With the conspiracist mindset seemingly on the perpetual rise these years, I thought it useful to gather my various writings on this topic in a single place, to be updated as needed.
"A Conspiracy Theory Spreads Polio." The New York Sun, May 24, 2005. Shows the direct and tragic implications of the unfounded fear of conspiracies.
"A Millennium of Paranoia." The Wall Street Journal, April 26, 1995. A forerunner of Conspiracy in the context of the Oklahoma City bombing.
"A Spy Myth is Born." New York Post, March 11, 2002. Looks at a bizarre (and short-lived) 9/11 conspiracy theory.
"A Zionist Conspiracy Theory too Far." DanielPipes.org, August 1, 2003. Ponders the thesis that "The Zionists had hired and installed Saddam, Qaddafi, Asad, Yasser Arafat, Abbas and others to play the role of enemy."
"Dealing With Middle Eastern Conspiracy Theories." Orbis, 36 (1992): 41-56. Commissioned by the CIA (yes!), an effort to recommend to government agencies how to respond to the perplexing phenomenon of conspiracy theories. So far as I know, this is the only (publicly available) policy paper on the topic.
"Denial: A River in Egypt." New York Post, January 14, 2002. Not actually about conspiracy theories but about the "pattern of avoiding unpleasant facts" that serves as a precursor to that mentality.
"Diana and Arab Conspiracy." The Weekly Standard, November 10, 1997. How the Muslim world responded to the death of the British princess and her Egyptian boyfriend.
"EgyptAir Probe Uncovers Anti-Americanism." The Wall Street Journal, November 24, 1999. About the wild ideas circulating in Egypt about the downing of an airliner outside of New York City.
"Fluoridation." DanielPipes.org, July 1, 2003. A footnote to the right-wing fears in 1950s America.
The Hidden Hand: Middle East Fears of Conspiracy. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. My first book on conspiracy theories, a detailed catalogue, typography, and analysis of the Middle Eastern phenomenon.
"Imperial Israel: The Nile-to-Euphrates Calumny." Middle East Quarterly, March 1994. Deep thinkers like Yasir Arafat figure out Israel's territorial aspirations from wisps of evidence.
"Israel, America and Arab Delusions." Commentary, March 1991. Shows the hopeless confusion among Arabs understanding the U.S.-Israel relationship: Is America a puppet of Jerusalem – or Israel the cat's paw of Washington?
"Jewish Control – Between Reality and Myth." Al-Mushahid as-Siyasi (London), October 18, 1998. An attempt to straighten out a basic topic for an Arabic-reading audience.
"Middle East Mischief." Middle East Quarterly, September 1994. Looks at the "legacy of secrecy and trickery," or actual conspiracies, in modern Middle East history.
"The Paterson 'Protocols'." New York Post, November 5, 2002. News-breaking column on an Arabic newspaper in New Jersey serializing The Protocols.
"Plotters." The New Republic, July 6, 1992. A forerunner of Conspiracy in the context of the Ross Perot candidacy for president.
Review of Barry Chamish, "The Last Days of Israel," in Middle East Quarterly, June 2001. A look at the wild-eyed ideas of Israel's leading conspiracy theorist.
Review of Patrick Seale, "Abu Nidal: A Gun For Hire." The Wall Street Journal, February 18, 1992. Sabri al-Banna, the most awful Palestinian terrorist of them all, was really working for the Mossad. Right.
"The "October Surprise" Theory." Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 2003, vol. 2, pp. 547-50. The last word on a once-major but now-forgotten conspiracy theory.
"Those Danish Cartoons and Me." New York Sun, 21 February 2006. I recount how conspiracy theorists brought me into the Muhammad cartoon furor.
"Who Set Fire to Al-Aqsa Mosque in 1969?" DanielPipes.org, August 21, 2004. Reviews a decades-old conspiracy theory that still reverberates in the Middle East.
"Whodunit?" Atlantic, May 1989, pp. 18-24. My first publication on this topic, a forerunner of Conspiracy.
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