American Enterprise Institute

April 7, 2022 | Dalibor Rohac, Ivana Stradner

Putin’s winning streak in European politics

n the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said triumphantly that ‘if Putin was seeking to divide the EU, to weaken Nato, and to break the international...

March 28, 2022 | Michael Rubin, Jonathan Schanzer

Biden risking new wars with Iran ‘diplomacy’ — and our Middle East allies know it

Excerpt “It’s time to end this forever war” — those were President Biden’s words as he issued the order for U.S. troops to withdraw from Afghanistan. America’s chaotic withdrawal certainly...

March 13, 2022 | Anthony Ruggiero, Michael Rubin

North Korea Shows How the Iranian Nuclear Deal Will Fail

Nuclear negotiations with North Korea have shown us that limited nuclear deals allow the proliferator the time and space to develop nuclear weapons.

January 22, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer, Michael Rubin

Oman Must Isolate, Not Embrace, the Houthis

The Switzerland of the Middle East can still serve as a center for regional diplomacy. But even Switzerland does not offer safe haven to terrorists.

October 20, 2021 | Wang Xiyue, Behnam Ben Taleblu

What Iran Has Learned From Biden’s Afghanistan Debacle

Like other adversaries, it is more emboldened, willing to take more risks, and appear less restrained by the prospect of American military power.

October 2, 2021 | Michael Rubin, Aykan Erdemir

Give Osman Kavala the Nobel Peace Prize

Kavala is a philanthropist who, for decades, has stood up to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and to authoritarians of every stripe inside Turkey.

September 27, 2021 | Thomas Spoehr, Bradley Bowman, Bryan Clark, Mackenzie Eaglen

What To Expect When You’re Expecting A National Defense Strategy

Excerpt In July, Rear Adm. Mike Studeman, director of intelligence for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, warned that “it’s only a matter of time” until China resorts to military force and suggested that...

August 24, 2021 | Morgan Lorraine Viña |

UN Peacekeeping in Cyprus: So Much for Deterrence

In Hans Christian Anderson’s children’s classic The Emperor’s New Clothes, the unfortunate emperor parades around the streets in his birthday suit, confident that his fine garments are seen by everyone...

July 29, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Mercedes-Benz Must Crack Down on Antisemitism and Support for Iran

Political leaders in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg have shown no desire to end their promotion of BDS and support for the clerical regime in Tehran.

June 30, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

Getting smarter about Critical Race Theory

If CRT is correct, is America worth defending?

March 4, 2021 | Bradley Bowman, Katherine Zimmerman

Biden Can’t Bring Peace to Yemen While Iran Keeps Sending Weapons

The latest round of U.S. diplomacy will fail without additional leverage.

August 4, 2020 | Bradley Bowman, Andrea Stricker

Arm Taiwan—but Skip the Nukes

As the military balance of power shifts in China’s favor, Beijing may be increasingly tempted to act against Taiwan.

December 11, 2019 | Clifford D. May |

Breaking China

With American help, the Communist regime has grown richer and more oppressive

October 22, 2019 | Aykan Erdemir |

Trump can get both Turkish and Kurdish support in Syria by negotiating peace deal

President Trump’s strategy of getting out of Syria but keeping the oil continues to stir up policy debates and emotions. Opponents of the U.S. withdrawal see this as a betrayal of the Syrian Kurds,...

March 31, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

U.S. ambassador and sanctions cause drop in German-Iran trade

9% drop in German exports to Iran.

December 13, 2018 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Jose Luis Stein

Trump Should Cut Hezbollah’s Lifeline in the Americas

A crackdown is long overdue.

September 7, 2018 | Bill Roggio

Iraqi Militant Qayis Khazali Warned Us About Iran. We Ignored Him.

Iran has its tentacles all over Iraq, and the United States has no one to blame but itself. It is a bipartisan failure dating back to the March 2003 invasion. Even after the Bush administration a...

August 1, 2018 | Clifford D. May |

In Turkey and Pakistan, discouraging elections

Not so long ago, freedom and democracy seemed to be on the march in the world, with Turkey and Pakistan, two strategically important Muslim-majority nations, near the front of the parade. That tu...

July 18, 2018 | Clifford D. May |

Make NATO great again

NATO’s first Secretary General, Lord Hastings Lionel Ismay, articulated the military alliance’s mission succinctly: “Keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans...

June 28, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: How Gulf States can get Europe to Abandon Iran

The protests sweeping across Iran are a clear sign the country’s economy and its Islamic revolutionary system are ready to buckle. The Gulf states can play a critical role in stymi...