Two Years On, Syria’s Suspension from the OPCW Was Beneficial
Member States’ Next Act Should be Suspending Russia
Cameroon
Guess the new Human Rights Watch director’s first target. Yup: Israel
For the first time in 30 years, Human Rights Watch has a new executive director, Tirana Hassan. Within days of taking office, she turned her fire on Israel. “This is a government that’s...
Op-eds
The Time Is Now to Reform the UN Human Rights Apparatus
Memos
Biden Can Reset the UN’s Discriminatory Approach to Israel
The United States led when it persuaded the General Assembly to repeal its 1975 vote declaring Zionism to be racism. It should now actively and decisively lead the effort to end the Commission of Inquiry, which the UNHRC created to conclude essentially the same thing.
Op-eds
Dispatches from troubled lands
They deserve attention – BHL’s self-promotion notwithstanding
Op-eds
The death of an African warrior
With a bit of history, a few memories, and some lessons
Op-eds
OPCW Member States Hold Syria Accountable for Chemical Weapons Use
Eighty-seven member states of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) voted yesterday to suspend Syria’s voting rights in the organization. This was an appropriate, albeit overdue,...
Policy Briefs
OPCW Member States Must Counter Russian Obstruction
Memos
Ayman al-Zawahiri defends 9/11 hijackings in anniversary address
Ayman al-Zawahiri defends the 9/11 hijackings in a video released on the 18th anniversary of al-Qaeda’s most devastating attack. The production, released by al-Qaeda’s As Sahab propaganda arm, is titled...
Op-eds
No Future For Jews In Germany,’ Says German Jewish Teenager
German Jews explain why they are relocating to Israel.
Op-eds
Black lives in Africa
No nation in Africa is receiving more attention right now than Wakanda. And why not since, as Anthony Lane writes in The New Yorker, Wakanda is “a model of serenity,” that also is &ld...
Op-eds
Boko Haram’s Doomed Marriage To The Islamic State
Co-written by Jacob Zenn. When the Nigerian jihadist group popularly known as Boko Haram publicly pl...
Op-eds
Boko Haram’s Buyer’s Remorse
When Boko Haram pledged loyalty to the Islamic State in March 2015, it seemed to signal that the jihadi world was bending in the direction of the self-proclaimed caliphate. At the time, Boko Hara...
Op-eds
Memo to Presidential Campaign Advisers
This memorandum is addressed to the brave souls advising presidential candidates. As you know, the recent terrorist attacks in France – and in Mali, Nigeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Lebanon, Turke...
Op-eds
Terrorist Financing and the Implications for Canada
Download full testimony here Mr. Chairman, member...
Congressional Testimonies
How Financial Power Can Be Used To Save Iconic Species From Extinction
On Earth Day 2015, prospects for many of the planet’s most iconic species look bleak. Unless poaching rates decline across Africa, the rhino and elephant ...
Op-eds
A Survey of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financing
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Congressional Testimonies
Boko Haram Continues to Slaughter Nigerians
Since the New Year began, Boko Haram has continued its offensive against Nigerians and its perceived enemies. Setting off what turned into a horrendous chain of events, the...
Op-eds
Boko Haram Overruns Multinational Joint Task Force Base
Boko Haram overwhelmed Nigerian and allied troops and overran the Multinational Joint Task Force base in northeastern Nigeria yesterday. At around 5 a.m. yes...
Op-eds
How Iran Is Skirting Sanctions in the Southern Caucasus
Proxies and agents, merchants and middlemen, peddlers and enablers of the Iranian regime have been scouring the globe for years in search of ways to evade U.S. sanctions and help Iran acquire nuc...