Anti-Americanism

April 3, 2026 | Clifford D. May |

Breaking China

April 1, 2026 | Sinan Ciddi, William Doran

Islamist Turkey: A Base for Muslim Brotherhood Jihadism

March 20, 2026 | David May |

South African Government Continues Antagonizing U.S.

South Africa is defiant, refusing to distance itself from the Islamic Republic despite U.S. Ambassador Brent Bozell stating that “an association with Iran is an impediment to good relations with the...

March 19, 2026 | Leah Siskind, Marina Chernin

Deepfakes on the Front Lines: Iran’s AI Disinformation Campaign

The war with Iran has triggered a torrent of disturbing AI-generated imagery, videos, and narratives circulating widely on social media — such as smoke billowing from a Bahraini high-rise or rockets...

March 18, 2026 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Lebanons’ second chance

This conflict could finally free Beirut from Hezbollah

March 11, 2026 | Clifford D. May |

Tucker Carlson ‘has lost his way’

President Trump now sees that clearly

March 10, 2026 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Is the Islamic Republic Down and Out in the Levant and Beyond?

Since October 7, 2023, Iran’s theocracy has watched its entire westward foreign policy crash, disabled by an Israeli counterattack and its shockwaves.

February 11, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

Iran Exploits Diplomacy With U.S. To Execute Protesters

As the authorities in Iran staged nationwide rallies on February 11 to mark the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Republic, the spirit of last month’s wave of anti-regime protests was very much in evidence....

February 4, 2026 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Edmund Fitton-Brown, Richard Goldberg, Joe Dougherty

Previewing Talks with Iran

January 21, 2026 | Clifford D. May |

The enemies of America’s enemies

Iran, Venezuela, and Ukraine are very different countries, but most Iranians, Venezuelans and Ukrainians want the same thing: to not be ruled by tyrants.  They look to America for support – which...

January 16, 2026 | Max Meizlish, Daniel Swift

South Africa Eyes Confrontation With Trump Over Growing Ties to China, Russia, Iran

South Africa is testing President Donald Trump’s patience, launching a week-long naval exercise alongside America’s adversaries. China, Russia, Iran, and several other countries in the loosely organized...

January 14, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur |

Venezuela’s Intelligence Chief Remains a Danger Despite Maduro Ouster

If he doesn’t want an all-expenses-paid trip to the United States in the middle of the night, Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello needs to better hew to the U.S. line, the Trump administration...

January 14, 2026 | Clifford D. May |

Maduro’s last exit is to Brooklyn

But his henchmen remain in power in Caracas

December 19, 2025 | Josh Birenbaum, Max Meizlish

As the noose tightens around Nicolas Maduro, how to ensure a strong — and pro-American — Venezuela follows

With President Donald Trump announcing a “total and complete” oil blockade of Venezuela this week, the noose around dictator Nicolas Maduro’s neck is tightening. A massive US Navy strike...

July 14, 2025 | Emily Hester |

Putin Hails Alternative To Western Financial System

Russian President Vladimir Putin is celebrating the emergence of an alternative to the U.S.-led global financial system. Speaking virtually at the BRICS annual summit on July 6, he boasted that the current...

July 9, 2025 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey still wants to join BRICS while pretending to be a NATO ally

Last year, Turkey took observers by surprise at the 2024 BRICS summit in Russia when it applied for full membership in an organization that seeks to challenge the Western-led liberal international order and is an adversarial alternative to NATO.

June 24, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Khomeini’s war: Sunni Islamists taught Shia Iran to hate Israel

The ayatollahs adopted the Muslim Brotherhood’s worldview to make the destruction of the Jewish state the regime’s holy cause. The Shia leadership in Najaf now has the chance to return the Shia world to pacifism

April 24, 2025 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Andrea Stricker, Joe Dougherty

Iran Nuclear Program Talks

March 4, 2025 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

The Digital Battlefield

How Terrorists Use the Internet and Online Networks for Recruitment and Radicalization

December 18, 2024 | Bradley Bowman, Max Lesser

American Confidence in Elections

Prohibiting Foreign Interference