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...
António Guterres
The Houthis Bite the Hand That Feeds Yemen’s People
The terror group has effectively declared war on the United Nations in Yemen. It’s up to donor countries to force the UN to see that reality.
Op-eds
PKK announcement of withdrawal from Turkey has ramifications for Iraq, Syria
On October 26, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said it was withdrawing its fighters from Turkey. The withdrawal is part of a peace process that has seen the group say it will disarm...
Op-eds
Reports of Atrocities as RSF Paramilitary Forces Gain Control of Last Government Stronghold in Darfur
RSF Now Controls Entirety of Darfur: The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has finally seized control of el-Fasher in the Northern Darfur region following a...
Flash Briefs
The United Nations is falling apart
How Antonio Guterres wrecked the organisation
Op-eds
The art of lying about Israel
Even slanders that are debunked leave a stain
Op-eds
The UN Is Leaving Its People Vulnerable To Kidnapping in Yemen
The United Nations refuses to stand up to Houthi bullying in Yemen, and its staff are paying the price. The Houthis, a rebel group closely tied to Iran, launched raids on UN offices in the Yemeni cities...
Policy Briefs
The fake energy revolution
America’s national security requires hydrocarbons
Op-eds
Houthis Abduct UN Workers After Israeli Airstrike Kills Senior Ministers
Houthis Take More UN Workers Hostage: Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen took at least 11 UN workers from the World Food Program and UNICEF hostage after the terrorist group’s...
Flash Briefs
America’s fair-weather friends
France, Britain, and Germany make it harder for Trump to get a ceasefire in Gaza
Op-eds
Eyeing Sanctions ‘Snapback,’ Iran Petitions Russia and China Ahead of E3 Meeting
Iran Solicits Allies: Iranian officials will meet on July 22 with counterparts from two of its Axis of Aggressors allies, Russia and China, to discuss ways to circumvent the reimposition...
Flash Briefs
‘Unfit for Office’: U.S. Calls on UN to Fire Francesca Albanese in Light of Report Accusing Companies of Contributing to ‘Genocide’
‘Antisemitism and Support for Terrorism’: The Trump administration formally requested that the United Nations fire Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for the “Occupied...
Flash Briefs
Trump halts the Indo-Pakistan conflict
The ceasefire is an achievement but don’t confuse that with peace
Op-eds
‘Insidious Anti-Israel Trend’: U.S. Congress Warns UN Human Rights Council of Sanctions
Lawmakers Threatens Sanctions: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman James Risch (R-ID) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) warned that they would...
Flash Briefs
Blackout
International Energy Policies Threaten U.S. National Security
Monographs
Timid UN Response to Death of Aid Worker Held Captive by Houthis
The United Nations pronounced itself “grief-stricken and outraged” about the death on February 10 of a veteran aid worker taken hostage in Yemen, yet its statements barely criticized the Houthi rebels...
Policy Briefs
Science Belongs at Universities, National Laboratories – Not the UN
During a World Economic Forum session, Melissa Fleming, U.N. undersecretary-general for global
Op-eds
Gulf countries talk like Iran, act like Israel
The GCC rhetoric on Israel masks its true aims to decouple Syria's Assad and the Islamic Republic and declaw Hezbollah in Lebanon
Op-eds
‘The UN Did Nothing’: Israel Formally Severs Ties with UNRWA Over Hamas ‘Infiltration’
Israel Nullifies UNRWA Agreement: The Israeli government notified the United Nations on November 3 that it is withdrawing from the 1967 agreement that formalized Israel’s relationship with the UN Relief...
Flash Briefs
U.S. Officials Chide ‘Antisemitism’ of UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
The Biden administration issued a fresh rebuke of Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur “on the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967” on October 29, ahead of her...