Danielle Pletka

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Danielle Pletka is the vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at AEI. Before joining AEI, she served for ten years as a senior professional staff member for the Near East and South Asia on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. She writes frequently on national security matters with a focus on domestic politics in the Middle East and South Asia regions, U.S. national security, terrorism and weapons proliferation.

Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

A pivotal fight in Syria. US AWOL per usual

Danielle Pletka | May 20, 2013, 11:09 am

The fight now going on in the strategic city of Qusayr has already spilled over into neighboring Lebanon, where fighting between Alawites sympathetic to Bashar al Assad (himself an Alawite) are battling Sunnis who support the rebels in Syria. Three … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

Israeli airstrikes prove stopping Assad is a matter of will, not ability

Danielle Pletka | May 6, 2013, 10:23 am

It’s been said already and will be said again, but Israel’s two weekend attacks on Hezbollah targets in Syria make clear that Bashar al Assad’s much-vaunted air force is not as much-vaunted as many would have it. Does that mean … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

Obama on Syria: Something, something, chain of custody, nothing

Danielle Pletka | April 30, 2013, 12:16 pm

Barack Obama gave a quickie presser this morning that covered a wide range of issues including Syria, GTMO, Benghazi, and gun control. But the Syria story led the questioning, and the president did little to erase perceptions that he has … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

The red line: Chemical weapons in Syria

Danielle Pletka | April 25, 2013, 12:39 pm

The White House today admitted what has been known for some time: The Syrian regime used chemical weapons to attack its own people. The opposition first accused the Assad regime of using chemical agents some time ago, but the accusations … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

Obama’s Middle East trip: Why?

Danielle Pletka | March 19, 2013, 4:00 pm

President Obama heads for the Middle East this week. Why is he going? What is he seeking to achieve? Good questions. I just got back from Israel, and they were asking the same thing. Indeed, here’s a confession: I have … read more >

Also of Interest

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The fight now going on in the strategic city of Qusayr has already spilled over into neighboring Lebanon.

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Judging Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State

The simple consensus about Hillary Clinton’s tenure at state is: Meh.

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Pletka on Benghazi: What's going on?

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