By John Price, Monday, October 19, 2015 President Vladimir V. Putin has been waiting for the opportunity to undermine the United States power in the Middle East. Seizing on that opportunity in Syria was in part due to a lack of U.S. policy that allowed the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al-Qaeda […]
Read MoreU.S. Policy Advisors on the Middle East Region
By John Price, Monday, September 28, 2015 The world is wondering why the United States has moved so slowly to wipe out radical Islamist groups, as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) that are destabilizing much of the Middle East and parts of Africa. Battle-hardened rebels have been waiting for military assistance from […]
Read MoreThe 14th Anniversary of Terrorist Attacks on America
By John Price, Monday, September 14, 2015 As I sat in our New York apartment on Friday looking across Central Park I could see the early morning runners, bike riders, and people just leisurely walking through the maze of tree lined walkways. It suddenly dawned on me today was September 11, the 14th anniversary of […]
Read MoreThe Increase of Islamist Attacks is Alarming
By John Price, Tuesday, January 13, 2015 We are living in the most crucial time in modern history since the Cold War. Today’s enemy is not a standing army of a sovereign nation. It is a theological movement with a mission to destroy Western civilization. As the Cold War ended in the 1980s, the U.S. focused […]
Read MoreIt’s time for Muslim Nations to take the Lead
By John Price, Thursday October 2, 2014 On Tuesday September 30, 2014 I appeared on a segment of Bloomberg TV’s Bottom Line with Mark Crumpton, focusing on the U.S. airstrikes against ISIS and al-Qaeda affiliates. Mark asked what the U.S. should have known when our troops left Iraq 2011. I noted that it opened the […]
Read MoreU.S. at War: Airstrikes have begun in Syria
By John Price, Thursday, September 25, 2014 Fighting between tribal and religious factions is not new. Rulers and dictators have come and gone through history. In the 12th century Sultan Saladin’s Muslim forces defeated the Crusaders, and created a caliphate in the Middle East and North Africa. The mantle was passed on to the Ottoman Empire rulers who […]
Read MoreWhat Did the Arab Spring Accomplish?
By John Price, Wednesday July 30, 2014 The root of discontent stemmed from unjust governance, poverty, food insecurity and unemployment issues. Regime change did not build democratic institutions. The political instability opened the door to Islamists bent on creating Islamic states. The Arab Spring in North Africa began in Tunisia in December 2010, with the self-immolation […]
Read MoreEducation is Best Way to Defeat Radical Islam
By John Price, Thursday July 17, 2014 On June 10, 2014 our family returned to Africa as we do every year. Kenya’s Masai Mara was again selected. There were fourteen of us, including twelve family members and two close friends, ranging in age from eight to eighty. The youngest family member had been to Africa […]
Read MoreA Caliphate has been declared in the Middle East
By John Price, Thursday July 3, 2014 Osama bin Laden’s death in May 2011 did not diminish al-Qaeda’s quest to destroy Western civilization. “The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it” was the ‘fatwa’ issued by bin Laden in 1998. Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri, the […]
Read MoreRegime Change Will Not Diminish Al-Qaeda Attacks
John Price, Friday May 30, 2014 In Syria how will the U.S. clearly define moderate opposition groups? That has become a major difficulty as well in Libya. Rebel groups break down into tribes, clans, and broader religious factions—some with fundamentalist beliefs, while others have a more radical interpretation of Islam which includes armed jihad. In […]
Read MoreGunboat Diplomacy in China Sea Can Lead to a Red Line
By John Price, Thursday April 17, 2014 The United States may be heading for another Red Line moment–this time with China. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel making his fourth trip to the China Sea region recently, wanted to reassure Japan and other nations that the U.S. stands with them if China pursues stated territorial annexation. The “Sleeping […]
Read MoreAl-Qaeda’s Presence Has Not Been Diminished
By John Price, Tuesday February 4, 2014 In the 1980’s the U.S. supported the Mujahideen in Afghanistan in their fight against the Soviets. Our ally was Osama bin Laden who organized his Arab fighters to help defeat the Soviets. When the dictator, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990 Osama bin Laden offered to bring his […]
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