Clare M. Lopez

The attacks of 9/11 may seem now to be in the far-distant past. But in large part because the ideology, intent, and key role of the Islamic Republic of Iran were never addressed in full or confronted, that regime continues to foment chaos and terror across the Middle East and beyond. This essay will therefore […]

A view is taking hold across the Middle East and beyond that the United States is determined to implement a policy of withdrawal from international leadership—or at least from leadership of the free world and those who dream of being part of it. Withdrawal from both Afghanistan and Iraq, where Islamic Law, the Taliban, al-Qaeda, […]

Even with the intense international focus on Iran, its nuclear weapons program, support for jihad and Sharia, and horrific human rights abuses, there is relatively little attention paid to the ideology that infuses the mullahs’ regime with such hostility. That ideology is firmly rooted in both historical Shi’a Islam and the deep personal antagonism of […]