Council on Foreign Relations

China’s Accelerating CEEW Campaign

The Evolution of Kim Jong Un’s ‘All-Purpose Sword’

The Dangers of Iran’s Cyber Ambitions

Biden’s Chance to Restore American Dignity in Iran

If the hijab falls, so does the theocracy, and aligning the U.S. behind the rebels gives them a chance.

Waiting for Thermidor: America’s Foreign Policy Towards Iran

The Islamic Republic of Iran may be on an accelerated schedule for revolutionary decay, at least if compared to the USSR.

Letter on Russia’s illegal seizure and mistreatment of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant

The Time Is Now to Reform the UN Human Rights Apparatus

US must arm Ukraine now, before it’s too late

Excerpt Nearly 20 of our fellow experts and national security professionals — whose digital signatures appear at the end of this op-ed — agree: The war in Ukraine has reached a decisive moment and that...

Tehran, the Day After

What might happen in Iran if America or Israel bombed the nuclear sites?

Ayatollah Khamenei’s ‘Resistance Economy’

Iran’s supreme leader has an isolationist vision that makes it hard either to coerce or to cajole him.

Iran’s Hard-Liners Believe They’re Winning on Nuclear Weapons

In the Tehran echo chamber, Putin’s war is another indication of the cost of trusting America.

Biden’s overdue National Security Strategy

If he understands the threats, it won’t be what he planned

Reducing Pressure on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Raises Risks for America

Deal or no deal with Iran, retaining and enforcing America’s most significant counterterrorism authority against the long arm of the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism remains in the national security interest of the United States.

Saving the Ayatollahs

Biden’s unwise Iran policy

Engines of Influence

Turkey’s Defense Industry Under Erdogan

The Folly of the ‘Pivot to Asia’

China is a rising challenge, but neglecting Europe and the Middle East won’t help America confront it.

Iran’s Nuclear Negotiators Make the U.S. Sit at the Kiddie Table

The Islamic Republic relishes humiliating Americans while granting no concessions.

Iran Won’t Stop Until It Has a Nuclear Weapon

Khamenei and his regime haven’t gone to all this trouble merely to become a ‘threshold state.’

A Breakout Moment for a New Approach to Iran

Neither arms control nor military force is realistic. What would a more practical policy look like?

International Criminal Court