Qatar Needs to Do Its Part
An important goal of President Donald Trump’s meetings with Arab and Islamic leaders this past weekend was to encourage them to shoulder more of the burden in defending our common interests...
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China Reaches into its Cyber Toolkit to Wage Economic Warfare
When Beijing got the word that the United States was accelerating the deployment of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to South Korea as a response to North Korea’s late...
Op-eds
Iranian Presidential Election Primer
FDD Research
Memos
Whoever Wins Iran’s Election, Its Religious Minorities Lose
What will Iran’s May 19 presidential election mean for the Baha’i, the country’s largest non-Muslim religious group? Given that every candidate was handpicked by Supreme Leader...
Op-eds
Analysis: Germany’s Social Democrats Pivot Toward PLO and Iran
German Foreign and Vice Chancellor Minister Sigmar Gabriel’s move to pick a fight with Benjamin Netanyahu come as no surprise to longterm observers of Gabriel and his Social Democratic Part...
Op-eds
Tyrants And Their Hollow States
Frankly, I’m surprised Erdogan had to settle for a photo-finish win at the wire. Not a great result for a would-be ...
Op-eds
Tyrants And Their Hollow States
Frankly, I’m surprised Erdogan had to settle for a photo-finish win at the wire. Not a great result for a would-be ...
Op-eds
Auditing Standards for Clients Doing Business with Iran
FDD Research
Memos
Erdogan’s Referendum Ploy
Turkey is heading toward a critical referendum on April 16 to decide whether to transform the country’s parliamentary system into a centralized presidential one. Since his election in Augus...
Op-eds
Russia’s Charm Offensive in North Africa
With the world’s attention focused on the question of Russian influence in the United States and the European Union, the Kremlin is quietly making inroads in anot...
Op-eds
Switzerland Funds NGO’s that Call for Israel’s Destruction
A February article in the Swiss daily Basler Zeitung reported that some of the nearly $60 million its government has sent in support of Middle East projects funds initiatives that call for the de...
Op-eds
Lebanon’s Armed Forces and Hezbollah Increasingly Intertwined
General Joseph Votel of U.S. Central Command reportedly visited Leban...
Policy Briefs
Iran’s missile tests reveal weaknesses of UN Security Council Resolution
Iran’s latest missile test on January 29 received a swift response, as warranted. The United Nations Security Council...
Policy Briefs
Hezbollah’s Latest Conquest: Lebanon’s Cabinet
In late December, Lebanon’s parliament swore in a new cabinet dominated by Hezbollah and its partners in the pro-Syrian March 8 Alliance. For the Shiite group, this was a political victory...
Op-eds
Turkey’s Diplomatic Collision Course
The assassination Monday of Andrey Karlov, Russia’s ambassad...
Op-eds
To Combat Illegal Immigration, Trump Should Target Latin America’s Hezbollah-Narco Nexus
President-elect Donald Trump staked much of his successful campaign on stopping illegal immigration. Yet the flow of migrants is symptomatic of a much larger danger to U....
Op-eds
The CIA, Post-Obama
When the new casts out the old, an incoming administration has the opportunity to review its predecessor’s approach to the Central Intelligence Agency. When this is done, the foc...
Op-eds
Ankara’s Turkmen House of Cards
The Mosul operation has made the predominantly Turkmen city of Tal Afar the latest focus of Turkey a...
Op-eds
Iran Tightens Military Ties with China
Iranian and Chinese security officials signed a military-cooperation agreement this week to establish a...
Policy Briefs
Erdogan’s New Target: Secular Education
Co-written by Yagmur Menzilcioglu Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) issued a state of emergency decree on October 29 to...