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May 17, 2017, 1:31 AM

Trump Goes to the Middle East

President Donald Trump’s impending trip to the Middle East is intended to strengthen relations with America’s allies in the region. The president’s travels are his first overseas ventures since attaining the office, which signals the importance of the trip...

Jan 14, 2017, 6:05 PM

The UN Disqualified

The United Nations has long disqualified itself as a legitimate body to enact any resolution that condemns Israel. Security Council Resolution 2334, adopted in December 2016, continues the hateful fiction that Israel deserves harsher condemnation than any other country. Never...

Nov 27, 2016, 8:11 PM

Trump on Terrorism

Confounding the predictions of pollsters and pundits, Donald Trump won the United States presidential election on November 8. A variety of reasons have been ascribed to the surprise electoral outcome including the flaws of Hillary Clinton, his Democratic opponent....

Jul 22, 2016, 11:04 AM

A Celebration of Israeli Diplomacy

A barrage of unsettling events has seized the world. The slaughter of innocents continues in Syria and the Islamic State; terrorist attacks were unleashed in San Bernardino, Orlando, Paris and Brussels and continue in Israel; police in the United...

Jul 9, 2016, 9:57 AM

French Jews lead the way on self defense

With rising threats, Jews are taking their safety into their own hands, and US Jewry is starting to follow suit

May 17, 2016, 6:29 AM

Persisting doubts about the Iran Nuclear Deal

Latest developments prove the nuclear agreement was folly; its supporters voted for it on loyalty not conscience

Aug 16, 2015, 5:00 PM

A nuclear-deal test

Days after the signing of the Iran nuclear deal on July 14th, Secretary of State John Kerry reported that the deal’s framework grew out of "the failure of the North Korea experience." He was referring to the 1994 agreement...

Jul 23, 2015, 10:11 AM

Doubts about the Iranian nuclear deal

Last week the Obama administration announced the long anticipated signing of a multinational deal to thwart Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions. The White House has begun a barrage of efforts to promote the agreement. Secretary of State John Kerry joined...

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About Me

Leonard Cole is an adjunct professor of political science at Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA, and of emergency medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, where he is the Director of the Program on Terror Medicine and Security.