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121. David Pinault: The Crucifix on Mecca’s Front Porch
120: Hy Rothstein: Who Lost Afghanistan?
119. David Goldman: You Will Be Assimilated: China’s Plan to Sino-Form the World
118. Seth Cropsey: China and U.S. Strategic Competition
117. Iraq: Past, Present, and Pivotal Future
116. Analysis of the Geopolitics of the Libya Conflict
114. Mehdi Khalaji: Inside Iran: What Forces Will Decide its Future, and How?
113. Cynthia Farahat: Is the Muslim Brotherhood Still a Threat Today?
112. Dr. Patrick M. Cronin: Total Competition: The China Challenge in the South China Sea
111. Ali H. Alyami: Saudi Arabia’s Unpredictable Future
110. Bilal Wahab: Iraqi Freedom Confronts Iranian Domination
109. Christopher C. Harmon: How Terrorist Groups End
108: Ali Jalali: Is Peace Possible in Afghanistan?
107. Dr. Stephen Blank: How does the Russo-Chinese Alliance Threaten U.S. Interests and Alliances?
106. Dr. Samuel Gregg: Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization
105: Bill Gertz: Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China’s Drive for Global Supremacy
104. Paul Marshall: Indonesia’s Muslim Counter Radicalization Movements
103. David Des Roches: The On-going War in the Persian Gulf: Why Does It Matter to the US?
102. Robert Louis Wilken: Liberty in the Things of God: The Christian Origins of Religious Freedom
101. Saeed Ghasseminejad: The Effect of U.S. Sanctions on Iran’s Economy
100. MeiLee Dozier and Dr. Jeff Moore: ISIS’ leaderless revolution and the Sri Lanka attacks
97. Farahnaz Ispahani: Purifying the Land of the Pure: Pakistan’s Religious Minorities
96. Ilan Berman: The Future of the War on Terror – ISIS and After
95. Walid Phares: US Strategy in the Middle East Till 2020: Will It Work?
94. Juliana Geran Pilon: The Art of Peace: Engaging a Complex World
93. Shmuel Bar: The Fertile Crescent – Between Russia, Iran and Israel
92. Mary Habeck: How to Identify Through Practices and Methodology
91. Kenneth Pollack: Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness
90. Samuel Tadros: The Sorrows of Egypt, Revisited
89. Sean McFate: The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder
87. Tawfik Hamid: The Making (and Unmaking) of the Jihadist Mind
86. James Clad: The Islamic State Attacks Indonesia – And its ‘Middle Way’
85. Harun Maruf: Inside Al Shabaab: The Secret History of Al-Qaeda’s Most Powerful Ally
83. Dr. Jeff Moore: Evolution in Islamic insurgency in Asia
82. Robert Spencer: The History of Jihad
80. Mansour Al-Hadj: What are the Prospects for Real Reform in Saudi Arabia?
79. Alberto Fernandez: Reinventing an American International Broadcasting Network to the Arab World
78. Wael Farouq: Conflicting Arab Identities
77. Dr. László Szabó: Immigration and the Preservation of European Culture
76. Ahmet S. Yayla: How Turkey Sees Its Role in the World and What That Means for the U.S.
73. Patrick Clawson: Will the Islamic Republic Last Long Enough to Get a Nuclear Bomb?
72. Joseph Braude: Broadcasting Change: Arabic Media as a Catalyst for Liberalism
70. Chris Harmon: The Terrorist Argument: Modern Advocacy and Propaganda
69. The Taliban Revival: Violence and Extremism on the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier
68. Ibn Warraq: The Islam in Islamic Terrorism: The Importance of Beliefs, Ideas, and Ideology
67. Michael Pregent: After ISIS, the Future of Iraq in the Hands of Iran
66. David Goldman: Will China overtake the U.S. as the world’s leading superpower?
64. Joshua Muravchik: Israel: How Was David Made into Goliath?
63. Wibawanto Nugroho: Understanding Islamist Radical Terrorism
58. Ilan Berman: The Drivers of Russian Strategy in the Middle East
57. Mark Helprin: Unorthodox Thoughts In Regard to the Middle East Military Dimension
56. Bill Gertz: iWar: War and Peace in the Information Age
55. Mehdi Khalaji: How the Iranian Revolution Changed the Role of the Shia Clergy
54. Clifford May: Islamism and Jihadism: The Challenge and the Threat for Trump
53. Ali Jalali: Afghanistan: From the Great Game to the Global War on Terror
52. Chen Guangcheng: Civil Rights in China
51. Sebastian Gorka: The Future of Jihadist Terrorism
50. James Carafano: Immigration and National Security: The Global Response
49. Shmuel Bar: The Demise of the Arab State, Re-Tribalization, and the Emergence of Jihadistans
48. Robert McFarlane: The Sunni Response to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
47. Yigal Carmon: How the Internet Developed the Global Jihadi Movement
46. Michael Eisenstadt: Winning Battles, Losing Wars: Rethinking U.S. Strategy in the Middle East
45. Michael Doran: Ike’s Gamble: America’s Rise to Dominance in the Middle East
44. Robert R. Reilly: Diplomacy in the Modern Era
43. John H. Moore’s Lessons from the Cold War
42. S. Frederick Starr: What was Islamic Culture and What Happened to It?
41. Sister Diana Momeka: Eyewitness to ISIS in Iraq
40. Celina Realuyo: Defunding ISIS and Other Terrorists
39. John Lenczowski: Politics and Ideology, Assessing the Russian Reality
38. Stephen Ulph: Islamism and Totalitarianism
37. Sam Tadros: The Future of Islamism in Egypt
36. Thomas Joscelyn: Al Qaeda After the Death of Bin Laden – The Future of Jihadist Terrorism
35. Robert R. Reilly: Closing of the Muslim Mind
34. Ahmet S. Yayla: Turkey and Erdogan
33. Suzanne Scholte: The Battle for Human Rights in North Korea: Is There Any Hope?
32. Gamal Arabi: Terrorism: A Political, Military Danger or a Cultural, Ideological Challenge?
31. Zuhdi Jasser: Fighting for Victory Against Islamism: A Muslim Blueprint for the West
30. Congressman Frank Wolf: Nigeria & International Religious Freedom
29. Michael Ledeen: Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam
28. Jack Rusenko: How to Define ISIS and How Morocco is Fighting It
27. Andrew C. McCarthy: What Keeps America from Protecting Itself from Radical Islam
26. Nibras Kazimi: How Jihadists Weaponize Islamic History and How to De-Weaponize It
25. Richard Miniter: The Consequences to National Security of Obama’s Leading from Behind
24. Clare Lopez: Gulen and the Gulenist Movement
23. Andrew Doran: Christian Genocide: Evidence for Its Designation and Saving Christianity in Iraq
22. Kanan Makiya: What Went Wrong in 2003, An Iraqi Story for the Future
21. Sebastian Gorka: America and Irregular Warfare
20. Joseph Humire: Iranian Strategic Influence in the Hemisphere
19. Michael Pregent: How Iran Fuels ISIS
18. Ilan Berman: Iran’s Global Ambition
17. Robert Reilly: Deciphering the Middle East: Why the United States Usually Gets it Wrong
16. Tawfik Hamid: “Inside Jihad: How Radical Islam Works, and How to Defeat It”
15. Mike Pompeo: Dealing with Iran in a Post-Deal World
14. CIA Director James Woolsey: When Iran Goes Nuclear: Technology and Ideology
13. Dr. John M. Poindexter: National Security and the Islamic State: Foreign and Domestic
12. Westminster Institute Delegation to Egypt
11. Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo: The Role of Religion in the Battle Space since 9/11
10. Dr. Tawfik Hamid: The Psychology and Ideology of Islam Extremism
9. Dr. J. Michael Waller: The Muslim Brotherhood and the Mobilization of Power Ideology
8. Stephen Ulph: The Importance of Muslim Reformers
7. Robert R. Reilly: Information Operations-Successes and Failures
6. Dr. Walid Phares: A New U.S. Response to Upheaval in the Middle East
5. Diana West: Countering Subversion-Lessons from History
4. Katharine C. Gorka: The OIC’s Political Warfare
3. Sebastian Gorka: A New American Strategy
2. Diana West: American Betrayal: the Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character
1. Deborah Weiss: Combating Free Speech Infringement
