Christopher Dickey is the Paris bureau chief and Middle East editor for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. He is the author of six books, including Summer of Deliverance and, most recently, Securing the City: Inside America’s Best Counterterror Force—the NYPD.
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A Decade on the Lam
How much longer will Al Qaeda survive? Just look at all it took to hunt down its leader. MORE
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Why the U.S. Acted Alone
Islamabad’s Al Qaeda allies complicated the hunt for Public Enemy No. 1.... MORE
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Obama's Middle East Head Spin
The president’s ineffectual statement on Friday’s massacre in Syria is the latest act in a White... MORE
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Burqas, Bikinis, and BS
The new French law against full-face veils is almost as dangerous as it is absurd—and the cops... MORE
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Middle East Revolutions Off the Rails
As Mideast revolts hit the skids, the West is naive to believe that, with a few power plays and... MORE
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Why Sarkozy Went to War
My philosopher made me do it! France's president needed help taking down Gaddafi.... MORE
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‘Drinking From a Fire Hose’
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Obama's Last Chance on Libya
As Gaddafi's forces advance unconstrained, taking yet another city from the rebels, President Obama... MORE
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Obama's Mistake in Libya
Gaddafi loyalists are using air strikes, tanks, and cannon against rebels.... MORE
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How Gaddafi Friended Bush, Blair, and Berlusconi
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When Strongmen Become Straw Men
Western decision makers would be worried enough about what might emerge from massive popular... MORE
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How Dictators Maintain Their Grip on Power
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Hosni Mubarak's Final Tragedy
Hosni Mubarak and his family were convinced everything they did was for the good of Egypt and never... MORE
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The Tragedy of Hosni Mubarak
The Egyptian president had ruled for decades. Then his grandson died, and the unraveling began. MORE
