Iran, America, and the Democratic Impulse
The collapse of the theocracy could change American attitudes about promoting democracy.
Democracy
Will the American election finally kill the zombie Iran deal?
In the lead-up to the American midterm elections, the Biden administration’s messaging on Iran had maintained that the effort to revive the Iran deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA),...
Op-eds
Facing failure in Lebanon
Why the U.S. should stop subsidizing Tehran’s proxy
Op-eds
What Erdoğan Has Wrought?
Seeking concessions to support Finland and Sweden joining NATO has done damage to Turkey’s standing in Europe and its long-term security interests.
Op-eds
It’s Time to Stop Giving Crypto Companies a Pass
The young industry is pushing back on attempts at regulation, but it’s undeniable that crypto is used for sanctions evasion and illicit activity.
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
Making Sense of Iran’s Three-Pronged Nuclear Fork In The Road
US officials have deployed an impressive array of metaphors over the past 10 months – from dwindling patience, to a diminishing runway, to a closing window – to describe the Biden administration’s...
Op-eds
The coalition of the unwilling
Western elites prefer not to fight authoritarianism
Op-eds
Biden Administration Backs Levant Energy Deal That Violates Bipartisan Caesar Sanctions
The Lebanese, Jordanian, and Syrian governments signed a deal last week to export surplus Jordanian electricity to Lebanon by routing it through Syria, potentially violating U.S. sanctions on the regime...
Policy Briefs
The Post-Post-JCPOA World
Is a nuclear Iran something Republicans must now simply accept?
Op-eds
All the president’s enemies
Mitch McConnell is no Vladimir Putin
Op-eds
Iran wrestling chief, US green card holder, calls for a violent ‘Death to America’
Dabir's statement comes a year after a former Iranian wrestling champion was executed for protesting corruption in the country
Op-eds
Biden’s defense of democracy
It left a lot to be desired
Op-eds
Germany must stop cozying up to Iran
It should sever its relationship with a series of Iranian organizations
Op-eds
Biden Creates His Own ‘Strategic Ambiguity’ on Taiwan
The White House had to walk back his remarks that ‘we have a commitment’ to defend Taiwan against China.
Op-eds
The German ‘anti-Semitism commissioner’ who enables BDS, Jew-hatred and Iran
Rabbi Cooper of the Wiesenthal Center said re Blume that 'the job of an anti-Semitism commissioner is to fight it and not spread it.'
Op-eds
How China buys foreign politicians: A case study
Alexandria, VA., US: Well, that didn’t take long. Almost exactly two years ago, in September 2019, the Solomon Islands, a country of around 650,000 people in the South Western Pacific, switched recognition...
Op-eds
Germany’s ‘anti-Semitism is the socialism of fools’ enters a third century
The Social Democrats need to reverse their pro-Iranian regime and pro-Palestinian terrorism policies, or it will be business as usual.
Op-eds
The EU’s Flawed Framework for Sanctions on Lebanon
The Council of the European Union announced on July 30 that it has adopted a framework that “provides for the possibility of imposing sanctions against persons and entities who are responsible for undermining...
Policy Briefs
How to Use Antisemitism Against Antisemites
Jewish power in America? When Sapir approached me to contribute an essay to this issue, my first instinct was to decline. I was born in South Africa and raised and educated in Canada. I became a U.S. citizen...