/liberal demonstrators who made their presence known in Tahrir Square, as well as of the soccer hooligans, Mohamed Tantawi and Egypt's Supreme...

February 2, 2012 2:48 pm

Remarkable Israel

Israel's military prowess - operational and technological alike - is renowned; but the Jewish state, population 7.7 million, is no less impressive in other areas...

January 24, 2012 12:01 am

Don’t Ignore Electoral Fraud in Egypt

When Egypt's Lower House convened on Jan. 23, Islamists held 360 out of its 498 seats, or 72 percent. This astounding figure, however, reflects...

January 17, 2012 8:53 am

Ending the Palestinian “Right of Return” to Israel

Between 1967 and 1993, just a few hundred Palestinians from the West Bank or Gaza won the right to live in Israel by...

January 4, 2012 12:11 am

South Sudan, Israel’s New Ally

It's not every day that the leader of a brand-new country makes his maiden foreign voyage to Jerusalem, capital of the most besieged country...

December 21, 2011 9:40 am

Tehran and Obama’s Reelection

The formal end of the U.S. war in Iraq on Dec. 15 enhances neighboring Iran as a major, unpredictable factor in the U.S....

December 6, 2011 8:31 am

Egypt’s Sham Election

By Daniel Pipes and Cynthia Farahat According to Egypt's elections committee, the Muslim Brotherhood won 37 percent of the vote of the first round...

November 21, 2011 4:26 pm

Arabist Snobs

Is knowledge of Arabic necessary to write about Arabs or make policy toward them? Yes, sniff some of those who have learned the...

November 8, 2011 12:01 am

Friendless In The Middle East

The Arab upheavals of 2011 have inspired wildly inconsistent Western responses. How, for example, can one justify abiding the suppression of dissidents in Bahrain while...

October 25, 2011 9:36 pm

Obama’s Misplaced Mideast Optimism

Confidently commenting on the execution of Libya's long-time dictator, Barack Obama stated that "the death of Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi showed that our role in...

October 11, 2011 9:30 am

Cyprus on the World Stage

Cyprus, an island of roughly 1.3 million inhabitants near Turkey and Syria, finds itself on the cusp of momentous change, with great opportunities...

September 27, 2011 10:07 am

Is Turkey Going Rogue?

In a Middle East wracked by coups d'état and civil insurrections, the Republic of Turkey credibly offers itself as a model thanks to its impressive economic...

September 16, 2011 8:55 am

In Praise of NYC’s Muscular Counterterrorism

U.S. law enforcement agencies have generally responded to 9/11 with a pretend counterterrorism policy. They insist that naming the enemy as Islamism causes terrorism, that Islamist...