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...
Capitol Hill
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...
Policy Briefs
Washington shouldn’t pat itself on the back for its cybersecurity spending just yet
Excerpt October was “cybersecurity awareness month,” but November and December are shaping up to be cybersecurity spending season on Capitol Hill. Last month, the House approved the Build Back Better...
Op-eds
Why The Iran Nuclear Talks Were Over Before They Began
Indirect talks between the United States and Iran resumed this week in Vienna with world powers eager to find out if the Islamic Republic would agree to curtail its nuclear program. The truth: the...
Op-eds
How America Lost Its Leverage on Iran
Ten years ago, two senators, one Republican and one Democrat, joined together to force America to sanction Iran. In the years since, the leverage they built has dissipated. Why?
Op-eds
It’s Decision Time on Iran
The Islamic Republic is advancing both the enrichment and weaponization tracks needed to build a bomb.
Op-eds
What To Expect When You’re Expecting A National Defense Strategy
Excerpt In July, Rear Adm. Mike Studeman, director of intelligence for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, warned that “it’s only a matter of time” until China resorts to military force and suggested that...
Op-eds
Biden Is Running a Hostage Negotiation With the Taliban
Making concessions now will only encourage terrorism.
Op-eds
Beijing’s American Hustle
How Chinese Grand Strategy Exploits U.S. Power
Op-eds
Biden’s catastrophe
Responding to the disastrous fallout of his Afghanistan withdrawal, President Joe Biden declared that the “buck stops with me” — and then spent the rest of his first public address on the crisis...
Op-eds
From Maximum Pressure to Maximum Deference
Biden’s appeasement of Iran has let the regime become more brazen.
Op-eds
It’s Time for Biden to Leave a Bad Deal in the Past
A change in Iranian presidents doesn’t change the badness of the Iran deal.
Op-eds
Violence in Yemen, Gaza, and Iraq Isn’t Coincidental, Even Though the White House Wishes it Was
Recent flareups of violence in the Middle East are the outcome of a major policy shift by an administration that prefers to avert its eyes from the truth.
Op-eds
Biden Needs an International Organizations Strategy
A U.S. State Department czar should lead a campaign to stop China and Russia from gaining control of multilateral agencies.
Op-eds
Getting Out of Iran’s Way
The election of Ebrahim Raisi shows Iran's lack of interest in peace with the West—and the perils of pulling out of the Middle East altogether.
Op-eds
Skinheads, Saints, and (National) Socialists
An Overview of the Transnational White Supremacist Extremist Movement
Monographs
How States Can Respond If Biden Lifts Iran Sanctions
Republican governors and legislatures have some effective tools at their disposal.
Op-eds
Rescinding the IRGC’s Terror Designation Would Harm American Victims of Terrorism
As part of negotiations in Vienna, Iran’s clerical regime has reportedly requested that the Biden administration rescind the U.S. government’s formal designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...
Insights
How Governors and State Legislatures Can Mitigate the White House’s Iran Strategy
A few months ago it seemed that the Biden administration would pursue a more moderate version of Obama’s Iran strategy. Now it’s poised to make even greater concessions.
Op-eds
Choosing defeat in Afghanistan
America’s many enemies will be encouraged and emboldened