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The Rise of Islamic Extremism
The Middle East has a feudal and tribal culture. Personal allegiances in the Middle East in ancient times were to one’s tribe. Most political units in rural areas were tribal and villages were...
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The Case for Assad Staying
It is conventional wisdom to call for the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad. There are two main reasons for this. The humanitarian crisis in Syria is a direct result of Assad’s choice to...
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The Re-Militarization of Japan
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is undoubtedly a nationalist. He has repeatedly called for strengthening Japan’s military and loosening the tightness on the leash that Japan’s post-World War 2...
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The Folly of Arming Syria’s Moderates
The collapse of US backed Syrian opposition groups is indicative of a greater issue within the moderate opposition. The moderate opposition in Syria is on its last legs and is more concerned with...
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The Cuban Thaw: What’s The Point?
The recent opening of negotiations between the Obama administration and Cuba has split public opinion into two opposing camps. Those on the right see it as a betrayal and giving aid and quarter to our...
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The Sham Religiosity of Cuba’s Communists
For the Catholic Church, Pope Francis’s rapprochement to the Castro regime is the triumph of hope over experience rather than a response to any religious awakening on the part of the Cuban Communist...
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Cuba and LGBT Rights
LGBT rights in Cuba are perplexing from an ideological standpoint. Communist theory itself is unclear on the issue of homosexuality. Logically, one would assume that, given communism’s emphatic...
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Cuban Communists Warped Sense of Nationalism
Cuba’s communists like to wrap themselves in the Cuban flag in order to legitimize the mysterious aurora invoked by Cuban nationalism. This is quite perplexing given that Marxism is an...
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Why They Fight
Early this year State Department spokeswoman, Marie Harf, offered the “nuanced” idea that the prime motivation for joining the Islamic State is a lack of employment opportunities. A year later most...
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Khalifa Haftar: Getting a Libyan Strongman on the Cheap
It has been four years since the global intervention that led to the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi. Today, the Libyan state is a mess. Political turmoil quickly turned into outright civil war in 2014...
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