The Divided Self of John le Carré
The death of perhaps history’s greatest espionage writer John le Carré in December 2020 sparked a series of lively debates about the British novelist’s contradictory views toward Zionism, Jews and...
Americans
Getting smarter about Critical Race Theory
If CRT is correct, is America worth defending?
Op-eds
In Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s clerics have groomed and promoted their ruthless enforcer
This month, Iran held the most boring — and most consequential — presidential election in its history. Boring because the election was rigged virtually from the start. What made it consequential is...
Op-eds
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,...
Policy Briefs
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...
Policy Briefs
Taliban pushes Osama bin Laden truther conspiracy theories
The Taliban promoted two conspiracy theories related to Al Qaeda founder and its first emir, Osama bin Laden. The Taliban denied he was responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S. and questioned...
Op-eds
How to Protect America’s Heartland from Global Corruption
When outside real estate money moved into Cleveland in a big way starting in 2008, locals were upbeat. Investors were betting on the “upside of a Midwestern city” that had been passed by, The Plain...
Op-eds
The UN Should Protect Human Rights, Not Human Rights Abusers
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Wednesday that the United States will seek membership at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in January 2022 as part of the Biden administration’s...
Op-eds
Oberlin ‘professor of peace’ called for destruction of Israel in 1989 speech
Former Iranian ambassador-turned-academic defended violent Palestinian intifada in 1989
Op-eds
What Saudi Arabia Is Thinking
There’s talk of the new American administration moving closer to Iran. Could a Saudi step toward peace with Israel protect Riyadh from the troubles that might ensue?
Op-eds
The world order is being hijacked
Despots now call the shots at the U.N. and other international organizations
Op-eds
Mike Pompeo’s fight for unalienable rights
The Human Rights Establishment wants him out of the marketplace of ideas
Op-eds
Tehran Consolidates Hardline Gains At Home While COVID-19 Spreads
Iran experienced its highest-ever record of coronavirus-related deaths in just one day earlier this month, bringing the official number of reported deaths since late February to more than 13,000. These...
Op-eds
Re-Forge Strategic Alliances and Check China Abroad, Rebuild Economy at Home
The industrial heartlands of the U.S. and its European allies have become crucibles for the polarizing politics of neo-populism for a population left behind in the information age. Anxious and angry citizenry,...
Op-eds
How China Tries to Intimidate Its Dissidents Living Overseas
Explaining the CCP’s “Fox Hunt” program.
Op-eds
US International Religious Freedom Efforts Should Not Promote Islamic Extremism
The Trump Administration has elevated the promotion of international religious freedom to a major component of U.S. foreign policy. President Donald Trump issued an executive order devoting additional...
Op-eds
Military and Veteran Groups Decry ICC Investigation
The Military Coalition, “representing more than 5.5 million current and former service members, veterans, and their families and survivors,” delivered a letter yesterday to the president and congressional...
Policy Briefs
The Coronavirus Pandemic Exposes Fault Lines in the ‘Great Power Competition’
Does the U.S. continue to work within the framework of existing global institutions or abandon those it sees as problematic?
Op-eds
Free Jimmy Lai
China’s rulers let loose a deadly virus and imprison a champion of human rights
Op-eds
Congress Sends Defense Authorization Bill to President
The Senate voted 86-8 on Tuesday to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, sending the bill – which had already passed 377-48 in the House – to the president for...