Amir Taheri
Isis Is Not Invincible — If The West Has The Will
IS is just the latest in a long line of Islamist terror groups to attack France. But a study of military history shows how it can be destroyed
Obama’s Iran Deal Makes The World More Dangerous
The President’s supporters call the nuclear agreement his most significant foreign policy achievement. They are right — but for the wrong reasons
Why the West Can’t Do Business With Iran
Obama persists in trying to talk to a regime whose “sacred cause” is to replace a US-led world order with an Islamic one
A Democratic Beacon in the Fractious Arab World
Nearly a decade after the US overthrew Saddam Hussein, Iraq is emerging as an increasingly free and prosperous society
An Islamist Winter?
While Islamists have prospered from the Arab Spring, they are not dominant. But vigilance is needed to protect the flame of freedom
A Military Solution for Afghanistan
Now that the insurgency is cracking, the time has come for Nato to send more troops into the war zone to finish off the job
How Do We Deal with Tehran?
Two new books on Iran and its nuclear ambitions raise the question of how the West should respond
Beware the Obama Machine
When I drew attention to the two-faced tactics of the Democratic candidate over Iraq, his ‘militants’ turned nasty
Carrying water for freedom
Hong Kong’s protestors are brave and, so far, successful. The Chinese Communist Party leadership must be kicking itself
Discussions with a stone wall
Britain’s main gay rights organisation is risking its own future by adopting gender self-ID as its new cause
In the heartlands of white-flag academia
When I tried to find out why my pro-Brexit article was turned down I was rebuffed — showing the intellectual conformism of universities