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November 26, 2022 ‘PRC’s political warfare is total war without fighting major kinetic wars’ Alexandria, Va.: China’s Political Warfare operations are killing millions and destroying economies, yet they seldom get called what they are: acts of war. In this edition of “Indo-Pacific: Behind... November 24, 2022 Putin has declared a propaganda war on Britain The Kremlin not only uses tanks and jets for its aggression in Ukraine: it weaponises energy, information, refugees, food — even history itself. Since the war began, Russia has portrayed the UK as a nefarious... November 23, 2022 Legitimizing North Korean Hereditary Succession Harms The Korean People The international media has been drawn to the story of the possibility of a fourth-generation hereditary succession of the Kim family regime. This made headlines in global media outlets over the weekend... November 23, 2022 Why sic the FBI on the IDF? Covering armed conflicts is a risky business. Shireen Abu Akleh, a reporter for al-Jazeera, must have known that. A Jerusalem-born, naturalized U.S. citizen, Ms. Abu Akleh went to the West Bank town of... November 22, 2022 Jihadis issue vague threats against World Cup In online statements, both al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and al Qaeda’s general command issued vague threats against the FIFA World Cup and its host Qatar. Islamic State supporters have additionally... November 22, 2022 Iran Aids Russia’s Imperialist War Against Ukraine Tehran has agreed to help Moscow produce hundreds or even thousands of Iranian drones in Russia, according to new intelligence reports cited by The Washington Post and CNN. This agreement could boost... November 22, 2022 Biden Trashes the Abraham Accords In an interview a week before his victory in Israel’s general election, Benjamin Netanyahu stated his intention to achieve peace with Saudi Arabia if he returned to the prime minister’s office. “I... November 22, 2022 Capital Offense: International Norms On Jerusalem Are A Mess In recent weeks the topic of recognizing Israel’s capital in Jerusalem and the question of why nearly all embassies are located in Tel Aviv was big news in the UK and Australia. On cue, a broad... November 22, 2022 Composite Violent Extremism: A Radicalization Pattern Changing the Face of Terrorism Before opening fire in a Bend, Oregon, grocery store in August 2022, Ethan Miller expressed his hatred toward “EVERYONE & EVERYTHING.” Bearing this out, his rambling online posts displayed racial... November 22, 2022 How to Really Turn the Screws on North Korea Excerpt North Korea has been on a tear lately. In 2022 the country has already conducted the most missile tests ever in a calendar year while providing material support to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.... November 19, 2022 Iran, America, and the Democratic Impulse Excerpt The United States being the engine and guardian of democracy abroad is no longer a compelling image for many Americans, though the sentiment isn’t completely kaput. The war in Ukraine has reanimated... November 18, 2022 Meet Xi and Putin’s Hired Gun Inside the UN If your dictatorship is facing U.S. or EU sanctions—especially human rights sanctions—you can count on Alena Douhan to pay your country a visit, hold a press conference, and announce that Western governments... November 18, 2022 Israel must reclaim its Arab citizens The rise of right-leaning candidates in Israel’s November 1 election has been derided by a gaggle of breathless commentators, notably The New York Times’ Thomas Friedman, lamenting the end of Israel... November 17, 2022 The Istanbul Terror Attack Is More Than It Seems The question of who is responsible for the terrorist attack in Istanbul’s Taksim Square is becoming murkier by the day. What is increasingly clear is that the Turkish government is attempting to control... November 17, 2022 World Cup 2022: What’s In It For Qatar? To host soccer’s top international competition, held once every four years, Qatar had to spend $300 billion — the equivalent of 170 percent of its GDP — buying not only a brand new infrastructure... November 17, 2022 A win against Iranian arms smuggling to Yemen The U.S. Navy announced on Tuesday that it has seized 70 tons of a missile fuel component and 100 tons of an explosive precursor. The items were being smuggled on a ship traveling from Iran to Yemen.... November 17, 2022 Ban These Chinese Chipmakers from Pentagon Purchases American chipmaking companies and government focus are finally putting the United States back on the offensive in the semiconductor field. This is a welcome development, but it must be paired with a good... November 16, 2022 Al-Sudani’s unfulfilled promises a worry for Iraqis Less than a month after being inaugurated as Iraq’s prime minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani is already reneging on promises he made to secure his governing coalition. The longer these pledges go unmet,... November 16, 2022 Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report – November 2022 Excerpt This report summarizes and assesses information in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) quarterly report for November 10, 2022, Verification and monitoring in the Islamic Republic... November 16, 2022 The president’s speech Good afternoon! Well, as you know, I’m just back from the Middle East and Asia. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking – no joke! – and I want to share some of my thoughts with you, my fellow Americans. Here’s... November 15, 2022 Israel Has a Role to Play in Helping Iran’s Protesters There is an Iranian revolution underway targeting the Islamic Republic. After more than eight weeks of protests, Iranians, especially courageous young women, are signaling that they want to end the radical... November 14, 2022 Biden warns North Korea on nuclear test. But he needs to act — now. In his first face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping since he became president, President Joe Biden on Monday issued a stark warning: Xi needed to attempt to make it clear to close ally... November 14, 2022 The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report – November 2022 Excerpt Iran has consistently violated its obligations under its comprehensive safeguards agreement (CSA), a key part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), under which it must cooperate with the... November 13, 2022 By Not Enforcing Sanctions, Biden Helps Khamenei and Hurts Iranians The Biden administration’s failure to fully enforce its sanctions against Iran is helping the Islamist regime in Tehran survive an unprecedented challenge to its authority while it doubles down on its... November 12, 2022 Will the American election finally kill the zombie Iran deal? In the lead-up to the American midterm elections, the Biden administration’s messaging on Iran had maintained that the effort to revive the Iran deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA),... November 11, 2022 Grounded: Why Biden Must Sanction Iranian Aviation Iran is preparing to supply Russia with more advanced weapons, including surface-to-surface missiles, according to Western officials. The Biden administration should respond by leveraging existing U.S. sanctions and... November 10, 2022 Geopolitics of Natural Gas Excerpt The world is experiencing the worst energy crisis since World War II. The energy crisis has contributed to the current global economic recession and world food crisis. While many Western policymakers... November 10, 2022 Iran’s terror drone pipeline to Moscow On October 17, Kyiv residents woke up to loud explosions. Russia had just launched a wave of drone attacks on civilian targets across Ukraine, which it carried out with Iranian-made Shahed-136 “suicide... November 10, 2022 Taliban meets with Hamas during high-level talks in Turkey Last month, Taliban spokeman Zabihulla Mujahid and a delegation of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan officials visited Turkey and met with various foreign officials including senior members of Hamas. The Taliban’s... November 10, 2022 World Cup Shows Need to Crack Down on Kim’s Labor Exploitation Excerpt When tourists flood Qatar for the FIFA World Cup later this month, they will find themselves—likely without knowing it—in facilities that North Korean laborers helped build. The glitzy new hotels... November 10, 2022 If Europe Wants to Sanction Iran, It Knows What to Do Excerpt As Europe considers another round of sanctions targeting Iran for its deadly crackdown on protesters and the supply of arms to Russia, there is a ready sanctions tool already in place, whose activation... November 9, 2022 Bad COP COP27 began on Sunday and I’m following the action. By action, I mean 12 days of mind-numbing meetings, speeches, and virtue signaling, spiced up with misrepresentations of scientific research and data. COP... November 7, 2022 Unification Must Be Korea’s Future Editor’s Note: These remarks were provided to freedom-loving people who gathered on the National Mall on November 5, 2022, for the K-Peace Festival organized by the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council... November 7, 2022 Now Is Not the Time to Negotiate with Putin Aiding Ukraine is not only the morally right thing to do—it also serves U.S. national security interests. By helping Ukraine defeat Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces, we not only staunch the... November 6, 2022 Jew-Free Investing C-suites, board rooms and investment firms across the globe are increasingly at risk of becoming unwitting accomplices to one of the most pernicious forms of economic warfare waged against the world’s... November 6, 2022 Defense Department needs to capitalize on historic opportunity Excerpt The Department of Defense (DOD) may be facing a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fix a critical gap in its national security arsenal. Congress has authorized the creation of an institution dedicated... November 5, 2022 ‘Quad needs to befriend Bougainville, not just Papua New Guinea’ Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Papua New Guinea (PNG) in early 2023. It will be the first time an Indian Prime Minister visits the country of 9.3 million people since its independence... November 4, 2022 Send Ukraine C-RAMs and VAMPIREs to help defeat Iranian drones A group of Iranian-provided Shahed-136 drones struck Kyiv on October 17, reportedly killing at least four people, including a woman who was in a residential building and six months pregnant. About a week... November 4, 2022 Bibi Wins! What to make of Bibi Netanyahu’s decisive electoral victory? We’ll leave the squawking about the end of democracy and the brink of war to the same bien-pensants who sang the exact same tune last... November 4, 2022 Chinese Election Meddling Hits the Midterms Excerpt Having consolidated his hold on power at the Chinese Communist Party’s recently concluded 20th National Congress, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has now set his sights on influencing the U.S. midterm... November 4, 2022 How Washington Can Fend Off the Cyber-Threats of the Future Excerpt The terrorist attacks of 9/11 taught America that even the most technologically unsophisticated actors could physically threaten the homeland. But as little as 15 years ago, the idea that a technologically... November 3, 2022 The Limits of Turkey’s Israeli Charm Offensive Turkey hosted Israel’s top defense official last Thursday for the first time in over a decade. While some are heaping praise on Ankara, the visit by Israeli defense minister Benny Gantz is just the... November 3, 2022 Why Israel must not provide the Iron Dome to Ukraine Iran and Russia have been moving closer against the backdrop of an ongoing war in Ukraine, which has dragged on and expanded. For Israel, these ever-closer ties are a source of constant headaches. Ukraine... November 2, 2022 Iran’s Hard-Liners Are Starting to Crack Excerpt This time is different. The Iranian people have been protesting in the streets for more than a month since the morality police beat a young woman to death for reportedly failing to wear a headscarf.... November 2, 2022 Made in America? Try Made in Democracy. Excerpt President Biden is attempting to reassert U.S. global leadership and rally democracies to outcompete China and other authoritarian regimes that threaten a democratic, rules-based global political... November 2, 2022 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Iraq’s New Cabinet Ayear after holding its parliamentary election and two months after a quick round of civil war, Iraq finally got a new cabinet that is—like everything else in Iraqi politics—full of surprises. Despite... November 2, 2022 Dead letter The Congressional Progressive Caucus, as I suspect you know, is the club for far-left House members. On October 24, its chair, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, sent the White House a letter signed by 30 of her colleagues.... October 31, 2022 Shabaab kills over 100 people in suicide bombings in Mogadishu Over the weekend, two suicide car bombings perpetrated by Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, killed at least 100 people at a busy intersection in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu. Hundreds more... October 31, 2022 Biden must act on Iran’s drone and missile transfers Excerpt “The fact is this: Tehran is now directly engaged on the ground and through the provision of weapons that … are killing civilians and destroying civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.” That’s... October 28, 2022 Analysis: The Lions’ Den and the Future of Militant Activity in the West Bank In a joint Israeli security forces’ operation, a founder of the The Lions’ Den (TLD) was killed in the old city of Nablus on Oct. 25. The Lions’ Den commander, Wadee al-Houh was wanted for several...

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