The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State” is a book by Noah Feldman. It was one of the books of the year by “The Economist” in ...

On February 7, 1984, just a few months after Hezbollah drove a truck bomb into as U.S. Marine Barracks in 1983, President Ronald Reagan announced that U.S. forces would “redeploy,” initially offshore ...

However, as one can read in the Explanatory Memorandum, there is a different approach when it comes to successfully undermining Western civilization. Muhammad coined the Islamic tactic of Hijra, ...

Explore the history of Islamic nations from the birth of the religion in 622 to its rise in the 7th and 8th centuries.

It is easy to celebrate the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime. The Assads, backed by Russia and Iran, dominated Syria for more than a half-century. After a 1982 uprising in Hama, Hafez ...

For almost half a century, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been a source of instability in Asia and across much of the wider world. Tehran’s long-championed mix of ideological zeal and aggressive ...

The world that had been Rome -- The formation of post-Roman society -- The Romano-Germanic kingdoms : the era of Theoderic and Clovis -- The view from the East : crisis, survival, and renewal -- ...

The enemy of an enemy is not always a friend. The Middle East can be quite a bit more complicated. It is easy to celebrate the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime. The Assads, backed by ...