Mystery Cargo
Senior Iranian and Venezuelan officials are traveling around the world on a cargo plane. Argentina detained them. But what are they up to?
Cuba
North Korean Reds Chairing UN Disarmament Conference While Testing Missiles
Biden resists a serious boycott, hoping to reform the UN from within.
Op-eds
Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. national interest
A letter to J.D. Vance
Op-eds
Biden’s overdue National Security Strategy
If he understands the threats, it won’t be what he planned
Op-eds
Accommodating Iran Will Be No More Successful Than Accommodating Russia
Putin’s horrifying war in Ukraine shows the likely results of the West continuing to ignore Iran’s nuclear quest
Op-eds
Russia, Ukraine, and the West’s grand delusion
Freedom must be defended or surrendered – there’s no third option
Op-eds
Soleimani U
A new academic center in Caracas named after the Iranian mass murderer is the latest node in Tehran’s soft power network in Latin America
Op-eds
Biden Can Reset the UN’s Discriminatory Approach to Israel
The United States led when it persuaded the General Assembly to repeal its 1975 vote declaring Zionism to be racism. It should now actively and decisively lead the effort to end the Commission of Inquiry, which the UNHRC created to conclude essentially the same thing.
Op-eds
Investors Should Demand Transparency From ESG Research Firms
End-of-year data show that in 2021, investment surged in stocks rated positively by financial research firms on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria, which include an ever-growing list of...
Insights
The coalition of the unwilling
Western elites prefer not to fight authoritarianism
Op-eds
The U.N.’s final solution to the Israel question
Its campaign of demonization and delegitimization escalates
Op-eds
The new conquistadores
U.S. adversaries are becoming South American hegemons
Op-eds
Lebanon Loses a Pillar of Independent Journalism
The Daily Star’s demise is the story of Lebanon, reduced from promising country to failed state.
Op-eds
The Demoralization of the U.N.
The transnational bureaucrats now do Beijing’s bidding
Op-eds
US rejoining UN Human Rights Council; what it should do first
Excerpt The United States on Thursday won a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) beginning in January 2022, with the Biden administration vowing to prove it can reform the council from within....
Op-eds
Reading Between the Lines of Biden’s and Xi’s U.N. Speeches
Xi paid lip service to democracy while gaslighting the U.S., while Biden called out authoritarianism without mentioning China’s treatment of Hong Kong or Taiwan.
Op-eds
Taliban’s government includes designated terrorists, ex-Guantanamo detainees
The Taliban has announced the formation of an “interim government” to rule over Afghanistan. The Taliban’s regime will be known as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. This is entirely unsurprising....
Op-eds
Controversial German politician to head UN agency accused of helping Iran with tech linked to nuclear program
Gerd Müller prepares to outline his plans for UNIDO during the final week of August
Op-eds
The problem with peacekeeping
The UN does it incompetently, corruptly, and criminally
Op-eds
The authoritarian conquest of the UN
Accommodation and engagement are no solution