Rabbles, Riots and Ruins By Mike Aquilina (Ignatius Press, 206 pages, $16) I think I have by now read ten or so of Mr. Aquilina’s books, and find myself ever putting down his latest with a combination of satisfaction and…
It has been 109 years since 1.5 million Armenians were deported, starved, or massacred by the Ottoman Empire in a genocide that took the world decades to recognize. They haven’t forgotten. Last week, thousands of the country’s citizens flooded the…
Almost 30 years ago, over 800,000 people were brutally murdered in just 100 days in a tiny country in the middle of Africa. The global media and the international community largely ignored the event as it was occurring, refusing to…
Iran and Russia are on collaborative maneuvers once again. This time it’s in the South Caucasus: both are deliberately derailing ongoing peace talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the region of Karabakh. In this volatile region, it serves both Iran and…
While foreign policy is likely to take a back seat to domestic concerns such as the coronavirus pandemic during the early stages of a future Biden administration, one issue should not: the Iran threat. During the campaign, President-elect Joe Biden…
While President Donald Trump’s recently released Mideast peace plan is likely to gain little traction — both with Israel and the U.S. facing partisan gridlock and elections and the Palestinians swiftly rejecting the measure — it does provide a fresh…
When the British diplomat Robert Ker Porter arrived in the Persian city of Ispahan, having ventured there from St. Petersburg in 1817 to explore the vestiges of ancient Babylonia, and then to follow the route of Xenophon’s Katabasis, he could…
The outcry was swift and sharp following the October 16 SEAL Team episode, whose plot featured Navy SEALs on a mission to retake an Azerbaijani power plant from suspected “Armenian loyalists” who were later identified as Iranian forces. Armenian media…
While strategic alliances are crucial for ensuring any nation’s safety and security, they are particularly indispensable for relatively small countries. Israel, which has long faced diplomatic isolation and hostility among its neighbors, has relied on its relationships with the U.S….
