Inspired by the Pakistani role model, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is transforming Iran into a military dictatorship, where the IRGC is not only constitutionally tasked with "safeguarding the revolution and its achievements," but also rules Iran.

Contrary to conventional wisdom in Washington, Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not interested in preserving his country's relationship with Israel, but is determined to bolster Turkey's standing in the Arab and Muslim world's at Israel's expense.

The present Palestinian leadership is inconsistent with the hopes of those Israelis who believed that Oslo offered a reasonable prospect of peace.

As Recep Tayyip Erdogan approaches the end of his first decade of rule, the question for American and European policymakers should not be whether Turkey should join the European Union, but whether it even belongs in NATO.

Sharon's first few days as prime minister-designate of Israel bode ill indeed for the outcome of the ongoing Middle East war.

So Ariel Sharon, the Lion of Judah, Israel's own George Patton, the toughest guy in the Middle East, the mention of whose name makes strong men tremble, has offered the top two jobs in his government-to-be to the guys who vie with Neville Chamberlain for Top Appeasers of Modern Times:...

Ben Ali and Hosni Mubarak’s fall is the end of the beginning rather than the beginning of the end.

Turkish-Israeli relations all but collapsed earlier this year. Yet the current downturn in relations is made even worse by Mr. Erdogan's decision to reach out to China.