The Near Enemy: China’s Subnational Reach Into the United States
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Chamber of commerce
Non-Enforcement of U.S. Oil Sanctions on Iran Hits New High
Following weeks of indications that the United States was moving toward an unacknowledged nuclear agreement with Iran that would include the non-enforcement of U.S. oil sanctions and the release of...
Flash Briefs
From G-20 to the Pacific Islands, India offers new hope
One of the most important external examples of the potential for India’s realignment of global leadership will be PM Modi’s ground-breaking trip to Papua New Guinea (PNG), reported to take place in the first half of 2023.
Op-eds
See No Evil: Europe Supports Genocidal Regime in Iran
Swiss and German economic deals might be aiding Iran’s illicit nuclear weapons program…. The Swiss firm Ceresola TLS reached an agreement [in 2010] with the Rahab Engineering Establishment...
Op-eds
Corruption, Not Sanctions, Is Causing Medicine Shortages in Iran
Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian president, says that new sanctions on 18 Iranian banks are part of a deliberate U.S. effort to cause shortages of food and medicine. It’s a claim that the Tehran regime has...
Insights
Time to Close the Legal Loopholes that Facilitate Russian Illicit Finance
It is long past time to close this gaping hole in America’s defenses against illicit finance and malign influence.
Op-eds
Time to Increase Economic Pressure on Iran’s Allies in Iraq
At Tehran’s direction, Iraqi Shiite militias laid siege to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad this week, to which the United States responded with an airstrike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and...
Policy Briefs
Oman in the Middle
Muscat’s Balancing Act Between Iran and America
Monographs
Tehran Expands its Presence in Oman
Policy Briefs
U.S. ambassador and sanctions cause drop in German-Iran trade
9% drop in German exports to Iran.
Op-eds
German Governor Opens Israel Office, Refuses to Ban Hezbollah, Iran Trade
Armin Laschet, the powerful governor of the largest German state North ...
Op-eds
German Foreign Minister in Hot Water Over Effort to Bypass Iran Sanctions
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is under fire for seeking to circumvent powerful pending US financial sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran, betraying his country’s pledge to combat...
Op-eds
Germany accused of betraying pledge to combat anti-Semitism by ignoring Iran sanctions
The German government is under fire for betraying its pledge to combat anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial, in light of Berlin’s efforts to circumvent U.S. sanctions on Iran. The cr...
Op-eds
German Jewish Council Urges End of Iran- Germany Trade
The president of Germany's roughly 100,000 member Central Council of Jews called on Thursday for an immediate end to Iranian-German business relations, alleging that the trade benefits the I...
Op-eds
Iran’s Long, Bloody History of Terror and Espionage in Europe
The Iranian regime’s potent espionage and assassination network in Europe has operated largely without interruption since the Islamic revolution of 1979. European governments have caught an...
Op-eds
U.S. wants Germany to halt trade with Iran
Richard Grenell, the new U.S. ambassador to Berlin, came out swinging this week by reiterating the Trump administration’s position that European companies should stop working with the Islam...
Op-eds
New U.S. Ambassador to Germany calls on companies to end Iran trade
Richard Grenell, the newly confirmed US ambassador to Germany, said in an exclusive interview with Fox News on Thursday that German companies should stop trade with the Islamic Republic of Iran b...
Op-eds
Germany is a Hotbed of Iranian Spy Activity that Targets Israel
The German Interior Ministry notified a Left Party deputy last week that agents from Iran have been some of the most active spies in the Federal Republic between 2007 and 2017, including assassin...
Op-eds
Iran executes gay teenager in violation of international law
Iran's regime executed a gay adolescent in July - the first confirmed execution of someone convicted as a juvenile in the Islamic Republic in 2016 - Amnesty International reported this week....