Lawrence J. Haas
Lawrence J. Haas is a senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and served as communications director to Vice President Gore during the Clinton Adminsitration. Readers may write to him at AFPC, 509 C Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20002;
Most Recent Articles by Lawrence J. Haas:
Put simply, we need Riyadh too much, as we seek to contain an insidious force in the Middle East, to sever ties with it.
Consider the council’s 47 members, who include some of the world’s worst human rights abusers.
Don’t U.S. taxpayers deserve better? Doesn’t the family of Taylor Force?
Iran could detonate a nuclear device over the United States in an EMP attack that destroys our electric grid, putting the nation in the dark for months and eventually leaving 90 percent of Americans dead from disease or starvation
Hope that a final deal will pacify Tehran and its leaders reflects the triumph of dreams over reality.
Obama’s hesitation in Ukraine endangers Eastern Europe
January 20, 2015
U.S. offers to ease sanctions will reward Putin for his continued meddling in Ukraine. Only a combination of tighter sanctions and military aid could push him off his current path
CIA report encourages terrorists, betrays U.S. allies
December 19, 2014
America debated torture and rendered its judgment long ago. Rather than advance that debate, the committee’s report is just making American deaths more likely.
Putin’s aggression against Ukraine won’t be stopped by mere sanctions
September 25, 2014
We’ll surely see more brazen Russian attacks both in Ukraine and beyond, forcing Washington to ponder what comes next and how much more it will let Putin chip away at the U.S-led global order.
Hamas planned a massive terror operation during the Jewish High Holidays
Watching from the region and beyond, what must the rest of America’s allies think of such U.S. behavior?
U.S. scholarly boycotts of Israeli institutions are part of a larger global campaign to delegitimize the Jewish state
Naïve deal will make Iranian atomic warheads more likely — not less
December 2, 2013
The stronger the Iranian regime is at home, the more likely that it will continue to pursue nuclear weaponry
U.S. must stand fast with Israel to assure peace
November 20, 2013
Israeli-Palestinian peace remains elusive because one side doesn’t seem to want it and the other doesn’t trust that it can come about
Obama’s trust-building with Jerusalem raised alarms in Ramallah
Tide of war not receding; dangers will mount as U.S. exits prematurely
February 22, 2013
43 percent of U.S. voters who think that America is “too involved” in the Middle East
The new U.S. president must pursue a new long-term approach that puts Washington on the side of democratic forces
The rise of President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood
Tehran doesn’t want a deal. The question is whether the world can force one.
al-Assad’s fall would eliminate a major U.S. adversary and, as senior U.S. officials acknowledge, deliver a severe body blow to Tehran
Don’t go wobbly, Mr. Obama
February 17, 2012
U.S. must be ready to step up and aid any Israeli preemptive strike
Rise of Islamic movements in Egypt, Yemen, Libya
Convince Tehran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Palestinian push for United Nations recognition of statehood comes amid signs that Palestinians are discarding the notion of living in peace with Israel
If lawmakers ruffle some feathers in their quest to protect the nation, so be it. The issue is too important to avoid
Hezbollah’s de facto takeover of Lebanon’s government puts a final nail in the coffin of Israeli-Palestinian peace
U.S. recognition of a new Palestine would prompt new fighting within Palestinian society and with Israel
Turkey has transformed itself from reliable U.S. ally to brazen adversary
Allowing Iran to have nuclear-fangs dooms new Mideast peace talks
September 7, 2010
ran boasted that it had test-fired a surface-to-air missile.
Only Israel can make its fateful life or death decision
August 9, 2010
Israeli Pre-emptive strike