A.J. Caschetta

A.J. Caschetta

Principal Lecturer
College of Liberal Arts
Department of English

2022 Submissions

Journal Paper

Caschetta, A.J. "From Minneapolis to Vienna, Projecting Weakness Invites Aggression." Jewish News Syndicate. January 3 (2022): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Birzeit University Sure Loves Its Jihadis." Arutz Sheva. January 18 (2022): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "UAE's New Academic Enemies." Arutz Sheva. January 25 (2022): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Media Attack Investigative Reporter for Investigating and Reporting on CAIR." National Review. January 29 (2022): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "CAIR Doubles Down on 'Illegal Surveillance' Charges." National Review. February 9 (2022): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "CAIR's Media Enablers." National Review. February 11 (2022): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Amid a Crime Wave, New York State Attorney General Gets Tough on ... Reporters." National Review. April 4 (2022): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Nobel Prize Winner Tries to Make the Case for BDS -- and Fails Spectacularly." The American Spectator. April 5 (2022): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "CAIR Should Fear the Muslim #MeToo Movement." National Review. April 10 (2022): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Wasting Time on 'Palestine' Studies." Middle East Quarterly. Summer (2022): N/A. Web. ˜

Caschetta, A.J. "Ben & Jerry's of Palestine." Arutz Sheva. July 18 (2022): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "It's Too Late to Prevent an Iranian Nuke." National Review. September 16 (2022): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Arizona State University Opens Center for Muslim Identity Politics." The American Spectator. November 30 (2022): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Navel-gazing Inanities of MESA." National Review. December 1 (2022): N/A. Web. £

2021 Submissions

Journal Paper

Caschetta, A.J. "Will the Boycott-Israel Clique Co-opt the Scientific Community?" National Review. February 6 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Uighurs and Palestinians, What's in a Name?" Newsweek. March 6 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Does Iran Even Need Spies in Academia?" The Hill. April 8 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Biden's Taylor Force Betrayal." Newsweek. April 12 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "What Would a 'Proportionate' Israeli Response to Hamas Attacks Really Look Like?" The American Spectator. May 23 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Palestine's 'Terrorist University' Picks Ivy League Prof as New President." The American Spectator. May 27 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Palestinian Battle Flag." Jewish News Syndicate. June 8 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Anti-Israel Propaganda Brainwashes Students." The American Spectator. June 25 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Solidarity With 'Paletine' Means Kalashnikovs for Kids." National Review. July 13 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Ilhan Omar and the Islamophobia Industry." National Review. July 26 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Anarchists and the Roots of Wokeism." The American Spectator. August 4 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Confusion, Blame-Shifting and Inaccuracy: Academia Reacts to the Fall of Afghanistan." National Review. August 20 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Solidarity Statement I'd Like to See." Arutz Sheva (The Israel National News). August 22 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Few Options Remain in Afghanistan." The American Spectator. August 29 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The State Department's Failed Diplomacy in the Middle East." The American Spectator. September 17 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "A Tale of Two Drone Strikes." National Review. September 22 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Biden's Failures Embolden Islamists." The American Spectator. October 12 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Fareed Zakaria's Bad Advice, 20 Years Later." National Review. October 14 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Brown University's Anti-Zionist Fantasy World." National Review. November 28 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Biden's Counterterrorism Ignores Jihadi Threats." The American Spectator. December 3 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Brown University Professor Can't Control Birzeit's Terrorists." The American Spectator. December 26 (2021): N/A. Web. £

Published Review

Caschetta, A.J. "A Is for Apologist." Rev. of Islam in America: Exploring the Issues, by Craig Considine. Middle East Quarterly Jan. 2021: Spring Issue. Web. ˜

Caschetta, A.J. "The Biopolitical Book of Silliness." Rev. of Biopolitics of the More-Than-Human: Forensic Ecologies of Violence, by John Pugliese. The Middle East Quarterly Jun. 2021: N/A. Web. ˜

2020 Submissions

Journal Paper

Caschetta, A.J. "Mourning Soleimini, From Hollywood to the Campus." National Review. January 8 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Trump Has Ended Proportionate Warfare Against Iran -- Will It Last?" The Hill. January 8 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Funding Lebanon Is Funding Hezbollah." The Jerusalem Post. January 13 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Saudi Critics Should Revisit Sue Myrick's Wake Up America Agenda." The Hill. January 16 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Irony and Hypocrisy of World Hijab Day." National Review. January 30 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Lessons from London: You Can't Fix Jihad." The Hill. February 26 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Wrong Candidates for Aide, Wrong Time." National Review. April 4 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Is Iran on the Brink of a Coronavirus Coup?" The Hill. April 14 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Why Do Democrats Want to Save Iran's Theocracy?" The Hill. April 24 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Happy Birthday Hamid Algar: Khomeini's Favorite American Turns 80." National Review. June 6 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "An American Intifada?" Jewish News Syndicate. June 7 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Brown University Goes All In for Palestine." The American Spectator. July 22 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Islamist Takeover of George Floyd." Jewish News Syndicate. July 26 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Is Everything About Iran Fake?" The Hill. August 7 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Iran Plays the Race Card." Newsweek. August 25 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Anti-Israel NYU: The Gaza of Greenwich Village." The American Spectator. September 10 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Palestinians Have Painted Themselves into a Corner." The American Spectator. September 16 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "History Proves John Kerry Wrong ... Again." Jewish News Syndicate. September 22 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Cancelled Palestine Conference Promised Violent, Anti-Israel Propaganda." The American Spectator. September 25 (2020): N/A. Web. £

Published Review

Caschetta, A.J. Rev. of Mapping Israel, Mapping Palestine: How Occupied Landscapes Shape SCientific Knowledge, by Jess Beir. Middle East Quarterly Jan. 2020: N/A. Web. ˜

Caschetta, A.J. Rev. of The Tragedy of Islam: Admissions of a Muslim Imam, by Imam Mohammad Tawhidi. Middle East Quarterly Jan. 2020: N/A. Web. ˜

2019 Submissions

Journal Paper

Caschetta, A.J. "“Why Are Academics Ignoring Iran’s Colonialism?”." National Review December 27. (2019): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "“Iranian Protests Are Not About the Price of Gas”." The Hill. December 2 (2019): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "“The Iranian Hostage-Takers in 1979 Were Not ‘Students’"." National Review. November 4 (2019): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "“Twitter Falls for the Terrorist Wing Scam”." The Daily Wire. October 24 (2019): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "“Islamic Reform: Craig Considine’s Bridge to Nowhere”." New English Review October. (2019): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "War Isn’t Over Just Because You Want It To Be Over." The Daily Wire. September 11 (2019): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Middle East Scholars Blame Trump for an Iran Policy 40 Years in the Making." The Hill. August 20 (2019): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Encouraging Palestinians to Swim Uphill." Jewish News Syndicate. August 5 (2019): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "U.S.-Saudi Policy Needs a Dose of Realpolitik." The Hill. July 20 (2019): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "In Death, Morsi Becomes Mossadeq." New English Review. July 3 (2019): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "MESA Demands U.S. Welcome Palestinian Terrorist Apologist Hanan Ashrawi." Jewish News Syndicate. June 16 (2019): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Two More Jihadists Get Out of Jail Early." Washington Examiner. May 25 (2019): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Why the Middle East Studies Association Should Not Defend Omar Barghouti,”." History News Network. May 5 (2019): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Middle East Comes to Sri Lanka." The Hill. April 26 (2019): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "ISIS Bride Hoda Muthana Was an ISIS Propagandist, Not Some Brainwashed Child." Washington Examiner. February 25 (2019): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Al-Shabaab Jumps on the Anti-Israel, Anti-Trump Bandwagon." The Hill. February 13 (2019): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "In Criticizing Israel, MESA Ignores Terror Threats on Palestinian Campuses." The Tower. February 6 (2019): N/A. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "While 2018 Was a Good Year for Islamists, 2019 is Looking Even Better." Jewish News Syndicate. January 11 (2019): N/A. Web. £

2018 Submissions

Journal Paper

Caschetta, A.J. "A New Era at the State Department?" Modern Diplomacy. February 25 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Saudi Arabia-Middle East Studies Love Affair Is Over." New English Review. March 19 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "What Will Middle East Studies Do Without Alwaleed bin Talal?" The Jerusalem Post. March 21 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Palestinians' Kite Jihad." The Algemeiner. April 24 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Any North Korean Nuclear Deal Must Involve Iran’s Nuclear Program." The Hill. May 2 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Trump Hasn’t Earned a Nobel, But the Peshmerga Have." The Hill. May 10 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Democrats’ Misplaced Outrage Over Gina Haspel." New English Review. May 16 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The True Commander in Tweet." The Hill. May 19 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "New Developments in Suicide Terrorism." Jihad Watch. May 24 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Folly of Proportionate Warfare." American Spectator. May 25 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Palestinians Hoisted By Their Own Petard." Jewish News Syndicate. May 30 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "No Surprise that MESA Opposes the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act." Jewish News Syndicate. June 11 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Kuwait Seizes the Palestinian Cause." The Jerusalem Post,. June 16 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "What Pnina Peri Tells Us About Israel Studies." American Spectator. June 29 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Jewish Voice for Palestine." The Tower. July 5 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Exploring Sharia Law and Radical Islam." The Algemeiner. August 15 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Has the State Department Finally Given Up its Palestinian Fantasies?" Washington Examiner. September 20 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Erdogan’s Revolution Looks Like Khomeini’s – In Slow Motion." The Gatestone Institute. October 10 (2018): NA. Web. ∆

Caschetta, A.J. "Why Are U.S. Academics Attending a Conference Led by a Terror Supporter in Erdogan’s Turkey?" The Tower. October 22 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Whitewashing of Jamal Khashoggi, Friend of Osama bin Laden." Jewish News Syndicate. October 23 (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Iran as a Crazy State." New English Review. November (2018): NA. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Columbia University's Center for Palestine Studies: Ramallah on the Hudson." The Tower. November 19 (2018): NA. Web. £

Published Review

Caschetta, A.J. "Review." Rev. of Engineers of Jihad: The Curious Connection Between Violent Extremism and Education, by Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog. Middle East Quarterly Jan. 2018: NA. Web. ˜

Caschetta, A.J. "Review." Rev. of Hacking ISIS: How to Destroy the Cyber Jihad, by Malcolm Nance and Chris Sampson. Middle East Quarterly Apr. 2018: NA. Web. ˜

Caschetta, A.J. Rev. of Words Are Weapons: Inside ISIS's Rhetoric of Terror, by Philippe-Jose Salazar. Middle East Quarterly Oct. 2018: NA. Web. ˜

2017 Submissions

Journal Paper

Caschetta, A.J. "There's Nothing New About the Palestinian Days of Rage." The Algeimener. December 24 (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Real Obama Legacy." The Daily Caller. January 5 (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Is Judith Butler the New Edward Said?" The American Thinker. January 14 (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Curious Cases of Anti-Muslim Backlash That Turned Out to Be False." Independent Journala Review. March 9 (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Lessons of Omar Abdel Rahman." The Hill. March 9 (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "An End to the Grievance-Based Approach." The Jerusalem Post. March 14 (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Israel's New Rules." The Daily Caller. March 17 (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Trump Can Break the Israel-Palestinian Impasse." The Gatestone Institute. May 22 (2017) Web. ∆

Caschetta, A.J. "CUNY's Curious Defense of Linda Sarsour." The New English Review. June 1 (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Honoring Terrorism in New York City." The American Thinker. June 6 (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Trump Knows Why People Become Jihadists." The Jerusalem Post. June 11 (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Terrorism in Iran: As Ye Reap..." Jihad Watch. June 16 (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Islamic State of Al-Qaeda." The New English Review. July (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Wanted: An Afghanistan Policy." The American Thinker. July 21 (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Anti-Semitic Academics: Where is the Outrage Against Turkey?" The Gatestone Institute. August 4 (2017) Web. ∆

Caschetta, A.J. "State Department\'s Palestinian Fantasies." The New English Review. September 12 (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Trump Dumps UNESCO, aka the UN Erasure, Slander, and Cover-up Organization." The Washington Examiner. October 12 (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Kathy Griffin Needs to Check Her Infidel Privilege." The Daily Caller. October 19 (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Freelance Vehicular Jihad." The Daily Caller. November 3 (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Important Symbolism, but Probably Futility, of the Taylor Force Act." The New English Review. November 16 (2017) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Laundering Iran's Nukes, Again." The Gatestone Institute. November 29 (2017) Web. ∆

Published Review

Caschetta, A.J. Rev. of "The Engineers of Jihad: the Curious Connection Between Violent Extremism and Education", by Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog. The Middle East Quarterly Winter Dec. 2017: Web. ˜

2016 Submissions

Journal Paper

Caschetta, A.J. "Department of Homeland Security Targeting Wrong 'Enemy'"." The Gatestone Institute July 26. (2016): 1-4. Web. ∆

Caschetta, A.J. "Flaws in the Lone Wolf Analysis." The New English Review August. (2016): 1-12. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Peril In Paroling Jihadists"." The Hill August 3. (2016): 1-3. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Freelance Jihad"." The Washington Examiner August 11. (2016): 1-3. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Turkey Blames American Scholar For Coup"." The Daily Caller August 30. (2016): 1-4. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Rebranding the Iran Ransom Payment as 'Leverage'"." Independent Journal Review September 2. (2016): 1-3. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Massoud Day, September 9"." The Gatestone Institute September 6. (2016): 1-5. Web. ∆

Caschetta, A.J. "The Terrorist Wing Scam"." The Middle East Quarterly. Fall (2016): 1-13. Web. *

Caschetta, A.J. "Hillary Clinton's 'Unethical Amnesia'"." American Thinker September 24. (2016): 1-4. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "It Is Time To Break Up The Quartet"." The Jerusalem Post October 5. (2016): 1-2. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Erdogan's Academics: Middle East Studies Scholars Shill For A Tyrant"." The Daily Caller October 28. (2016): 11-3. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The UN's Palestine Language"." The Gatestone Institute November 30. (2016): 1-3. Web. ∆

Caschetta, A.J. "Israeli Fires and Irish Skirmishers"." The New English Review December 14. (2016): 1-3. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The MLA vs. Israel"." The Daily Caller December 29. (2016): 1-3. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "\"Jimmy Carter\'s Lifelong Pursuit of a Palestinian State\"." American Thinker December 30. (2016): 1-4. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Will 2016 Be the Year of Abbas Diplomacy?"." Jihad Watch January 6. (2016): 1-3. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Politics of Radicalization"." Sun-Sentinel January 21. (2016): 1-1. Print. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Syrian Diplomatic Push Doomed to Fail"." The Hill January 22. (2016): 1-2. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The Shocking Truth About How Obama's 'Rigorous Vetting Process' For Syrian Refugees Actually Works"." Independent Journal Review February 3. (2016): 1-2. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Fighting the BDS Movement"." American Thinker February 25. (2016): 1-3. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Trump's Saddam Nostalgia"." The Daily Caller February 29. (2016): 1-3. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Facebook Came Up With a Ridiculous 'Strategy' to Fight ISIS But Obama Might Actually Start Using It"." Independent Journal Review March 3. (2016): 1-3. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Cuba And Obama's 'Axis of Evil'"." The Gatestone Institute March 21. (2016): 1-3. Web. ∆

Caschetta, A.J. "The UN Is A Plastic Owl"." The New English Review. April (2016): 1-4. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Stop Asking 'Why Do They Hate Us?'"." The Daily Caller April 11. (2016): 1-3. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Ben Rhodes' Fiction Behind the 'Iran Deal'"." The Gatestone Institute May 10. (2016): 1-4. Web. ∆

Caschetta, A.J. "Humor Can Be Effective Political Weapon"." The Sun-Sentinel May 20. (2016): 1-3. Print. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Backdoor BDS"." The Jerusalem Post May 25. (2016): 1-3. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Is Obama's Iran Deal a 'Dhimmi' Contract?"." PJ Media May 31. (2016): 1-3. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "In Search of Iranian Moderates"." The Gatestone Institute June 8. (2016): 1-4. Web. ∆

Caschetta, A.J. "Negotiating With the Taliban, Again." The Washington Examiner June 14. (2016): 1-3. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Why Jihadists Kill 'Gays'"." Jihad Watch June 18. (2016): 1-3. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Did James Comey Blink?"." The Daily Caller July 6. (2016): 1-3. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "French Lessons"." The Daily Caller July 15. (2016): 1-3. Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "The 28 Pages that Damn Saudi Arabia"." The Gatestone Institute July 19. (2016): 1-4. Web. ∆

Caschetta, A.J. "Munich Shooting Exposes Media Double Standard"." Jihad Watch July 23. (2016): 1-3. Web. £

2015 Submissions

Journal Paper

Caschetta, A.J. "US Should "Unfriend" ISIS." Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. February 25 (2015) Web.

Caschetta, A.J. "Are Muslims the New Jews?" Jihad Watch. May 8 (2015) Web. ∆

Caschetta, A.J. "Does Islam Have a Role in Suicide Bombing?" Middle East Quarterly 22. 3 (2015) Web. ˜

Caschetta, A.J. "The Hollow Cry of "McCarthyism"." Inside Higher Ed. July 2 (2015) Web. ˜

Caschetta, A.J. "Laundering Iran's Nukes." The Gatestone Institute. September 9 (2015) Web. ˜

A.J.Caschetta, . "Caliphate Accompli." Jihad Watch. November 29 (2015) Web. ∆

Caschetta, A.J. "The Backlash Industry." The Daily Caller. December 17 (2015) Web. £

Caschetta, A.J. "Democrats Don't Know the Islamic State." The WashingtonExaminer Monday. December 28 (2015) Web. ˜

Published Review

Caschetta, A.J. "Review of Talking through the Door: An Anthology of Contemporary Middle Eastern American Writing." Rev. of Talking through the Door: An Anthology of Contemporary Middle Eastern American Writing, ed. Susan Atefat-Peckham. Middle East Quarterly Winter 2015: Web. ˜

2013 Submissions

Journal Paper

Caschetta, A.J. "The Taliban's Enablers." Middle East Quarterly Volume 20, Number 4. Fall (2013): 79-87. Print. ˜

Caschetta, A.J. "Writing the Bin Laden Story." Middle East Quarterly Volume 20, Number 3. Summer (2013): 77-85. Print. ˜

2010 Submissions

Published Article

Caschetta, A.J. “Defending Edward Said?” Middle East Quarterly, 17.1 (Winter 2010): 78-80. Print. *