Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lebanon
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.
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...
Policy Briefs
Torture TV
The Case for Sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s State-Run Media
Monographs
Remember, Iran’s Terror Network Is Global
“They are warriors who have no borders… They are warriors who show their presence wherever needed.” That’s how Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described the Qods Force, the special...
Op-eds
Crypto Rogues
U.S. State Adversaries Seeking Blockchain Sanctions Resistance
Monographs
Why the United States should sanction the mastermind of China’s crackdown on the Uighurs
Op-eds
Caliphate, interrupted
After being bombarded by four years of U.S. airstrikes, a relentless ground campaign by Kurdish-led U.S. allies, and attacks from Russian, Syri...
Op-eds
U.S. to designate IRGC as a foreign terrorist organization
Op-eds
UN agency fuels Palestinian attacks against Israel
Palestinians in Gaza said they planned to try t...
Op-eds
Fixing the United Nations
The United Nations was created in the wake of World War II by the major Allied nations that had prevailed – at an enormous cost in blood and treasure -- over the Axis powers. Its foun...
Op-eds
Russia Escalates Disinformation Campaign in Western Balkans
Russia is entering a new phase in its disinformation campaign in the Western Balkans, escalating disinformation and propaganda, and aggressively pushing messages of inevitable war with the Europe...
Policy Briefs
How much is the U.N. worth?
This may come as a shock: It’s possible, not likely but possible, that a committee of officials from the Defense, State and Justice Departments, as well as the National Security Council, wi...
Op-eds
Tracking freedom’s enemies
If I were to ask an intelligent person like you what happened in the 20th century, or the 19th or the 18th, you could probably sum up the most significant developments. But if I asked you what is...
Op-eds
Treasury Department: Charity run by Scottish-born jihadist an al Qaeda ‘front organization’
At first blush, Al Rahmah Welfare Organization (RWO) is a charity that serves orphans, widows and the downtrodden in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria and elsewhere. The group’s web page and soc...
Op-eds
An Unhappy United Nations Birthday
Did it escape your attention that last month was the 70th birthday of the United Nations? Did you miss the opportunity to celebrate by following Elyx on an “exciting 70-day (virtual) trip a...
Op-eds
U.S. Blacklists Dozens Linked to Islamic State
U.S. officials on Tuesday levied asset freezes and travel bans against 30 individuals and entities for joining the Islamic State or otherwise aiding the group’s military operations and terr...
Op-eds
Treasury and State Department Target Islamic State Financiers
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced this morning the terrorism designations of 15 Islamic State (IS)...