Clifford D. May / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Clifford D. May / JNS.org
After Twenty 9/11 Anniversaries, the Sleeping Giant Nods Off Again
JNS.org - On the first anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, I wrote a column about a BBC radio program. I had been a...
Iran’s Crimes and Acts of War Will Continue Until Biden Responds Forcefully
JNS.org - The plot was audacious: Agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran would kidnap an American citizen on American soil. Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-born journalist...
The Return of Antisemitism
JNS.org - Antisemitism is back with a vengeance. According to the Anti-Defamation League, acts of assault, vandalism and harassment against Jews are at the highest...
Biden Blew a Chance for a Win in His Meeting With Putin
JNS.org - Time and again, we fail to understand Russia and its rulers. Back in 1939, Winston Churchill acknowledged this, famously describing Russia as “a...
Iran’s Nuclear Secrets Have Been Exposed
JNS.org - Spies steal secrets. Sometimes, those secrets must be carefully studied and analyzed by experts to turn them into products useful to policymakers. The spies...
Enemies Fighting Israel on Other Battlefields
JNS.org - For the moment, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have stopped shooting rockets at Israelis and, in response, Israelis have stopped targeting weapons arsenals in Gaza. But...
For Israelis, One More Battle in a Forever War for Survival
JNS.org - In the 1930s, the Nazis declared: “The Jews do not deserve to live!” They acted on this conviction, and by the mid-1940s, 6...
The Islamic Republic’s War on Israel
JNS.org - Iran’s rulers fund, arm and instruct Hamas, which rules Gaza and has fired more than 3,000 rockets at Israeli cities and villages over the past...
Human Rights Watch Crosses the Line With Latest Attack on Israel
JNS.org - Antisemitism may be the world’s oldest hatred, but it’s still a long way from death’s door. What I find particularly distressing, if not...
US Chooses Defeat in Afghanistan
JNS.org - If the Taliban were not teetotalers, they’d be shopping for champagne about now in response to President Joe Biden’s decision to unconditionally withdraw...
Biden’s Bad Foreign-Policy Deals
JNS.org - Because Barack Obama struck me as a clever fellow, I never understood why, when negotiating with despots, he failed to utilize the leverage available...
China’s Rulers Have a New and Unimproved Version of Rules-Based Order
JNS.org - Top Biden administration officials met in Anchorage this month with top officials of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Reporters characterized their exchange...
Macron Deserves Credit for Trying to Unite France
JNS.org - What holds a nation together? In some cases, it’s blood, soil and language (think Japan). In some cases, it’s a police state (think...
Biden Must Deter, Not Appease, Moscow, Beijing, Tehran and Pyongyang
JNS.org - We all disapprove of appeasement, right? The term evokes Munich, where British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain made concessions to Adolf Hitler in the...
