G-7: Africans Deserve Real Electricity
The G-7 countries are meeting this week in Kananaskis in Alberta, Canada. This G-7 meeting will focus on geopolitical issues. While many disagreements currently prevail among the G-7 countries,...
Africa
A secular jihadi brings the intifada to Washington
The Islamist/leftist alliance metastasizes
Op-eds
‘Addressing Iran’s Support For Terrorism’: Treasury Sanctions Hezbollah Financiers in Lebanon and Iran
Latest Developments Targets Transferred Funds From Iran to Hezbollah: The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned four individuals in Lebanon and Iran who transferred funds to Iran’s proxy Hezbollah...
Flash Briefs
Iran displays missiles and drones at Baghdad military expo
An Iranian delegation led by the country’s Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) attended the 13th International Defense Exhibition (IQDEX) in Baghdad on April 20, boasting of a range...
Op-eds
Maximum Pressure on Tehran Regime in Motion as Trump Builds Negotiating Leverage
Sanctions don’t impede negotiations; they help set the terms. The Treasury Department sanctioned the China-based Shandong Shengxing Chemical Co. oil refinery on April 16 for purchasing some $800 million...
Policy Briefs
Iran’s Foothold Reaches Into North Africa
In the early days of the Israel-Hamas war, Iran issued a baffling threat: if Israel did not relent in Gaza, Tehran would close the Strait of Gibraltar, the narrow maritime passage separating Africa from...
Policy Briefs
Turkey’s Ties to Al-Qaeda Entities in Yemen Threaten Regional Security
“Turkey is a country that loves us, and we love it,” declared Abu Omar al-Nahdi, a former emir in al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch and now the leader of the newly formed Change and Liberation Movement in...
Policy Briefs
Canada should push the G7 to help end energy poverty
Ending fossil fuel funding doesn’t reduce emissions but does hurt the world’s poorest people
Op-eds
10 Things to Know About Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
The Sinai Peninsula is a strategic land bridge between Africa and Asia. The Sinai Peninsula, which connects the continents of Africa and Asia, has a landmass of 23,000 square miles, approximately...
Insights
U.S. Treasury Targets Russian Elements of the Houthis’ Iran-Backed Financing Network
Washington is intensifying pressure against Iran and its proxies. The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced new sanctions on April 2 against the Russia-based funding sources of Yemen’s Iran-backed...
Policy Briefs
U.S. Pushes Back Against South Africa’s Anti-American Diplomacy
South Africa appears to have little interest in making friends in Washington.
Op-eds
‘There Will Be a Bombing’: Trump Threatens to Attack Iran if No Nuclear Deal Reached
Trump Threatens Tehran: U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Iran and impose secondary tariffs on the country if it does not enter into negotiations over its nuclear...
Flash Briefs
US strike in Iraq eliminates top Islamic State leader
A March 13 airstrike in Iraq’s Anbar province by US Central Command (CENTCOM) eliminated Abdallah Makki Muslih al Rifai, a senior leader of the Islamic State (IS) who may have served as the...
Op-eds
Is Turkey Playing Both Sides of Sudan’s Civil War?
Ankara’s involvement in Sudan indicates its foreign policy is bereft of any values and willing to ignore sanctions intended to deter continued bloodshed.
Op-eds
Qatari Cash May Be Coming Soon to a Town Near You
It’s time for Washington to drop the rose-tinted glasses and make clear that America is not up for sale
Op-eds
Blackout
International Energy Policies Threaten U.S. National Security
Monographs
Missed Milestones
Evaluating The Last Four Years in the EAP Region and Unseized Opportunities Under President Trump
Congressional Testimonies
Unpacking Iran’s counterintelligence apparatus
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently issued “seeking information” posters for two operatives of the Islamic Republic’s intelligence services implicated in the 2007 abduction...
Op-eds
Defeating the Houthis
Biden didn’t try; Trump can and should
Op-eds
South African Anti-Israel NGOs Commemorate the Holocaust by Hijacking Its Memory
Anti-Israel groups commemorated the Holocaust by hijacking its memory. Gift of the Givers and other South African anti-Israel organizations marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day by screening a film that...