Emanuele Ottolenghi

Hangman-in-chief

Iranian presidential elections have rarely mattered. Both the past victory of the so-called reformists and now the restoration of a tailor made presidency to consolidate the regime, portray something similar...

The Laundromat: Hezbollah’s Money-Laundering and Drug-Trafficking Networks in Latin America

Executive Summary On January 6, 2021, the Gulf news network Al Arabiya published an explosive revelation. In late 2016, a high-placed Hezbollah operative named Nasser Abbas Bahmad came to what is known...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early July

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late June

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early June

Lost at Sea: How Two Iranian Warships Are Testing American Mettle

The Biden administration has tried to deflect anything that could possibly derail negotiations for a new nuclear deal.

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late May

Underwriting Hezbollah Inc.

By funding the failed Lebanese state and lifting sanctions on Iran, the United States is partnering with the world’s deadliest crime syndicate

A formula for strife

Download full article here Excerpt After 11 days of conflict, on May 20, Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire agreement brokered by Egypt. Thus ended the fifth round of hostilities between them since...

Biden, Congress Should Defend Missile Sanctions Imposed on Iran

Paraguay’s Endemic Corruption Will Not End Without U.S. Intervention

Asunción’s financial system is compromised: terror finance, cigarette contraband, the trade of counterfeited goods, smuggling, and tax evasion fuel fraud and draw organized crime like a magnet.

Iran’s Mischief in Morocco Is a Problem

Iran has historically supported any militancy against pro-Western regimes, regardless of their religious or political orientation.

Social Media Is an Intel Gold Mine. Why Aren’t Governments Using It?

“To platform or to deplatform” is the wrong debate.

Good Climate Policy Should Fight Corruption and Organized Crime

They are key drivers of deforestation and environmental degradation.

Shifting Cocaine Routes Turn U.S. Ally Paraguay Into Main Transit Country

German law enforcement earlier this week announced a record seizure of cocaine that had been smuggled in from Paraguay. The interdiction adds to a growing body of evidence indicating that Paraguay is fast...

Iran Commemorates the Death of Qassem Soleimani

Pro-Iranian outlets, including affiliates of Iran’s Al-Mustafa International University, earlier this month commemorated the first anniversary of the death of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, whom...

Latin America

Hezbollah: Narco-Terror and Crime in Latin America

Will the Biden administration go after Hezbollah’s drug trafficking and money laundering networks? Hezbollah’s direct involvement in the drug trade is well documented, ongoing, and a threat to U.S national...

The End of Arab Nationalism

How the Abraham Accords put the final nail in the coffin of a bad idea.

Is Iran Sending Weapons to Venezuela? And How Is the U.S. Responding?

An Iranian cargo plane gets stranded in Senegal on its way to Caracas.