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The author emphasizes that a ousting of President Hosni Mubarak and his regime could either empower the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood or cause anarchy to intensify in Egypt.

The author describes the state of North Korea and analyzes how the country survives under the dictatorship of Kim Jong-il.

The author emphasizes the futility of using scanners at airports to screen passengers, aimed at identifying potential terrorists.

The author explores why U.S. diplomacy will fail in preventing Iran in acquiring nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. He examines the successes and failures of the administration of former President George W. Bush in preventing Iran's drive to acquire nuclear weapons. He suggests that President Barack Obama will fail with Iran due do the fact that Ayatollah Khameini needs anti-Americanism to secure its position in Iranian politics.

The author discusses the uncertainty of the Iranian clerical regime. He says that the unelected priestly rule in Iran is now undermined in the wake of demonstrations triggered by the controversial outcome of the 2009 presidential election. He mentions that the fracturing of the ruling elite has undermined the very structure of the Islamic Republic.

The author comments on the need for the diplomacy of silence given to North Korea. According to the author, silence diplomacy is the opposite of true diplomacy. The author asserts that the country has not produced anything important in previous negotiations. He mentions that silence could be the key for North Korea to change.

The author argues that Israel can win in Gaza amid Western news releases that Islamism in Palestine will become stronger as reporters agree with the Hezbollah claim that they won the war in Lebanon in 2006. The author says that 400 Hezbollah fighters were killed will only 30 Israel soldiers died in that war in Lebanon. The article says that the Hamas in Gaza are now being weakened by the Israel attacks on the ground and a Lebanon scenario is in the offing pointing to an inevitable win for Israel.

The article contends that the U.S. should encourage forces of national liberation in Iran instead of seeking a détente with Iranian leaders.

The article argues that the U.S. ambition to make Iraq a model of democracy has resulted in the escalation of conflict between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in the Middle East.

The article stresses that important role that could be played by Syria in containing the Islamic Shiite organization Hezbollah of Lebanon.

The article opposes air attack against Iran's nuclear installations.

Comments on the decreasing number of soldiers in the U.S. army that are being deployed for peace-keeping initiatives in Iraq.

Explains the psychological status of soldiers in actual combat in the context of a videotape that shows a U.S. Marine shooting a motionless and seemingly unarmed Iraqi inside a mosque in Fallujah, Iraq.