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

December 28, 2015 10:08 am

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America’s Hidden Jihad

The police and press did an impressive job of sleuthing into the lives and motives of Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, the married couple...

December 23, 2015 7:18 am

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An Israeli Gas Pipeline to Turkey Is a Terrible Idea

News that the Turkish and Israeli governments are about to renew full diplomatic relations after years of tensions causes me to smile cynically – and...

December 14, 2015 6:17 am

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Ban Islamists From America, Not Muslims

Donald Trump, the leading Republican presidential candidate, called on Dec. 7 for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our...

December 7, 2015 7:31 am

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The Truth About Muslim ‘No-Go Zones’ in Europe

The existence of "no-go zones" in predominantly Muslim areas in Europe has been a major topic of conversation since the latest Paris massacre on November 13, primarily...

November 15, 2015 2:30 am

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Why the Paris Massacre Will Have Limited Impact

The murder of some 129 innocents in Paris by a jihadi gang on Friday has again shocked the French and led to another round of...

July 15, 2015 12:11 am

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Obama’s Iran Deal is an Absolute Disaster

Barack Obama has repeatedly signaled during the past six and a half years that his No. 1 priority in foreign affairs is not China, not...

June 5, 2015 12:42 pm

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No More ‘Terrorism’ or ‘Terrorists’ for Me

When the British Broadcasting Corporation, the world's largest news operation, decided in January not to call the gunmen who attacked the offices of the French...

May 11, 2015 2:24 pm

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The Middle East Runs Out of Water

A ranking Iranian political figure, Issa Kalantari, recently warned that past mistakes leave Iran with water supplies so insufficient that up to 70 percent, or 55...

April 9, 2015 11:12 am

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Today’s Iran Debate Misses the Point

While hugely important in terms of Iranian relations with the outside world, US-Israel relations, and Barack Obama's relations with Congress, the labored, contradictory, and unspecific...

April 8, 2015 1:22 pm

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Opinion: How Much Can Air Power Achieve?

Suddenly, wherever you look in the greater Middle East, you find air forces bombing guerrillas: Syria: The government air force attacks...

April 7, 2015 5:27 pm

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Opinion: Decoding the Obama Doctrine

James Jeffrey, Barack Obama's former ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Iraq, has this to say about the administration's current record in the Middle East: "We're...

March 30, 2015 7:53 am

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Why Yemen Matters

The Middle East witnessed something radically new two days ago, when the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia responded to a plea by Yemen's president and led...

March 23, 2015 10:39 am

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Islam Bulldozes the Past

The recent bulldozing by the Islamic State (ISIS) of the ancient cities of Nimrud, Hatra, and Korsabad, three of the world's greatest archaeological and cultural...

March 13, 2015 7:13 am

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Islam and the Connection to ISIS

Prominent non-Muslim political figures have embarrassed themselves by denying the self-evident connection of Islam to the Islamic State (ISIS) and to Islamist violence in Paris...