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August 23, 2021
With the U.S. Withdrawing From Afghanistan and Iraq, Iran May Reconsider Its Nuclear Options
The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan bears important implications for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s perception of America as a threat. Encouraged by Washington’s loss of credibility and resolve to...
August 10, 2021
The EU’s Flawed Framework for Sanctions on Lebanon
The Council of the European Union announced on July 30 that it has adopted a framework that “provides for the possibility of imposing sanctions against persons and entities who are responsible for undermining...
August 4, 2021
Biden Administration Should Stand With Israel Against Russia in Syria
In an unusual move, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of Russia’s Reconciliation Center for Syria, last month claimed that Syrian regime forces used Russian-made air defense systems to counter several...
August 4, 2021
Treasury Designates Turkey-Backed Syrian Jihadists Implicated in War Crimes
The U.S. Treasury Department designated Syrian militant group Ahrar al-Sharqiya last week, targeting a Turkish proxy for the first time since the war in Syria began. This designation reflects a new readiness...
August 2, 2021
Universities Maintain Ties to Malign Chinese Entities Following Confucius Institute Closures
The University of Central Arkansas (UCA) announced the closure of its Confucius Institute (CI) in early July, ending the university’s 14-year involvement in a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) program aimed...
July 30, 2021
After Six-Month Wait, Biden Administration Imposes First Syria Sanctions
The departments of State and Treasury announced on Wednesday the imposition of sanctions on eight Syrian prisons and five officials in charge of them as part of the administration’s efforts to protect...
July 29, 2021
U.S. Leads International Efforts to Attribute China’s Microsoft Hack
In an unprecedented show of international coordination, the United States, European Union, and NATO last week attributed the recent hack of Microsoft’s Exchange Server and other “malicious cyber activity”...
July 28, 2021
Erdogan’s Provocations in Cyprus Escalate Tensions in Eastern Mediterranean
During a two-day visit to Northern Cyprus last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan escalated tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean by threatening unilateral action, including an indirect land grab,...
July 23, 2021
Iran’s Social Engineering Capabilities Mature
Facebook last week dismantled a long-running Iranian cyber operation that collected sensitive information on U.S. military personnel and employees of American defense and aerospace companies. Unlike a previous...
July 22, 2021
UN Has Now Spent Over $70 Million at the Four Seasons Damascus
Newly released procurement data show that UN agencies spent $14.9 million last year on housing and other services at the Four Seasons Damascus, with total spending of $70.1 million at the hotel since 2014....
July 21, 2021
The Chinese Communist Party’s New Loyalty Push Exposes Xi’s Insecurities
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) last week issued a new set of guidelines regarding its ideological and political work, one that targets not only CCP members but “all of [Chinese] society.” The announcement,...
July 21, 2021
Hariri’s Departure Exposes Contradictions of U.S. Policy Toward Lebanon
After nine months of negotiations against the backdrop of a financial meltdown, Saad Hariri has failed to form a new government in Lebanon and has stepped down as prime minister-designate. Hariri’s exit...
July 18, 2021
The Impact of the Ahwaz protests in Iran
Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority on July 7 launched extensive anti-regime protests centered in the country’s western Khuzestan Province. Extreme water shortages affecting the Ahwaz were the catalyst for...
July 15, 2021
What Does the Rise of Baqeri Mean for the Iran Nuclear Deal?
Ebrahim Raisi, who will take office on August 8 as president of the Islamic Republic in Iran, met with India’s foreign minister last week, with two top officials in tow: Mohammad Javad Zarif, Tehran’s...
July 8, 2021
Iran’s Latest Nuclear Escalation Exposes Biden’s Failed Iran Policy
Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on Tuesday informed the IAEA Board of Governors that Iran will use indigenously enriched uranium to produce uranium...
July 8, 2021
Russian Criminals Cross Biden’s Cyber Red Line
Over the weekend, Russian cybercriminals launched a supply chain-based ransomware attack of unprecedented scale that began with the breach of an American information technology (IT) firm. Coming three weeks...
July 7, 2021
The WHO’s Fraudulent Procurement of Chinese PPE Holds Important Lessons for U.S.
The World Health Organization (WHO) violated its own procurement guidelines by improperly awarding contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars to a Chinese state holding company, according to an external...
July 2, 2021
The Turkish Laundromat — Erdogan Offers Illicit-Finance Loophole for the Seventh Time
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree on Wednesday extending the country’s wealth amnesty law, which allows individuals and entities to repatriate previously undisclosed offshore assets...
July 2, 2021
Australia, Canada Take Steps on Hezbollah and Hamas Terrorism Designations
An Australian parliamentary committee recommended on June 22 that the government list the entirety of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, an expansion beyond Australia’s current listing of only Hezbollah’s...
June 25, 2021
Canadian Forensic Report Confirms Iran Bears Full Responsibility for Airliner Downing
Canada published on Thursday a long-awaited report confirming that Tehran’s “decisions, actions and omissions, by civil and military officials at the highest levels,” directly led to the downing of...
June 25, 2021
U.S. Targets Turkey-Based Money Laundering Schemes With Links to Senior Turkish Officials
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Monday that it will seek to extradite Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, a Turkish businessman Austrian authorities arrested on June 19 for his alleged role in money laundering...
June 24, 2021
New Research Shows Extent of China’s Cover-Up of COVID-19’s Origins
An American research scientist reported on Tuesday that Chinese researchers deleted genetic sequencing data for COVID-19 samples from a U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) database. The deletions highlight...
June 22, 2021
North Korea Likely Behind Hack Targeting South Korean Nuclear Submarine
The South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) stated on Sunday that hackers infiltrated Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, seeking to steal documents regarding naval vessels...
June 22, 2021
Fixing Shortcomings in the Senate’s Endless Frontier Legislation
The Senate passed legislation earlier this month aimed at boosting U.S. technological competitiveness with China; however, last-minute changes resulted in significant funding reductions for several of the...
June 17, 2021
New ICC Prosecutor Provides Opportunity for Closing Investigations of U.S. and Israel
British lawyer Karim Khan was sworn in on Wednesday to replace Fatou Bensouda as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), where he will serve a nine-year term. One of Khan’s top challenges...
June 16, 2021
Biden Should Not Lift Sanctions Against Iranian Presidential Candidate Ebrahim Raisi
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in congressional testimony last week that if Iran and the United States re-enter the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA),...
June 11, 2021
Biden Lifts Sanctions on Firms Linked to Key Assad Backer
The Treasury Department announced on Thursday it had lifted sanctions on two Dubai-based corporations under the control of Samer Foz, whom it designated in 2019 for “directly supporting the murderous...
June 9, 2021
Turkey’s Pro-Kurdish Opposition Party in Ankara’s Crosshairs – Again
Turkey’s chief prosecutor submitted an expanded indictment on Monday in Ankara’s second attempt within three months to ban Turkey’s third-largest party, the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party...
June 9, 2021
UNHRC Creates Flawed Commission of Inquiry to Investigate Israel
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a resolution on May 27 creating a Commission of Inquiry (COI) to investigate alleged violations of international law during the recent fighting in Gaza, as well...
May 28, 2021
Erdogan Saves Putin’s Belarusian Ally by Playing Spoiler Role Within NATO
Turkey reportedly used its veto power within NATO on Wednesday to water down an official condemnation of Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko for forcing down a passenger plane to arrest Roman Protasevich,...
May 27, 2021
Israel Eliminates Key Members of Hamas and PIJ Commands
As part of its military operations against terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip during the recent war, Israel targeted key leaders and commanders of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). The elimination...
May 27, 2021
U.S.-ROK Alliance Creates a New Cyber Working Group at Summit
President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed at their first summit on May 21 to deepen cyber cooperation by creating a new bilateral cyber working group to confront ransomware and other...
May 26, 2021
Qatar’s Detention of Writer Puts Labor Abuses in the Spotlight Again
Qatar has detained Malcolm Bidali, a 28-year-old Kenyan foreign worker, but will not disclose where he is being held or what charges he faces. While working as a security guard, Bidali chronicled the difficult...
May 25, 2021
Iran Continues to Extort the International Atomic Energy Agency
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran agreed on Monday to extend for one month a monitoring agreement that was set to expire over the weekend. The IAEA’s director general, Rafael Grossi,...
May 25, 2021
Biden-Moon Summit Signals Tougher South Korean Stance Against China
President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in held their first summit on May 21 in Washington. While public attention has focused primarily on Biden’s and Moon’s respective policies toward...
May 21, 2021
Kyiv Ramps Up Campaign Against Putin’s Man in Ukraine
Ukrainian authorities last week charged Kremlin-connected oligarch and pro-Russia opposition lawmaker Viktor Medvedchuk with high treason. The move represents a major escalation of Kyiv’s recent campaign...
May 20, 2021
New Cybersecurity Executive Order Seeks to Improve Trust Through Verification
President Joe Biden issued a new executive order last week to raise cybersecurity requirements for federal contractors and bolster the cybersecurity of federal networks. While the executive order will better...
May 20, 2021
Treasury Sanctions Jihadist Financiers in Turkey – For the Fifth Time in Two Years
The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated a Turkey-based company and three Turkey-linked individuals on Monday for facilitating the Islamic State’s (IS’) financial networks and transactions. The...
May 19, 2021
Cover-Ups of WHO Misconduct Expose Leadership Failures and Compromised Agency Culture
The World Health Organization (WHO) reportedly covered up sexual assault allegations involving senior agency officials, while Italian prosecutors are investigating another top WHO figure for making false...
May 13, 2021
The United States Has a Data Broker Problem
Apple last month released its new App Tracking Transparency feature, which seeks to help users prevent apps from tracking, capturing, or selling their digital activity to third-party data brokers. Stopping...
May 13, 2021
Commerce Department Targets Former Turkish Banker for Evading Iran Sanctions
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security on May 5 announced it would deny export privileges to Mehmet Hakan Atilla, the former deputy general manager of Halkbank, Turkey’s second-largest...
May 13, 2021
Hamas Escalates Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Hamas’ rocket fire from Gaza into Jerusalem and other Israeli cities this week marked a dangerous escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, leading the Jewish state to respond with airstrikes. These...
May 7, 2021
China and Russia Combine Forces to Undermine WHO Reform
As diplomats prepare for the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) annual agenda-setting meeting, China and Russia have combined forces to undermine EU-led efforts to reform the beleaguered health body....
May 6, 2021
European Parliament Raps UNRWA
The European Parliament (EP) last week passed a budgetary resolution that rebukes the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for preaching hatred of Israel in its school textbooks, and calls for...
May 6, 2021
Time for Biden to Oppose Gulf Monarchies’ Outreach to Assad
Saudi intelligence chief Khalid al-Humaidan reportedly met with his Syrian counterpart in Damascus on Monday, the first meeting of its kind since the war in Syria broke out in 2011. Humaidan’s visit provides...
May 5, 2021
Biden Administration Should Ascertain the Status of Iran’s Arak Reactor
The Biden administration says it wants to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear deal because the accord seals off Tehran’s pathways to nuclear weapons, one of which involves plutonium. Yet the accord will not...
April 27, 2021
Ankara’s Crackdown Triggers Run on Turkish Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Three Turkish cryptocurrency exchanges have suspended operations since last Wednesday after the central bank announced impending restrictions on the use of cryptocurrencies, triggering a run on the exchanges....
April 22, 2021
New Zealand’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Divests From Israeli Banks
New Zealand’s $36 billion sovereign wealth fund divested $4 million from five Israeli banks last month because of their West Bank operations. This could cause reputational and financial problems for New...
April 22, 2021
OPCW Member States Hold Syria Accountable for Chemical Weapons Use
Eighty-seven member states of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) voted yesterday to suspend Syria’s voting rights in the organization. This was an appropriate, albeit overdue,...
April 20, 2021
Halkbank’s Last-Minute Effort to Scuttle Iran Sanctions-Evasion Case
Halkbank, a public lender majority-owned by Turkey’s sovereign wealth fund, claimed on April 12 before a U.S. court that the bank is immune from charges U.S. prosecutors brought in October 2019, which...
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