Analysis

Filter

Products

August 1, 2015 History Contradicts the Dream of Iranian Moderation Most backers of the nuclear accord with Iran hopefully insist that the theocratic regime will moderate once sanctions are lifted. Plugged back into the global economy, Iran will become less milit... August 1, 2015 Iran’s Expendable President Rouhani While Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif celebrate their recent nuclear negotiating triumph, neither they nor their Washington-based fans should pop the&nb... July 31, 2015 Sanctions and the JCPOA Download full testimony here. Chairman Corker, Rankin... July 31, 2015 After Iran Deal, EU to Lift Sanctions on Guards’ Business Empire While persuading Iranian negotiators to accept the July 14th Vienna Agreement, and perhaps in an attempt to entice Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) not to oppose the co... July 31, 2015 Gold Rush: The Dismantling of the Sanctions Regime Against Iran Dow... July 30, 2015 Turkish Grey Wolves Target ‘Chinese’ Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit Wednesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing came at an awkward time. So far this month, Turkish ultranation... July 30, 2015 How the West Can Use the Iran Deal to Foster Regime Change Since the comprehensive deal on Iran’s nuclear-weapons program was reached, technical aspects of the agreement have been discussed, but a crucially unremarked-upon topic deserves significan... July 30, 2015 Mullah Omar’s Death Is A Big Blow To Al Qaeda—And A Win For ISIS Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has confirmed on his official Twitter account that Mullah Omar... July 29, 2015 Defeating Civilization’s Enemies “The enemy has to be defeated,” U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter last week told American forces stationed in the Middle East. That is a simple truth, one that, regrettably, is... July 29, 2015 European Companies: Enter The Iranian Market At Your Own Risk With the signing of an Iranian nuclear agreement earlier this month, European companies along with leading politicians have moved at astonishingly fast pace to enter Iran’s markets. However... July 29, 2015 The ISIS Attack and Turkey’s Islamist Kurds An ISIS-linked suicide bomber attacked the southern Turkish border town of Suruç on Monday, killing 32 and wounding 100. The victims were preparing for a trip to reconstruct the war-torn S... July 28, 2015 The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Download full testimony here... July 28, 2015 Turkey’s False Spring Turkey’s recent June elections have produced a religiously diverse parliament th... July 28, 2015 Iran Embarks On Middle East Charm Offensive – Will It Work? Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani and his Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif have each ... July 28, 2015 Obama’s Equilibrium Fantasy With the nuclear deal finally out of the way, President Obama can now get down to what, for him, has always been the real business—engaging Iran on regional issues. As one adminis... July 27, 2015 Impact of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement Download the full testimony here. Mr. Chairman, America and its allies must prepare for an increasingly dangerous era. It will be marked by political, economic, and financial warfare. It will not only target the United States. Our allies also will be in the crosshairs. As always,… July 27, 2015 The Iran-North Korea Strategic Alliance Download full testimony he... July 27, 2015 Under Iran Agreement, U.S. Will Delist All Entities Controlled by Supreme Leader Of all the sanctions to be lifted in last week’s Iran nuclear agreement, few are more significant than those against a shadowy $100-billion network of foundations belonging to the Islamic R... July 27, 2015 EU Delisting of IRGC Construction Giant Will Boost Terror Financing The Iran nuclear deal signed July 14 stipulates that eight years after its implementation, the European Union will delist a construction conglomerate owned by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp... July 27, 2015 The Role of Iraqi Tribes After the Islamic State’s Ascendance In the m... July 27, 2015 The Lawless Underpinnings of the Iran Nuclear Deal The Iranian nuclear agreement announced on July 14 is unconstitutional, violates international law and features commitments that President Obama could not lawfully make. However, becaus... July 27, 2015 How to Defeat the Grand Bargain with Iran I think most of those trying to stop the approval of the Iran Deal are going about it wrong. I don’t believe you can stop this thing by going through the text and pointing out its myr... July 27, 2015 ‘Peace for Our Time’ Banner headlines in a prominent national newspaper read “NUKE DEAL PAVES WAY FOR NEW ERA: Sworn Foes U.S., Iran Aim To Bury Hatchet” — without sarcasm. For critics of the Iran n... July 27, 2015 Canada Is Right Not To Lift Iran Sanctions Prematurely The nuclear deal that six world powers signed with Iran earlier this month will soon remove most international sanctions in exchange for Iran’s acceptance of long-term restrictions on its n... July 26, 2015 Analysis: Europe to Drop Sanctions on Iranian Terrorists and Entities Along with the Iran nuclear agreement, the European Union has agreed to remove sanctions on Iranian entities and individuals deeply involved in terrorism. Making matters significantly wo... July 26, 2015 The Nuclear Deal Gives a Dangerous Amount of Atomic Expertise to Iran The nuclear deal that the six world powers signed with Iran last week commits the United States to eventually removing a ban on Iranian graduate students applying for advanced degrees in nuclear... July 24, 2015 Iran Is Working with al Qaeda On July 21, the Pentagon announced that Muhsin al-Fadhli, an al Qaeda operative who had been wanted for more than a decade, was killed in an airstrike in Syria earlier in the month. Fadhli has be... July 23, 2015 Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran Download full testimon... July 23, 2015 IRGC Cashes in on EU “Transition Day” After the nuclear agreement signed last week, the United States will maintain most of its sanctions on individuals and entities connected to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)... July 23, 2015 Analysis: Iran Nuclear Agreement Won’t Improve Human Rights The euphoria surrounding the agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear weapons program last week has not altered the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic. “The... July 23, 2015 German Minister Engulfed by Storm of Criticism for Iran Visit German Vice Chancellor and Economic Minister Sigmar Gabriel’s three-day ... July 23, 2015 Radical Islam and the Culture War What are we to do with radical Islam? Ever since 9/11, Western leaders have insisted that we are "not at war with Islam," have sometimes said that "Islam is a religion of peace" and bent over in... July 23, 2015 Slam Dunk II: The Persian Version “With this deal, we cut off ... July 22, 2015 Heading Toward An EMP Catastrophe For over a decade now, since the Congressional EMP Commission delivered its first report to Congress eleven years ago in July of 2004, various Senate and House committees have heard from numerous scie... July 22, 2015 Foreign Policy Musings Before the Fall Election As the federal election approaches, party leaders have begun to articulate their visions for how Canada would best be served in both the domestic and the international arenas. It behooves all Can... July 22, 2015 Disapprove Obama’s Iran Deal — or Surrender The fundamental flaws in President Obama’s deal with Iran have become well known. Among them: Iran’s rulers will have the power to delay or even prevent inspections of suspected... July 22, 2015 Why Obama’s Vision of a Weakened Iran Doesn’t Add Up There was a lot to take issue with in President Barack Obama’s ... July 21, 2015 The Iran Nuclear Deal and its Impact on Terrorism Financing Download fu... July 21, 2015 The IRGC Reacts to the Nuclear Deal After more than a week of silence, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has weighed in on the nuclear agreement Tehran signed last week with the P5+1 negotiators. IRGC Commander Major Ge... July 21, 2015 Taking the Iran Deal Disaster Seriously The best approach to Iran in the wake of President Obama’s deal is to recognize the complex nature of the problem, and the absolute need for a well-considered and comprehensive approach. Th... July 21, 2015 The Iran Nuclear Deal From Hell, and UN Ambassador Samantha Power in the Age of Genocide Thirteen years ago, Samantha Power made a name for herself with her Pulitzer prize-winning book, “‘A Problem from Hell’: America and the Age of Genocide.” In this book, sh... July 20, 2015 Post-Deal, Khamenei’s Remarks as Belligerent as Ever “Our policy toward the arrogant U.S. government won’t change at all,” Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei assured Iranians in his... July 20, 2015 Argentina is Still Helping Iran Cover Up its Role in the Bombing of a Jewish Community Center July 18th marks 21 years since the largest terrorist attack in Argentina’s history: the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 individuals and wounded... July 17, 2015 The Nuclear Deal’s Impact on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards One of the foremost beneficiaries of the Iran nuclear deal sign... July 17, 2015 How Will We Know? One might think that after the last Iraq war Democrats would be wary of allowing intelligence to dictate policy. Yet that is effectively what Barack Obama has done with the Joint Comprehensive Pl... July 17, 2015 It Just Got Easier for Iran to Fund Terrorism Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, did not enter into Tuesday’s historic deal with six world powers to reset relations with the West. It was the promise of more than $100... July 16, 2015 Iran Reacts to Nuclear Deal with Belligerence, Threats The U.S. administration hopes the Iran nuclear deal signed this week “incenti... July 16, 2015 Analysis: German-Iran Business Ties Complicate Relations With Israel With the adoption of the Iran nuclear deal by world powers – including Germany – on Tuesday, Chancellor Angela’s Merkel administration issued a full-throated endorsement of the... July 16, 2015 The ‘Grand Bargain’ Is A Gift To Iran Lee Smith has it right: The long “grand bargain” tha... July 16, 2015 Nuclear Extortion: Pioneered by North Korea, Perfected by Iran With implications reaching far beyond the Middle East, the Iran nuclear deal opens the gates not to a safer world, but to proliferation on a scale likely to defy any peaceful efforts at containme...

…

298

299

300

301

302

303

304

…

449

#archivePage { display:none; } .noscript-posts { display: flex; flex-direction: column; max-width: 600px; margin: 50px auto; } .noscript-posts a { margin-bottom: 25px; text-decoration: none; display: flex; flex-direction: column; } .noscript-posts a .post-title { text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700; font-size: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; } .pagination { list-style-type: none; max-width: 600px; margin: 50px auto; }