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Russia’s Leading Sanctions Evasion Tool Is a New Kind of Illicit Finance Threat
In a blow to Russia’s economy and war effort, on October 8, the United Kingdom sanctioned 38 entities that are helping to prop up the Kremlin. That includes two oil companies, 12 ships trafficking...
Policy Briefs
Wikipedia’s Main Al Jazeera Editor Goes Dark
Wikipedia, originally intended to be the ultimate — and neutral — online source of all information, has descended into just one more place for geopolitical and ideological attacks. It is a platform...
Op-eds
The CCP’s War on Christian Faith Has Reached America
The Chinese Communist Party is persecuting Christians — in Texas. Zhang Mei spent more than three decades as a lay leader in house church networks in Henan province, China. With pressure against independent...
Op-eds
Congress wrote this rule for radio. Write it again for social media platforms
The Pentagon is mobilizing to defend November’s elections. Yet, in some respects, the Pentagon’s hands are tied. U.S. law allows foreign governments to direct propaganda at American audiences without...
Op-eds
Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: October
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Policy Tracker
Trump’s US, Greenland deal changes less than it seems
Trump's new deal reaffirms broad basing access already in place. To get it, he damaged trust among America's European allies and created strains in NATO. The damage couldn't have come at a worse time.
Op-eds
Islamic State suspects extradited or arrested in Lebanon, Canada, Australia, and the US
On September 23, media reports emerged that Lebanese Army Intelligence had arrested a suspected Islamic State member in northern Lebanon after placing him under surveillance. During questioning, the individual...
Op-eds
New Greenland Agreement Adds Sites, Not Strategy. NATO and NORAD Must Now Connect the Arctic.
Greenland is warming to the idea of an increased American military presence on the enormous Island, removing a source of transatlantic friction and bolstering NATO defenses. On September 22, the United...
Policy Briefs
China is quietly taking over the North American car market
The U.S. fighting with Canada and Mexico is making the problem worse.
Op-eds
Previewing the Trump-Xi Summit
Media Calls
Import Controls
Tools to Counter the CCP's Industrial Policy and Supply Chain Threats
Legislative Testimonies
Overlooking the obvious: The most likely way AI can enable terror attacks
Nightmare scenarios of AI-engineered super-plagues or nuclear bombs have, understandably, attracted the most attention. But there is lots of lower-hanging fruit for terrorists.
Op-eds
Previewing the 2026 UN General Assembly
Media Calls
White House, Caracas release details on historic US-Venezuela oil deal
On August 28, US President Donald Trump announced that US officials had secured “majority U.S. control of more than 65 BILLION BARRELS of proven Oil Reserves in Venezuela,” in what he described...
Op-eds
Treasury Sanctioned Palestinian Terror Group Masar Badil. Its Allies Should Be the Next Targets.
Sanctioning a terrorist front accomplishes little if the same network can operate through the work of its allies. On August 26, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)...
Policy Briefs
US and Canada brawl over hockey sticks — so China skates off with big trade wins
It’s like a fistfight between conjoined twins: The United States and Canada are throwing tariffs and insults at each other tit-for-tat in one of the most unnecessary trade wars in recent memory. “I...
Op-eds
Tehran’s reshuffle leaves no pragmatic opening
upreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s latest appointments to Iran’s top security and paramilitary institutions are not routine personnel changes but a reflection of his priorities for tighter control over...
Op-eds
In Iran, the New Lineup Is the Same Hardline Regime
The latest reshuffle of Iran’s government looks less like renewal than a game of musical chairs among regime veterans. Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, whose status and capacity to...