Eric Bordenkircher

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Nov 7, 2024, 10:58 PM

The Deficiencies of Ceasefires and Self-Defense

Democratic leadership continues to endanger and undermine Israel. The latest example is the repeated endeavors by the Biden-Harris administration for a ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah. It follows President Biden’s calls for a proportional Israeli response...

Jun 8, 2024, 10:14 PM

Heroes of Progressivism: Entry #4

Representative Ilhan Omar: Regime-Change Aficionado Ilhan Omar is the progressive version of former Vice President Dick Cheney. Like Cheney, the Representative of Minnesota’s 5th District supports the disruption and transformation of overseas governing systems while being oblivious or ignoring the...

Feb 10, 2024, 12:39 AM

Heroes of Progressivism: Entry #3

USAID Administrator Samantha Power: A 21st Century Orwellian Imperialist. Samantha Power obfuscates the obvious. As the head of the United States Agency of International Development (USAID), she portrays interventionist USAID endeavors as deferential, delicate, and friendly. It is apparent in...

Jan 15, 2024, 2:03 AM

Heroes of Progressivism: Entry #2

Congressman Jamaal Bowman: The impassioned advocate for cease-fires and peace. Jamaal Bowman lets his emotions dictate his foreign policy decisions. It is apparent when he addresses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Shortly after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7,...

Nov 30, 2023, 10:06 PM

Heroes of Progressivism: Entry #1

Senator Chris Murphy: A Champion of Institutions Chris Murphy’s indulgence of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is not bearing fruit. As Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, the Senator...

Nov 22, 2022, 5:04 PM

Make Lebanon Independent Again

Lebanon celebrates its independence on November 22nd. 2022 marks the 79th year since the end of French control and Lebanon’s official entrance into the community of nation-states. Like much in Lebanon, the holiday rings hollow. Anyone familiar with Lebanese history...

May 4, 2021, 8:09 AM

Obama² : The Biden Administration and refining failure in the Middle East

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. However, in the case of Joe Biden imitating Barack Obama in the Middle East, employing the adage that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different...

Nov 18, 2020, 12:20 AM

Fearing and loathing a Biden presidency?

The question diplomatic historians will one day ask is: How much credit should be afforded to the Trump administration for mediating the normalization of relations between Israel and the Arab states of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Sudan? The...

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About Me

Eric Bordenkircher is a Research Fellow at UCLA's Center for Middle East Development (CMED). He is a former Visiting Assistant Professor at Claremont McKenna College and Pepperdine University. He has been affiliated with the Center for Arab and Middle East Studies (CAMES) at the American University of Beirut and Centre d’études pour le monde arabe moderne (CEMAM) at the Université Saint-Joseph. His writing has appeared in Newsweek, National Review, Quillette, The American Mind, The American Spectator, The National Interest, RealClearWorld, Chronicles Magazine, Providence, Middle East Policy, The San Diego Union Tribune, The American Conservative, The European Conservative, The Jerusalem Post, The Washington Examiner, the Algemeiner, Review of Middle East Studies, Middle East Quarterly, Newsmax, 1945, and the Fikra Forum. The views represented in this blog are his own and do not necessarily represent the position of UCLA or the Center for Middle East Development.

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