President Bush's proposal to increase American troop's level to quell the insurgency and end sectarian killings is as reckless and dangerous as his "stay the course" strategy. America's choice in Iraq must not be limited to escalation as the President contends or immediate withdrawal as many Democrats advocate...  read more »

My greetings and good wishes are not news commentary but expression of hope that contrary to 2006, the year 2007 will be a year of amity and peace. And so to all my readers, friends, students and newspaper editors around the glob that publish my weekly column... read more »

The Iraq Study Group's report presented a powerful argument that the current Bush's policy is not working and that a dramatic change of course must take place. That said, the report failed on one critical issue. No matter what other measures from the report are adopted, neither the insurgency nor the sectarian killing will end... read more »

Irrespective of how and when American troops are withdrawn, Iraq will gradually edge closer to an all-out civil war unless the country is first divided and then put back together in some kind of confederation. Iraq has been broken... read more »

Israel has lost the war of perception. As the dust settles, Israel must reassess its strategy toward Iran and the Arab states, and reestablish its military credibility, not only for its own sake, but for the sake of its enemies to prevent their making a tragic miscalculation, based on recent events. read more »

Ending the war in Lebanon has the potential of changing dramatically the region's geopolitical landscape in such a way as to lead to a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace. To achieve that, Syria must be part of the solution. Damascus has been, and remains... read more »

The multiple suicide bombings in Baghdad on Wednesday and Thursday that killed nearly 200 Iraqis was not only a retaliation to avenge the American-Iraqi led offensive against the insurgents in Tel Afar but also signifies the beginning of a civil war to undermine emerging the new order precipitated by the new constitution... read more »