Bosnia and Herzegovina

October 18, 2022 | Ivana Stradner |

For Sanctions to Work in Bosnia, EU Must Join the U.S.

The U.S. Treasury Department on September 26 and October 3 imposed sanctions against prominent Bosnian individuals and entities for allegedly engaging in corruption and eroding democracy in Bosnia and...

October 9, 2022 | Ivana Stradner |

Russia’s Sham Ukraine Vote Undermines Serbia’s Kosovo Claims

Vladimir Putin proclaimed Russia’s annexation of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia Regions of Ukraine on Friday, Sep. 30, stating that they “are becoming [Russia’s] compatriots forever.”...

September 15, 2022 | Tanya Domi, Ivana Stradner

Serbia’s Move to Cancel EuroPride Shows How Vučić Plays Off West Against Russia and His Base

The Serbian government is moving to cancel a long-planned parade in Belgrade this Saturday as part of the annual pan-European EuroPride celebration, hosted in a different European city each year, after...

August 12, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Ivana Stradner

Time to Sanction the Kremlin’s Ministry of Truth

When media platforms obey their paymasters’ orders to become complicit in their crimes, they are no longer media.

August 5, 2022 | Ivana Stradner, Natia Seskuria

It’s Not Just Ukraine

How Putin is trying to destabilize the rest of Europe by meddling in Moldova, Georgia, and Bosnia.

May 14, 2022 | Ivana Stradner, Matthew Zweig

Biden administration can’t overlook the Balkans when sanctioning Russia

Excerpt As Western economic sanctions tank Russia’s economy, the Kremlin and its supporters are scouring the globe for jurisdictions to use to evade sanctions. Moscow appears to have set its sights...

April 8, 2022 | Ivana Stradner, Dalibor Rohac

The Threat to the West Is Inside the House

The United States and Europe need to toughen up on the spoilers in their own ranks.

April 7, 2022 | Dalibor Rohac, Ivana Stradner

Putin’s winning streak in European politics

n the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said triumphantly that ‘if Putin was seeking to divide the EU, to weaken Nato, and to break the international...

January 26, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

How “Never again!” became “never mind”

To the fashionably woke, Uyghur lives don’t matter

December 3, 2021 | David Adesnik |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: November

December 3, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir, Sinan Ciddi, John Hardie

Collusion or Collision?

Turkey-Russia Relations Under Erdogan and Putin

July 21, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

The problem with peacekeeping

The UN does it incompetently, corruptly, and criminally

June 14, 2021 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Samuel Hodgson

Skinheads, Saints, and (National) Socialists

An Overview of the Transnational White Supremacist Extremist Movement

April 30, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late April

Late April Trends

April 8, 2021 | Andrea Stricker |

OPCW Member States Must Counter Russian Obstruction

January 14, 2021 | Tony Badran |

Lebanon

August 16, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir, Philip Kowalski

Joe Biden Will Be America’s Most Pro-Kurdish President

The real test of Biden’s pro-Kurdish sentiments will be whether the need to maintain pragmatic cooperation with Ankara and Baghdad will ultimately force him to temper his commitment to the Kurds that the mountains are not their only friends.

April 2, 2020 | Andrea Stricker, Behnam Ben Taleblu

More Evidence Suggests Iran’s Nuclear Shopping Sprees Persist

When it comes to the regime in Iran, the adage “old habits die hard” could not be truer. Even amid a negligent and botched response to the coronavirus pandemic, Tehran’s leaders are investing precious...

March 30, 2020 | Mark Dubowitz, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Treasury Sanctions Quds Force Fronts in Iraq 

The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned 20 people and companies in Iraq and Iran with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force (IRGC-QF), Tehran’s elite foreign...

February 27, 2020 | Toby Dershowitz, Talia Katz

Torture TV

The Case for Sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s State-Run Media