Michael Ledeen

Michael Ledeen is an American historian, philosopher, foreign-policy analyst, and writer. He is a former consultant to the National Security Council, the Department of State, and the Department of Defense. ...

Michael Ledeen is an American historian, philosopher, foreign-policy analyst, and writer. He is a former consultant to the National Security Council, the Department of State, and the Department of Defense. He held the Freedom Scholar chair at the American Enterprise Institute, where he was a scholar for 20 years, and now holds the similarly named chair at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Re: Let Syria Be

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It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Andy and I have moved from a narrow discussion of Syria to the broader issues that ought to be driving our national foreign-policy debate. That ...

Taking Sides on Syria

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I don’t know if I’m Andy McCarthy’s greatest fan, but I’m right up there at or near the top of the list, so whenever I disagree with him my immediate ...

American Hikers Sentenced in Iran

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You didn’t really think the Iranian regime was going to release the American hiker hostages, did you? We were evidently unwilling to pay the regime’s ransom demands (the only time ...

The Death of Vittorio Arrigoni

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Vittorio Arrigoni was nicknamed “Utopia,” and often ended messages on his Facebook page with the slogan “Stay Human” and the signature “VikUtopia.” He was a declared pacifist who had plenty ...

To Death in Iran

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You remember how Ahmadinejad told us there were no gays in his country?  Well, his regime is apparently going to stone two of them to death on Friday. I guess his ...