If we talked about sexual assault, the way we do terror
After the London parliament terror ramming and stabbing I was struck by how the media tip-toed around what had happened, so worried to place the blame squarely on Islamist intolerance, […]
Quiz: Is it from Obama’s 2009 or Trump’s 2017 speech?
we have a responsibility to join together on behalf of the world we seek – a world where extremists no longer threaten our people,By SETH J. FRANTZMAN US President Donald […]
20 takeaways from Trump’s Islam speech
1 – Pro-Trump supporters and media love it: FoxNews called it “Strong, tone perfect.” John Bolton said he felt it was an “excellent speech” that reached locals in Riyadh, international community […]
What can Saudis buy for $350 billion?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Saudi Arabia signed a $109 billion dollar defense deal with the US over the weekend. It is part of a larger deal worth $350 billion over […]
Photo essay: Peshmerga and the war on ISIS
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Since August 2014 the Kurdish Peshmerga, the armed forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government, fought a tough war against Islamic State along a 1,000 kilometers of […]
“It’s raw intelligence”: How Trump went to war with his own intelligence community
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN If you accept the narrative presented by most major media about US President Donald Trump “leaking” information to Russia at a meeting, you accept these basic […]
Tracing the sources of the “Trump gave Russia intel” story
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN ABC news reports (May 17) that “The life of a spy placed by Israel inside ISIS is at risk tonight, according to current and former U.S. […]
Interview with Ukraine Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On May 16th, 2017, I met Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymr Groysman at the David Citadel hotel in Jerusalem. In a short interview but interesting discussionfor The Jerusalem […]
When western media calls Syria war confusing “free for all” it’s a form of racism
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN I was reading a major US media outlet about Turkey’s president visiting Washington and there was a link to the “free for all” in Syria. “The […]
Oped attacks “westerners fighting ISIS” as “no heroes”, but they are heroes
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Since 2014 dozens of volunteers have joined the Kurdish YPG in the war against ISIS. They came from all walks of life and from all over […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 