Sanctions Have Hurt Iran’s Aviation Sector, But Not Enough
There is more the U.S. can do to keep the Islamic Republic from using planes to support dictators and terrorists.
Ethiopia
Analysis: Al Qaeda ideologue calls for jihad in Sudan, provides guidelines
Earlier this month, Bayt al Maqdis, a jihadi publishing house believed linked to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), released a book compiled of various letters written by the ideologue Abu Hudhayfah...
Op-eds
Shabaab conducts triple suicide bombing in central Somalia
As military operations continue against the group across much of central Somalia, Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, retaliated today with a triple suicide car bombing in the city of Beledweyne. According...
Op-eds
U.S. military kills wanted Shabaab leader in airstrike in Somalia
The U.S. military killed a senior Shabaab leader in an airstrike in a terrorist haven in southern Somalia on Oct. 1. Abdullahi Yare, the Shabaab commander who was killed, had a $3 million reward out for...
Op-eds
Shabaab continues to lose ground in central Somalia
Over the last few weeks, troops from the Somali National Army (SNA), backed by clan-based militias, African Union forces, and U.S. air support, have steadily made progress against Shabaab, al Qaeda’s...
Op-eds
U.S. airstrike kills 27 Shabaab fighters in central Somalia
The U.S. military killed 27 members of Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, in an airstrike in support of a Somali military and African Union offensive in central Somalia. Since June 3, the US has...
Op-eds
Analysis: Thirty hour long hotel siege emblematic of Somalia’s remaining security challenges
On Friday, Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, launched a coordinated suicide assault on the Hayat Hotel in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu. Almost 30 hours later it was ended by Somali security...
Op-eds
US picks up pace of airstrikes in Somalia
Since resuming military activity inside Somalia earlier this year, the Biden Administration has ramped up the pace of airstrikes in the Horn of Africa country in recent weeks. Since June 3, the US has conducted...
Op-eds
A victorious Taliban is inspiring a new generation of Islamic extremists
On May 15, 1989, the Soviet army withdrew from Afghanistan. The Soviets, who had been slugging it out for 10 years with Islamist fighters, finally threw in the towel. The withdrawal was immediately hailed...
Op-eds
IRGC-Controlled Iranian Airline Makes Unexplained Flights to Russia Amidst Invasion of Ukraine
The U.S.-sanctioned Iranian airline Qeshm Fars Air has flown to Moscow at least seven times since mid-April after having made that trip only twice last year, according to the flight tracking service FlightRadar24....
Policy Briefs
Don’t Cling to Hopes That Putin Will Ever Face Justice
The system for prosecuting war crimes is broken—but focusing on sanctions could work.
Op-eds
Engines of Influence
Turkey’s Defense Industry Under Erdogan
Memos
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
Amnesty spreads the virus of antisemitism
It defames, demonizes, and attempts to delegitimize the Jewish state
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
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
Give Osman Kavala the Nobel Peace Prize
Kavala is a philanthropist who, for decades, has stood up to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and to authoritarians of every stripe inside Turkey.
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
Will Turkey’s Détente with Egypt and the Gulf Extend to the Horn of Africa?
Although the extent to which the climate of détente will affect the Horn is not certain, the relative calm offers a unique opportunity for Washington to claim leadership and prevent the kind of violent rivalry that proved disastrous in Syria and Libya.
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.