Aaron Mannes is a terrorism and national security researcher who has written on Middle Eastern affairs and international threats. He contributed articles to The Weekly Standard between 2004 and 2006, covering topics including Iran's regional ambitions, Venezuelan politics, and terrorist organizations. He is the author of 'Profiles in Terror: The Guide to Middle East Terrorist Organizations.'
Having won an overwhelming reelection victory, Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez--who famously called President Bush the devil in an address to the United Nations--now has a free hand to pursue his revolutionary ambitions. His victory also presents the United States with an important opportunity to…
WHILE THE WORLD focuses its attention on Lebanon, the bloody civil war in Sri Lanka looks poised for yet another flare-up. Even excluding the Sri Lankan army's current offensive, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)'s June 15 bombing of a passenger bus that killed 64 people and the June 26…
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez's Christian-socialist cant drifted into anti-Semitism. "The world is for all of us," he said, "then, but it so happens that a minority, the descendents of the same ones that crucified Christ, the descendents of the same ones that kicked Bolivar…
WHILE THE VACUUM in Palestinian politics created by Yasser Arafat's death may seem like a great opportunity for moderates to assume power, the force best organized to take control is actually the Syrian- and Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah. If Hezbollah succeeds, Palestinians will be…