About Gatestone Institute
"Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write."
— John Adams
Gatestone Institute, a non-partisan, not-for-profit international policy council and think tank is dedicated to educating the public about what the mainstream media fails to report in promoting:
- Institutions of Democracy and the Rule of Law;
- Human Rights
- A free and strong economy
- A military capable of ensuring peace at home and in the free world
- Energy independence
- Ensuring the public stay informed of threats to our individual liberty, sovereignty and free speech.
Gatestone Institute conducts national and international conferences, briefings and events for its members and others, with world leaders, journalists and experts -- analyzing, strategizing, and keeping them informed on current issues, and where possible recommending solutions.
Gatestone Institute will be publishing books, and continues to publish an online daily report, www.gatestoneinstitute.org, that features topics such as military and diplomatic threats to the United States and our allies; events in the Middle East and their possible consequences, and the transparency and accountability of international organizations.
Gatestone Institute is funded by private donors and foundations. We are grateful for your support.
Nina Rosenwald, President
Board of Governors (in formation)
- R. James Woolsey, Chairman
- Georgette Gelbard
- M. Zuhdi Jasser
- Lawrence Kadish
- Douglas Murray
- Naomi Perlman
- Ingeborg Rennert
- Rebecca Sugar
- Amir Taheri
- Professor Elie Wiesel
- Christine Williams
Distinguished Scholars
Board of Governors, Gatestone Europe
- Chairman, Amir Taheri
- Josef Joffe
- Anne-Elisabeth Moutet
The Sheiks and WMD
by Ali Salim
Any sheikh, acting as a mouthpiece for a Middle Eastern regime, will be able to provide an Islamic seal of approval for the use of chemical and nuclear weapons. Verse 60 from the Surah Al-Anfal of the Qur'an permits the use of any and every weapon a Muslim can acquire that can frighten and deter an enemy of Islam.
Switzerland: Multicultural Paradise?
by Soeren Kern
In March, the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service announced that a growing number of jihadists are being recruited in Switzerland. The number of robberies and assaults on Swiss trains has skyrocketed to such an extent that the Swiss government recently opted to equip transport police with firearms, and at least 1,400 women in Switzerland have been victims of forced marriages.
Future Russian Strategic Challenges
by Peter Huessy and Mark B. Schneider
The current administration is in a poor position to negotiate with Russia. There are press reports that the administration will attempt to evade Congressional approval of a new arms control agreement.
Russia's Brinkmanship with US Clashes with Israel's Security
by Yaakov Lappin
Jerusalem will find Russia's delivery of the S-300 missile system to Syria to be an intolerable development; it is safe to assume that Israel will act to prevent this from happening.
Fatah's Drive Against "Normalization"
by Khaled Abu Toameh
The Fatah activists who are threatening Palestinian teenagers for talking to Israelis and playing football with them are the same people who claim, at least in public, that they support the peace process with Israel. But how can there ever be a peace process when anyone who meets with an Israeli is immediately denounced as a traitor? It is worth noting that most of these denunciations are coming form the "moderate" Fatah, and not from Hamas.
- Switzerland: Multicultural Paradise?
by Soeren Kern - The U.S. Role in the Sunni-Shi'ite Conflict
by Harold Rhode - Russia's Brinkmanship with US Clashes with Israel's Security
by Yaakov Lappin - Growing Threats to Academic Freedom
by Edward S. Beck - Al-Qaradawi and the New Religious Conflict With Israel
by Khaled Abu Toameh
- Switzerland: Multicultural Paradise?
by Soeren Kern - Muslims Demand Germany "Make Islam Equal to Christianity"
by Soeren Kern - The U.S. Role in the Sunni-Shi'ite Conflict
by Harold Rhode - Fatah's Drive Against "Normalization"
by Khaled Abu Toameh - UK: The Crisis of Female Genital Mutilation
by Soeren Kern




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