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Europe Pushes Iran Deal at Ukraine’s Expense

European governments are reportedly pressuring the Biden administration to revive efforts to reach a new nuclear deal with Iran despite a deepening of Iranian-Russian strategic relations...

Washington Needs to Fight Russia’s Information War Using This Tactic

The US should turn Moscow’s 'reflexive control' tactic against the Kremlin: Instead of selling the American Dream, Washington should show Russians 'the Russian dream.'

The United States and Saudi Arabia: A Possible Path Forward

Friends of China have huge influence on Capitol Hill: Grant Newsham

‘When Beijing throws in the allure of money, they make short work of Wall Street and America’s business class—and academia as well.’

WAR IN UKRAINE UPDATE: Lawmakers Want Pentagon to Pick Up Pace of Ukraine Aid

Pentagon Faces Congressional Pressure to Free Up More Aid for Ukraine

Bring Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen to Capitol Hill

Rather than visit the island, Kevin McCarthy should invite her to address a joint session.

Rob Malley visits the Gulf, with a bucket of old formaldehyde

A senior US delegation, led by Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley and other counterterrorism and defense officials, traveled to Saudi Arabia recently to participate in the US-Gulf Cooperation Council...

Why Cybersecurity Decision-making Needs Better Statistics

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a report last month concluding that the lack of centralized, standardized, uniform data on cyberattacks “stymies public policy debates and action.”...

A classified swamp

When Donald Trump won the presidency, an editor at a major liberal publication asked me if I would write a piece on why Trump should be denied access to the nation’s secrets . While I could sympathize...

If Europe Wants to Sanction Iran, It Knows What to Do

United Nations sanctions are already on the books—they just need to be reactivated.

Five Minutes from Disaster

The U.S. is offering Iran the deal of the millennium, and yet the Islamic Republic—and Russia—want more concessions.

Mideast trip shows Biden choosing pragmatism, rejecting ‘Woke’ policy

'Progressives' dislike Saudi Arabia, Israel because they stand firm against ill-advised US policy on Iran

Can Biden Seize the Moment in the Middle East?

Until now, the administration has failed to realize that America’s actions in one part of the globe have consequences in another. Can it change course?

The UN continues Israel-bashing after Biden promised to stop it

When the Biden administration last year reversed its predecessor’s decision to abandon the UN Human Rights Council, Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged his team would use diplomatic engagement...

The Strongman Cometh

Why Erdoğan suddenly has a problem with Finland and Sweden joining NATO.

Biden’s Coming Iran Deal Will Be Even Worse than Obama’s

What the U.S. is agreeing to in Vienna is a shorter and weaker agreement that provides even more sanctions relief in exchange for fewer restrictions.

Saudi Arabia Is Changing Fast. Can the U.S. Keep Up?

Saudis are joining the labor force, women are driving, and the taboo on Israel has practically vanished. America can support this shift—so why isn’t it?

The New Worst Deal in History

Iran was under extreme pressure a year ago. Now it’s on the verge of a deal with better terms than the original JCPOA.

Biden saves Iran from itself

President Joe Biden came into office pledging to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear deal quickly and then negotiate a follow-on agreement to address the deal’s many flaws. A year later, he’s laying the groundwork...

Congress Delivers Bipartisan Warning to Biden on Syria Policy

The chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate committees on foreign relations sent a letter last week to President Joe Biden warning him that “[t]acit approval of formal diplomatic engagement...