September 25, 2024 Phil Johnson, Ph.D. The new iPhone 16 was just released. And terrorist group, Hezbollah has upgraded to tin cans connected with a piece of string as their preferred method of communication. As you have undoubtedly already heard, Israel - more specifically, Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad - enacted one of the greatest military … Continue reading Hezbollah and the Pagers from Hell: Escalation between Israel and Hezbollah continues
September 12, 2024 Phil Johnson, Ph.D. Boaz Bismuth is a current Knesset Member in the Likud party. Until 2022 he was a journalist and editor-in-chief of Israel Hayom. Before that, he was Israel’s ambassador to Mauritania. Sitting in his office in the Knesset building in Jerusalem, I asked Boaz Bismuth to tell me about the … Continue reading Knesset Member, Boaz Bismuth: “Responsibility for Israel’s intelligence failure will be very deep, very high and very large.”
Philip C. Johnson October 8, 2023 The devastating shock of yesterday’s terror attack in Israel has begun to wear off and is beginning to be replaced by anger. Anger at the Hamas terrorists. Anger and questions about Israel’s own intelligence agencies that failed spectacularly. Israel’s media is reporting 700 killed in the attack, more than … Continue reading ISRAEL AT WAR: “YOU DON’T NEGOTIATE WITH THE DEVIL”
July 30, 2020 Philip C Johnson, Ph.D. http://www.globalnext.org It’s hard to believe that July 2020 is nearly over. It’s also hard to wrap one’s mind around all that has already happened in this very, very strange year. So much of what has already happened has already been “memory-holed” as they say. Topics and issues just … Continue reading STRANGE DAYS
January 25, 2020 Philip C Johnson, Ph.D. http://www.globalnext.org Saudi Arabia has always been a bit of a conundrum. Hosting Islam’s two holiest sites, Mecca and Medina, she holds considerable influence over the religious lives of 1.8 billion Muslims. Saudi’s significant regional rival is another Muslim nation - the Islamic Republic of Iran (a Shiite Muslim … Continue reading Can Saudi Arabia be Trusted in 2020?
January 14, 2020 Philip C Johnson http://www.globalnext.org Written from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia It started with an intelligence report that indicated the Iran’s militias were going to attack U.S. embassies abroad. Or did it start with U.S. President Donald Trump taking an opportunity to hit back at the Iranians because of Iranian aggression that killed a … Continue reading Iran’s Mistake
May 28, 2019 Philip C. Johnson, Ph.D. http://www.globalnext.org As Memorial Day 2019 has come and gone, I am thankful for those men and woman who gave their lives for the freedom that we, as Americans enjoy. A freedom that many of us enjoy quite casually, but freedom and liberty are quite rare - and often … Continue reading Here’s Your World Right Now: May 2019
March 10, 2019 Philip C. Johnson, Ph.D. http://www.globalnext.org Perhaps you noticed that this particular article suddenly disappeared after being published. If you were someone who was able to read the original, I am happy for that. If not - let me explain. I have spent the last week dealing with Kurdish government officials who have … Continue reading The Comeback of ISIS: Will Your Favorite Jihadist Group Return?
September 27, 2018 Phil Johnson, Ph.D. http://www.globalnext.org Sometimes people speak with such clarity that it cuts straight through the politics and political correctness of the world. Donald Trump accomplished this brilliantly in his second speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. Throughout his speech, Trump made it clear that America was for itself … Continue reading Why I Loved Donald Trump’s United Nations Speech
September 24, 2018 Phil Johnson, Ph.D. http://www.globalnext.org Mr. Radwan Mortada is a TV news producer for Al Jadeed TV and a journalist for Al-Akhbar newspaper in Beirut, Lebanon. He is also a friend of mine and today I had the pleasure of sitting down with him in Beirut to discuss the constantly evolving and ever-confusing … Continue reading Beirut: Why I Love Talking to Radwan Mortada
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