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March 23, 2017 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, John Hannah

In Venezuela’s Toxic Brew, Failed Narco-State Meets Iran-Backed Terrorism

As if the political and economic chaos wracking Venezuela wasn’t worrying enough, a couple of recent stories underscore the potential national security threat brewi...

March 16, 2017 |

Ecuador, Iran, and Latin America’s Pink Tide

Ecuador will elect a new leader on April 2 to replace its left-wing, populist president Rafael Correa. Washington should pay close attention. Correa’s vice-president Lenin Moreno is a close...

August 31, 2016 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Expert: Zarif Leveraging Latin America Trip to Boost Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program

The Iranian foreign minister’s visit to Latin America last week signaled the Islamic Republic’s intent to rebuild its missile program in the Western Hemisphere, Emanuele Ottol...

August 29, 2016 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Iran looks to Latin America to revive missile infrastructure

With the presidential campaign in full swing, U.S. media may be forgiven for downplaying the news of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamma...

April 11, 2016 | Michael Ledeen |

Terrible Things Are Happening

Americans just can’t take the Iranian tyrants seriously. If you ask us what Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei means when he leads his weekend crowds in a chant of “Death to America,...

March 30, 2016 | Clifford D. May

Our Man in Havana

“I have come here to bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas.” That was Barack Obama’s “historic” announcement in Cuba last week. But was it true? What...

October 13, 2015 | Michael Ledeen |

The New Axis of Evil

Do you remember the Axis of Evil?  It was one of the major themes of President George W. Bush’s State of the Union speech in 2002, 4 months after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Unite...

September 28, 2015 | Michael Ledeen |

We’re Losing The War, Do Something

What will it take to get pundits and pols to stop looking at the current crisis as a random collection of national and regional issues, rather than what it is: a global war? They ought to be able...

December 18, 2014 | Claudia Rosett |

Historic Day for Washington, Havana…and Pyongyang’s Hackers

On a day when hackers working for North Korea managed to shut down the release of an American movie, on American soil, by threatening terrorist attacks on American theaters, one might have suppos...

February 24, 2014 | Michael Ledeen |

What If We Were Winning But Nobody Noticed?

It’s all about winning and losing, but the best man doesn’t always win, and outcomes frequently have more to do with luck than with merit.  Brilliant strategies fail, and fools s...

February 6, 2014 | |

The Twisted Conundrum of Funding the United Nations

In the long and bizarre history of America’s role at the United Nations, one especially poignant moment came in December 2007, with the passage of the organization’s multi-billion dol...

January 28, 2014 | Michael Ledeen |

Hey Stupid! It’s Not About Nukes, It’s About Life and Death

There are none so blind as those who will not see, and hardly anyone wants to see Iran for what it is:  an evil regime bound and determined to dominate and destroy us, our friends and our al...

October 15, 2013 | |

Nobel Peace Charade

Surely the Norwegian Nobel Committee meant well in awarding this year’s Peace Prize to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). But for all the courage of OPCW inspe...

August 21, 2013 | Michael Ledeen |

It’s War, You Idiots

It’s hard to get our minds around the dimensions of the slaughter underway in the Middle East and Africa, and harder still to see that the battlefields of Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, S...

June 28, 2013 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Iran’s Latin America Strategy

Speaking in Washington at the annual dinner of the American Jewish Committee in May 2007, Argentina’s then-senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner publicly reiterated her unwavering commitme...

June 27, 2013 | Mark Dubowitz |

Terror and Foreign Policy

Co-authored by Douglas Farah Earlier this month, Alberto Nisman of Argentina, the special prosecutor responsible for investigating the Iranian-planned 1994 bombing of a Jewish c...

January 29, 2013 | |

A Tale of Iran, Syria and a Busy Oil Tanker

Although sanctions have forced Iran to cut back dramatically on its shipping traffic, some Iranian-linked vessels continu...

August 3, 2012 | Michael Ledeen Claremont Review of Books |

The New War Against America

Last January, President Obama went over to the Pentagon to announce deep cuts in defense. He took the occasion to proclaim: “Even as our troops continue to fight in Afghanistan, the tide of...

July 13, 2012 | Claudia Rosett The Wall Street Journal |

How Iran Steams Past International Sanctions

By reflagging and renaming its ships, Tehran keeps one step ahead of the law.

March 8, 2012 | Michael Ledeen National Review Online |

Taking Sides on Syria

I don’t know if I’m Andy McCarthy’s greatest fan, but I’m right up there at or near the top of the list, so whenever I disagree wi...