Democracy

April 23, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Algeria’s ‘Revolution of Smiles’ Democracy Movement Hit Hard by COVID-19

The coronavirus outbreak has provided Algeria’s regime a pretext to consolidate its political control by repressing independent media and activists affiliated with the Hirak democratic protest movement....

April 14, 2020 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Iran vs. Trump: Suleimani’s Legacy, and Khamenei’s Ambitions

The supreme leader and Trump may well end the long-running, region-defining clash. We just don't know yet quite how.

April 7, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US debunks Berlin leaders’ allegations that it seized 200,000 face masks amid coronavirus pandemic

The U.S. government and German commentators sharply criticized officials in Berlin for manufacturing a scandal, alleging that the Trump administration improperly seized 200,000 face masks destined for...

March 16, 2020 | John Hannah |

Big Takeaways from the Biden-Sanders Debate

Our experts weigh in on the first head-to-head debate between the two main remaining Democratic contenders.

November 27, 2019 | Clifford D. May

The trouble with religious freedom

Some members of Congress disapprove of USCIRF’s defense of faith communities

November 12, 2019 | Jacob Nagel |

The U.S.-Israel Military Partnership Should Remain Outside Presidential Politics

The risks are rising that U.S. military assistance to Israel will become an important issue in the Democratic presidential primaries. On October 19, Senator Elizabeth Warren suggested that aid should be...

September 9, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Mainstream Parties Vote For Neo-Nazi As Community Leader

Stefan Jagsch is a member of the neo-Nazi party National Democratic Party of Germany that supports a boycott of the Jewish state.

July 17, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Calling Out the UN Human Rights Council’s Anti-Israel Bias

The pro-Israel community is rarely shy about lambasting the profoundly invidious UN Human Rights Council, which year after year singles out the J...

July 5, 2019 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Mullah report

When President Trump withdrew the United States from his predecessor's nuclear deal with Iran last May, he set in motion what he wanted to avoi...

June 21, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Against the Current: Germany’s Iranian-Born MP on the Front Lines for Israel and Jewish Life in Germany

Bijan Djir-Sara came to Germany from Iran at 11 and has become one of the Bundestag’s leading opponents of BDS and champions of the Jewish state

May 29, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Intel: Iran Wants To Expand To Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Iran was termed a "risk country" in the 335-page document outlining serious threats to the security and democracy of the state of Bavaria.

May 26, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Minister Helped Reverse Berlin’s Anti-Israel UN Voting Record

Jens Spahn, a prominent member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet, played a critical part in rolling-back Germany's anti-Israel voting record.

May 1, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German NGO disinvites Israeli writer for slamming Berlin pro-Iran

Social Democratic Foundation worked with terrorist entity Hezbollah.

April 17, 2019 | Clifford D. May |

Socialist eras and errors

Accounting for the popularity of Bernie and AOC

February 15, 2019 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

The Middle East still needs democracy

Many Americans remain wary, if not hostile, to the idea of democracy promotion in the Middle East. The Iraq War, which wasn’t launched to bring people power to Mesopotamia, is se...

November 26, 2018 | Tony Badran, Michael Doran

Trump Is Crude. But He’s Right About Saudi Arabia.

On the strategic questions that matter in the Middle East, the president is cleareyed.

November 2, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Some ‘Modernizer’

Is Saudi Arabia’s crown prince joining a long line of absolutist rulers in the Middle East?

October 8, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German politician who said Israel executes Palestinians urged to resign

Social Democratic Union legislator accused of ‘making Jew-hatred respectable’.

August 20, 2018 | Mark Dubowitz, Ray Takeyh The New York Post — Co-authored by Ray Takeyh

How Trump can avoid falling into Iran’s ‘yap trap’

President Trump recently offered to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani without any preconditions...

July 27, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German meddling in U.S. politics and Trump foreign policy triggers sharp rebuke from GOP Senators

German interference in the U.S. political system as means of countering President Trump’s foreign policy agenda has sparked sharp criticism from Republican senators. There has been...