China hid the COVID pandemic and could do it again
The World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 had become a pandemic on March 11, 2020. The announcement arrived when there were already 118,000 confirmed cases in 114 countries and more...
COVID-19
How To Respond To North Korea’s ICBM Test
On March 24, North Korea possibly tested its new Hwasong-17 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). Kim Jong-un broke part of his self-imposed moratorium on ICBM (and nuclear) tests that he promised...
Op-eds
How To Prepare: North Korea Could Soon Test An ICBM Or Nuclear Weapon
On March 10, 2022, the U.S. released a South Korea and Japan coordinated assessment of the last two North Korean missiles launches in February and March revealing that these were tests of components...
Op-eds
Why China’s Threat to Punish Outspoken Olympians Rings Hollow
It would create a diplomatic crisis, which should be the last thing the Xi regime wants.
Op-eds
What Will Stop the Islamic Republic of Iran
Can the Islamic Republic of Iran — the radical theocratic regime, that is, as opposed to the nation it tyrannizes — fall by the year 2030? That would be a moonshot for the Jewish people, though...
Op-eds
Biden vowed to reform WHO from within — instead, it’s taking advantage of America
The World Health Organization chief last week presented a proposal to raise mandatory dues on member states, expand his autonomy to spend a larger budget and make it more difficult for large donors like...
Op-eds
How To Get North Korea To Negotiate Over Its Nuclear Weapons And Missiles
On 30 January Kim Jong-un conducted another test launch of what is suspected to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile. This is the seventh event of 2022. With his recent statements implying he...
Op-eds
Iran Nuclear Talks in Vienna Won’t Result in a Better Deal
The nuclear negotiations in Vienna continue. The Iranians are setting the tone and pace while the Americans struggle to keep alive the possibility of a deal. The Israelis—for whom these talks will have...
Op-eds
‘China’s Media Warfare seeks global totalitarian thought control’
India and other countries would do well to study how China employs Media Warfare to try to undermine Taiwan’s democratic institutions, fracture national unity, demoralize the public and military, and create social instability in pursuit of its goal of annexing this sovereign country.
Op-eds
Syria Faces Omicron Amid a Shortage of Vaccines
As in other countries, statistics do not convey the extent of the suffering.
Op-eds
China enters new role as Pacific Islands policeman
China is winning, especially in the smaller countries. But as it refines its steps, and faces few counters, it will gain confidence and allies and move to bigger targets.
Op-eds
The Lasting Legacy of A.Q. Khan
His network sold substantial nuclear equipment and assistance to Iran, Libya, and North Korea and contributed to lasting security crises.
Op-eds
Border security is national security
The crisis Biden has sparked will do lasting damage
Op-eds
Don’t Let Palestinian Recalcitrance Hold Israeli-African Relations Hostage
Palestinian advocacy groups and certain countries are pressuring the African Union (AU) to rescind Israel’s observer status, when the AU executive council meets this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia....
Op-eds
The news from UNGA
Everything you didn’t want to know
Op-eds
U.S. Must ‘Ally-shore’ to Reassure Partners, Reassert Power of Democracies
When we first introduced “ally-shoring” in Newsweek (seizing on then-USAID deputy administrator Bonnie Glick’s phraseology) as the most powerful path to rewire COVID-disrupted supply...
Op-eds
It’s time for Congress to act on WHO reform
Excerpt This week, the Biden administration missed the deadline to nominate a candidate to challenge embattled World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his quest for...
Op-eds
Biden Must Move Fast to Replace WHO’s Tedros
It will take an all-out diplomatic blitz to block the director-general’s impending reelection.
Op-eds
Intelligence Community Report on COVID-19 Origins Highlights Biden’s Failed Policy
The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) on Friday released an unclassified version of its findings regarding the origins of COVID-19, noting its inability to reach definitive conclusions without Chinese cooperation....
Policy Briefs
Atlantic Charter credibility crumbles; can an Indo-Pacific Charter give hope?
Given how quickly the strategic situation is changing, it’s worth taking a look back at the original Charter to see what is at risk—and what can still be done to protect its central tenets.