Upon the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini led Friday prayers at Tehran University. His sermon would carry the weight of an American State of the Union address. With time, Khomeini and his successor Ali Khamenei designated a substitute prayer leader from amongst the regime hierarchy.

Choice in Middle Eastern politics ranges from the bad to the worse, and Egypt is no exception.

Engagement with enemies remains President Obama's wonder drug, but the only path to victory in Afghanistan is to decisively defeat the Taliban leadership.

The problems in Pakistani society underscore a deeper crisis that goes right to the nation's very foundations--a crisis of identity that originates in the late 19th century when the idea of an independent Muslim nation in South Asia first emerged.

Disproportionately more international terrorists hail from Pakistan than from any other place on earth.Why has radical Islam become so entrenched in this supposedly secular Muslim state?

The United States will begin to abandon Afghanistan yet again in July 2011, and it will not bode well for the war on terrorism.

A review of Anglo-Iranian Relations since 1800, edited by Vanessa Martin.

There is no clash of civilizations between Iranians and Americans. The clash is between those in favor of human rights and those in favor of the Islamic Republic.