Paul R. Pillar

Paul R. Pillar is Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Studies of Georgetown University and an Associate Fellow of the Geneva Center for Security Policy. He retired in 2005 from a 28-year career in the U.S. intelligence community.

Israeli ethnic cleansing nears completion in northern Gaza

Analysis: An Israeli general recently admitted that the goal was to expel Palestinians from northern Gaza and provide no options for return.

12 November, 2024

41-year lessons of the 1983 U.S. Marines Beirut barracks bombing

Have we learned the lesson? If the US hadn't got ensnared in Tel Aviv's affairs, the bombing would never have happened.

23 October, 2024

Biden is letting Israel trap the US into war with Iran

Analysis: One year after Hamas' 7 October attacks and Israel's war on Gaza, regional conflict is raging with no end in sight.

09 October, 2024

Israel uses its firepower, far and wide

Comment: Israel's heightened military aggressiveness has multiple bad consequences, in addition to being an affront to the sovereignty of multiple regional states, writes Paul R. Pillar.

29 August, 2019

The Khashoggi case and tribalism run amok

Comment: Trump's attitude to the Khashoggi affair rigidly divides the Middle East into purported friends and enemies, writes Paul R. Pillar.

24 October, 2018

War crimes in Yemen

Comment: The Trump administration's policy on the war in Yemen is indefensible, writes Paul R. Pillar.

05 September, 2018

Nuclear diplomacy with North Korea and Iran

Comment: Compared to Obama's Iran deal, Trump's nuclear 'diplomacy' with North Korea looks weak and disappointing, writes Paul R. Pillar.

14 June, 2018

The muddled travel ban

Comment: Trump's 'travel ban' is in fact a Muslim ban and is creating confusion and disorder in the United States' foreign policy, writes Paul R. Pillar.

04 October, 2017