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April 22, 2015 How Financial Power Can Be Used To Save Iconic Species From Extinction On Earth Day 2015, prospects for many of the planet’s most iconic species look bleak. Unless poaching rates decline across Africa, the rhino and elephant ... April 22, 2015 When Israel Helped Yemen’s Shiites Yemen’s Houthi rebels accuse Israel of standing behind the Saudi-led military campaign launched against t... April 22, 2015 Understanding ‘Operation Renewal of Hope’ in Yemen The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen declared the end of Operation Decisive Storm yesterday, to be replaced with Operation Renewal of Hope effective midnight. Although coalition spokesperson... April 22, 2015 The Islamic World’s Thirty Years War Even as Iran’s Islamic revolutionaries were toppling the Shah in 1979, at the core of their thinking was that their Shia revolution should not be limited to their homeland but ex... April 21, 2015 A Survey of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financing Download full testimony here... April 20, 2015 Rand Paul Slams Saudi Arabia Senator Rand Paul, the junior senator from Kentucky, rode into the Senate chamber in 2010 on a Tea Party movement that took U.S. pol... April 17, 2015 If Iran Cheats, Resurrecting Sanctions Wouldn’t Be Easy President Obama's ability to sell any nuclear deal with Iran depends heavily on the idea that sanctions could quickly be "snapped back" if the agreement is violated, restoring the leverage n... April 17, 2015 What’s Next For Islamic State? In 2014, the Islamic State (IS) extremist group emerged as one of the most powerful jihadi groups, rivaling even Al-Qaeda. The extremist Sunni group now controls vast swathes of territor... April 17, 2015 James Baker Is Wrong: The Iran Deal Can’t Be Fixed Each day brings more evidence that the Iran framework is a farce. Reuters reports: “The U.N. nuclear watchdog said it had a “constructive exchange” with Iran this week but there... April 17, 2015 Iran-U.S. Differences Over Nuclear Deal Widen Two weeks after world powers and Iran announced a framework agreement to curb Iran's nuclear program, widening gaps between the two sides are emerging. As negotiators prepare to sta... April 17, 2015 He Served Saddam. He Served ISIS. Now Al Douri May Be Dead. He’s been on the loose since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and despite a $10 million bounty for his capture always managed to stay one step ahead of his pursuers, but now Iraqi officia... April 17, 2015 Iran Obama Sidesteps Iran Sanctions Timeline to Focus on Snapback President Barack Obama left open the possibility of negotiators lifting most sanctions against Iran at the start of a final nuclear deal -- rather than in phases -- so long as sanctions could be... April 16, 2015 Saudi Steps on Terror Finance Fall Short The U.S. Treasury Department announced last week that it was taking joint action with the government of Saudi... April 16, 2015 The Iran Deal: Forget About Stability, Our Strategy Should Be Survival As you’d expect, ... April 16, 2015 Ready for the Truth About Iran? Khamenei Wants to Destroy Us Why are so many "experts" amazed that there is no deal with Iran? It's certainly not because Western negotiators weren't willing to meet the mullahs halfway; they were eager to compromi... April 16, 2015 ISIS’ Attack on Ramadi Just Upended U.S. War Plans ISIS is reportedly marching on key Iraqi city of Ramadi—upending the momentum that the U.S.-led military coalition seemed to have just days ago, and threatening to shatter an already delica... April 15, 2015 The Case For Heresy By now, you should be familiar with the name Ayaan Hirsi Ali. You should know at least this much about her: She is brilliant, beautiful, black and she has been banned near Boston. You mi... April 15, 2015 Al Qaeda Is Beating the Islamic State Co-authored by Bridget Moreng The Islamic State’s lightning offensive through Iraq and Syria last year has dominated the headlines, but the jihadist group that has won the... April 15, 2015 Defrosted: Will German Firms Plunge Head First Into Iran? Co-authored by Maximilian Kiewel With a framework in place for addressing the Iran nuclear issue, Germany, a member of the P5+1 powers negotiating with Tehran, sta... April 14, 2015 Putin Boosts Congress’s Case for Role in Iran Deal Demands from Congress that it should get to review President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran have received a boost from an unlikely source: Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday, just 24... April 14, 2015 Putin’s Missile Could Make U.S. Attacks on Iran Nearly Impossible his nuke deal with Iran had better work. Because the Kremlin is lifting a ban on selling a powerful air defense system to Iran that would render an airstrike on Tehran’s nuclear weapons fac... April 14, 2015 If the Iranians Are So Smart, How Come the Place Is a Wreck? I’m sick and tired of hearing about the Iranians’ brilliance, about what fabulous negotiators they are, about what great game players they are (some say, fals... April 13, 2015 Khamenei’s Choice to Head Powerful Charity Bolsters the IRGC Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed Parviz Fattah as the new head of the... April 13, 2015 And Now, Iran Wins a Seat on Governing Board of UN Agency for Women It’s not only at the nuclear talks that Iran is goose-stepping right over those polite U.S. diplomats to grab all it can get. At the United Nations, Iran has just w... April 13, 2015 How to Keep the Financial Pressure on Iran and Its Proxies "...Our concerns will remain with respect to Iranian behavior so long as Iran continues its sponsorship of terrorism, its support for proxies who destabilize the Middle East, its threats against... April 10, 2015 Ayatollah Khamenei Accuses WH of ‘Lying,’ Being ‘Deceptive,’ and Having ‘Devilish’ Intentions President Obama has long known that the real decision maker in Iran is Ayatollah Khamenei, the so-called supreme leader. While other Iranian officials have negotiated with Western powers over the... April 10, 2015 From Westgate to Garissa, Shabab’s Murderous Wave Co-written by Nathaniel Barr After the Somali militant group al-Shabab carried out a gruesome ... April 9, 2015 Pragmatism Trumps Principles on Erdogan’s Iran Visit Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited the Iranian capital on Tuesday amidst rising tension between Ankara and Tehran.... April 9, 2015 Khamenei Breaks Silence over Nuclear Framework There is “nothing to congratulate,” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Thursday, breaking his silence over a nuclear framework... April 9, 2015 Iran Agreement: Tehran Gives the V-Sign If it is implemented, the preliminary framework for a deal over Iran's nuclear programme, agreed on last week in Lausanne, will be a great victory for the Islamic Republic and its aspiration... April 9, 2015 The Flexible-Fuel Solution Co-authored by Anne Korin Negotiators in Geneva appear to be sleepwalking into a Sunni–Shia nuclear arms race, so a bad neighborhood — as former Israeli prime... April 8, 2015 The Win-Win delusion “The West Capitulates.” That was the headline on an article by Ibrahim al-Amin, editor of the Lebanese daily al-Akbar. He elaborated: “Victors and vanquished. This is the... April 8, 2015 The Iranian Nuclear Threat and Greek-Israeli Relations Two items in the March 7 issue of The National Herald, an editorial, “Netanyahu’s Pyrrhic Victory” and an opinion piece, “A National Disgrace: Boehner Undermines the Presi... April 7, 2015 Sultan of Turkey: Erdogan’s Shameless Power Play Co-authored by Gabriel Mitchell A row erupted within Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on March 21, after the deputy prime minister brazenly condemned Pr... April 5, 2015 Iran’s Negotiating Triumph Over Obama and America President Obama believes that the nuclear “framework” concluded Friday in Switzerland is a historic achievement. Iran’s foreign minister, Javad Zarif, says he believes... April 3, 2015 Nonstop: Tehran to Sana’a Iran is delivering arms to Yemen using Pouya Air, an airline previously designated by the United States, according to an Israeli media... April 3, 2015 Despite Nuclear Deal, Can Iran be Trusted? After grueling negotiations in Switzerland that stretched on for more than a week — two days beyond the initial deadline — ... April 2, 2015 If a Palestinian Minister Falls and No One Is Around to Hear It… Big news stories are a dime a dozen these days. Between the Iran nuclear talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the war in Yemen, it’s an ideal environment for making... April 1, 2015 Satrapy Fishing in the Yemen Three years ago, film-goers were treated to “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,” which critic Kenneth Turan called a “pleasant fantasy” about the Middle East. Today, of cou... April 1, 2015 Amid Nuclear Talks, Iran Forges Ahead with Middle East Power Play A March 31 deadline for a framework agreement in the nuclear talks has not yet brought an announcement of a deal, and any pact would be just a precursor to a final deal before a June 30 deadline.... March 31, 2015 Nuclear Deal with Jordan is Russia’s Latest Attempt to Woo U.S. Allies Russia’s state-run nuclear-energy company last week signed a $10-billion agreement to... March 30, 2015 Did the Islamic State Exaggerate Its Role in the Bardo Museum Attack? The Tunisian government’s investigation of the devastating March 18 Bardo museum attack in Tunis yielded a surprising result. While the Islamic State (IS) quickly... March 30, 2015 Doomsday: Stopping a Middle East Nuclear Arms Race Imagine the imposition of financial sanctions on the central bank of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—the only Arab member of the G20 group of major economies. To this, add biting multinational... March 30, 2015 Analysis: To confront Iran’s jingoism and domestic repression, change its regime The self-immolation death of an Iranian Arab last week in the province of Khuzestan offers a window onto the court of a neglected alternative to an Iran on the brink of nuclear weapons breakout:... March 30, 2015 What else is Iran hiding? We don’t know all that has transpired in the talks on Iran’s nuclear program being conducted in Switzerland, but we do know that the White House has shied away... March 27, 2015 A Fruit Vendor’s Self-Immolation and the Neglect of Arab-Iranians Tragedy struck Iran’s Arab-majority province of Khuzestan on Sunday as a fruit vendor died af... March 27, 2015 Saudi Arabia Tries to Flip Sudan Sudanese President and internationally wanted man Omar al-Bashir landed in Riyadh on Wednesday to kick off his first official vis... March 27, 2015 Obama’s Iran Policy Is Lost at Sea American negotiators and their cohorts are trying to close a deal that would let Iran keep its nuclear program, subject to intricate conditions of monitoring and enforcement. Yet how is a deal li... March 27, 2015 Dealing with Iran: Get It in Writing On March 25th, the New York Times ... March 26, 2015 Iran sanctions relief sparks growing trade with Europe, Asia The Obama administration insists that the November 2013 interim nuclear deal with Iran provides only “...

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