Trump will not restrain Israel: the clock is now ticking for Iran and its proxies
The terrorists’ window of opportunity will close when Trump is inaugurated
Armenians
When it comes to Iran’s rulers, there can be no dialogue
Ruling mullahs duly rolled into New York City to attend the U.N. General Assembly, led by Iran’s new “moderate” president, Masoud Pezeshkian.
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: July 26, 2024
Today’s Issue: | IDF Operates in Khan Younis and Rafah, Eliminates Terrorists, Finds Weapons, Tunnel Shafts | IAF Strikes Southern Lebanon Military Buildings; More Than 500 Terrorists Killed in Lebanon...
Israel at War Situation Report
An ‘abject, squalid, shameless’ debate at the Oxford Union
An Israeli professor strikes back at the Union's disgraceful attempt to paint Israel as a genocidal, apartheid state.
Op-eds
Armenia Unilaterally Recognizes Palestinian State
Armenia became the latest United Nations (UN) member state to unilaterally recognize Palestinian statehood on June 21. The Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it “has...
Flash Briefs
U.S. Rushes Aid to Ukraine as Russia Presses Near Avdiivka, Chasiv Yar
The United States has begun rushing artillery shells and other aid to Ukraine following the passage of the long-delayed national security supplemental bill. For Kyiv’s embattled troops, this...
Op-eds
The next Intifada is about to begin
Israel's luck will soon run out
Op-eds
Energy in Conflict: The Case of the 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan War
Excerpt With the rise in frequency of hybrid warfare, combatants in various conflicts are increasingly targeting domestic energy infrastructure and energy supply flows.1 In conventional warfare, militaries...
Op-eds
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.
Op-eds
Biden-Erdogan Meeting Suggests No Quick Fixes in U.S.-Turkish Relations
Real rapprochement between the US and Turkey may have to wait the result of Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections in 2023.
Op-eds
Armenia’s nuclear power plant is dangerous. Time to close it.
In late 2020, the Armenian government announced that its Metsamor nuclear power plant would close for five months in 2021 to attempt significant upgrades. Soon after, the EU urged Armenia to make the closure...
Op-eds
Biden Should Heed Senate’s Call for Tougher Action Against Erdogan
Fifty-four U.S. senators signed a bipartisan letter Tuesday urging President Joe Biden to press the Turkish government to improve its troubling human rights record. The letter calls on the Biden administration...
Policy Briefs
Washington Can Help Free Turkey’s Highest-Profile Prisoner of Conscience
Among advocates for Turkey’s minorities, Osman Kavala is a secular saint. As a philanthropist, he has been the benefactor of initiatives to document and restore heritage sites, support arts and...
Op-eds
Will Iran’s past become prologue for Nagorno-Karabakh?
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is calling for “stability” and an “end” to the current fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan — but should the conflict between its northern neighbors escalate,...
Op-eds
The United States Needs to Declare War on Proxies
The most important takeaway from the killing of Qassem Suleimani doesn’t just have to do with Iran.
Op-eds
Turkey Must Stop Meddling in Armenian Church Affairs
The Turkish government is imposing its political preferences when it comes to selecting the leaders of the country’s minority groups—and posing a threat to religious freedom.
Op-eds
The war against Christians
It hit a peak in the last century but it's ongoing in the Middle East, Africa and Asia
Op-eds
Erdoğan’s Undeserving and Underwhelming Visit to DC
Trump’s ongoing bromance with Turkey’s authoritarian leader notwithstanding, Congress and the Administration must act to make clear that the United States isn’t giving Erdoğan a blank check to act in the Middle East.
Op-eds
Turkey’s Latest Scapegoats: Christians
Turkish police on October 7 detained the American pastor Andrew Brunson and his wife Norine – residents of Turkey for the last twenty years – for “activities against national se...
Op-eds
Turkey’s Latest Scapegoats: Christians
Turkish police on October 7 detained...