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

September 10, 2011 9:45 pm

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“Are We Safer?”

Three weeks after 9/11, I wrote an article titled "Why This American Feels Safer" in which I noted that, unlike the 2/3s of my fellow...

August 30, 2011 2:55 am

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Assessing Gaddafi

On September 1, Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi (the proper transliteration of his name) would have been ruler of Libya for exactly 42 years, making him ...

August 16, 2011 4:01 pm

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White House Mischief

The White House engaged in two puerile and quickly-exposed gambits last week that exposed the Obama administration's amateurish and deceitful Middle East-Islamic policies...

August 12, 2011 10:00 am

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Declaring a Palestinian State, Yet Again

The Palestinian Authority's push to declare a Palestinian state is hardly a new idea. By my count, this is the fourth iteration. I described the...

August 9, 2011 12:00 am

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Why Chris Christie Will Never Be President of the United States

Chris Christie, New Jersey Governor since 2010, has qualities and achievements that appeal to mainstream conservatives, from his direct style to his impressive budget cutting....

August 2, 2011 9:51 am

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Another Islamist Soldier Turns Terrorist in Texas

U.S. Army Private First Class Nasser Jason Abdo, 21, first made the news last August when, arguing that his Islamic faith contradicts serving in the...

July 19, 2011 1:03 pm

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Empower Iranians vs. Tehran

How should Western governments deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran, which Washington labels, "the most active state sponsor of terrorism"? Iranian aggression began in 1979,...

July 5, 2011 1:00 pm

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Middle East Studies in Upheaval

The troubled academic study of the Middle East and Islam by Americans is changing in fundamental ways. I offer some thoughts based on 42 years...

June 22, 2011 8:46 am

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Not Stealing Palestine but Purchasing Israel

Zionists stole Palestinian land: that's the mantra both the Palestinian Authority and Hamas teach their children and propagate in their media. This claim has vast...

June 12, 2011 11:36 am

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The Emptying of Yemen

For the first time in its exceedingly long history, Yemen now threatens the outside world. It does so in two principal ways. First, even before the...

April 17, 2011 9:47 pm

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Gaddafi’s Empty Boast

Oriana Fallaci died almost five years ago but her writings live on. She won fame especially for the knowledge, cunning, and feistiness of her interviews...