Anti-Americanism

May 21, 2019 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Fars News, the Spider Net of Lies and Deception

Part One: The Men Who Built Fars News

May 20, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Hizballah operative convicted of terror charges after surveilling targets in New York City

On May 16, a jury in Manhattan found Ali Kourani guilty of committing various crimes on behalf of Hizballah’s Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO), which plans terrorist operations around the world. The...

May 15, 2019 | Eric S. Edelman, Jonathan Schanzer

Trump Can’t Afford to Go Soft on Turkey

Erdogan’s purchase of a Russian air-defense system is a serious threat to U.S. national security.

May 15, 2019 | Clifford D. May |

The axis of oppressors

The U.S. needs to be stronger than any combination of colluding adversaries

April 17, 2019 | Varsha Koduvayur, Greg Everett

Russia’s Gas Web Ensnares Europe

New pipeline projects throughout the Middle East could boost Russian influence there while also ensuring the country’s role as the prime supplier of energy to Europe.

April 8, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

U.S. to designate IRGC as a foreign terrorist organization

April 4, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Wiesenthal Center urges removal of Anne Frank’s name from NGO due to Antisemitism

Alleged Anti-Jewish conspiracy theorist and Israel-hater Daniel Bax is slated to speak at the Anne Frank Educational Center.

March 19, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn, Bill Roggio

Why the Taliban should be required to renounce al Qaeda in any deal with US

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March 18, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn, Bill Roggio

Trump’s Bad Deal with the Taliban

Under peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, the administration seems poised to give away everything America has fought for in Afghanistan since 9/11.

March 14, 2019 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

Trump and Jared’s Clearance

Conservatives gain a healthy skepticism about intel agencies, but liberals lose it.

February 13, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Foreign Ministry celebrates Iran’s Islamic revolution

German Jews accuse Maas of failing to internalize the lesson of the Holocaust with his robust support of Iran’s regime.

January 31, 2019 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Tzvi Kahn

Midterm Assessment: Human Rights

January 31, 2019 | Jonathan Schanzer, Romany Shaker

Midterm Assessment: Egypt

January 31, 2019 | John Hannah |

Midterm Assessment: Iraq

January 25, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

The unstoppable envoy

Richard Grenell has made a career of confounding expectations. That hasn’t changed since becoming U.S. ambassador to Germany last year. On...

December 22, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

U.S. ambassador urges inquiry of German magazine’s anti-Americanism

Der Spiegel faced criticism for its bias against the Jewish state.

November 28, 2018 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Trump Once Called the Taliban Five ‘Killers.’ Now He’s Negotiating With Them

Negotiating with terrorists won’t bring peace to Afghanistan.

November 7, 2018 | Clifford D. May

The advance of illiberal world disorder

What Americans achieved after World War II is endangered

October 19, 2018 | Jonathan Schanzer |

The Experts Were Wrong About the Middle East

The killing of Jamal Khashoggi has upended Washington’s policy debates, as many reverse long-held views.

October 1, 2018 | Thomas Joscelyn

Badness personified

Jalaluddin Haqqani is dead. The terror network he created lives on.