Executive order

How to Finish off the Muslim Brotherhood

Donald Trump’s recent executive order is the right approach to diminishing the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence in the Middle East, but further measures should target its broader financial support networks.

Washington Finally Takes on the Muslim Brotherhood

After weeks of hinting that a major policy shift was imminent, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on November 24 directing the State and Treasury Departments to begin the process of...

Normalizing Ties Between Saudi Arabia and Israel Should Be Trump’s North Star When MBS Visits White House

November is shaping up to be an historic month at the White House. After welcoming Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to the Oval Office on November 10, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) will...

Media mischaracterized federal court decision on ICC sanctions

The contentious debate over President Donald Trump’s sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) took a new turn recently when a federal judge’s preliminary injunction (PI) blocked...

U.S. Replaces Comprehensive Sanctions on Syria With More Targeted Tools

The United States rolled back decades-old comprehensive sanctions on Syria on June 30, but the story is not as simple as either media reports or the administration itself makes it seem. The executive order...

New U.S. Sanctions on Leadership of Russian Nuclear Corporation Are Positive — But Should Be Just a Start

The State Department sanctioned senior officials of Rosatom, Russia’s state-run nuclear corporation, on Friday, including its CEO, Alexei Likhachev. These sanctions are long overdue and reflect the Biden...

Ending Dependence on Russia’s Nuclear Sector

An American ban on business with Rosatom would send domestic and foreign nuclear suppliers a strong market signal.

Radioactive: Executives from Russia’s Rosatom Corporation May Qualify for U.S. Sanctions

A smarter way to catch insiders who leak top secret information

How do you stop a 21-year-old national guardsman like Jack Teixeira from leaking classified information? Wrong answers to this question have quickly become very popular. One theory is there are...

China in Our Backyard: How Chinese Money Laundering Organizations Enrich the Cartels

More than 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in the 12-month period ending in November 2022.1 The Biden administration noted that “most of these deaths are caused by illicit synthetic drugs like clandestinely manufactured fentanyl and methamphetamine, often in combination with other drugs, including cocaine and heroin.”2 These deaths increased during the Trump administration and continue to increase today. This is simultaneously a national and local challenge. More Americans die every two weeks on average from overdose deaths than died as a result of the September 11 terror attacks, making this both a national security and a public health crisis that requires bipartisanship to meet the challenge. 

For Sanctions to Work in Bosnia, EU Must Join the U.S.

The U.S. Treasury Department on September 26 and October 3 imposed sanctions against prominent Bosnian individuals and entities for allegedly engaging in corruption and eroding democracy in Bosnia and...

Biden, Congress Should Defend Missile Sanctions Imposed on Iran

The Biden Administration’s Playbook for Lifting Iran-Related Terrorism Sanctions

In his confirmation hearing, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that lifting terrorism sanctions on Iran would not advance U.S. national security interests. Weeks later, however, the Biden administration...

Hezbollah’s Global Threat

China

Designating Iran’s Financial Sector Would Not Impact Humanitarian Trade

According to an exclusive Bloomberg report this week, the Trump administration may be considering a sanctions designation of Iran’s financial sector in its entirety pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.)...

Khamenei’s New Appointment Tests White House Sanctions Policy

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed Parviz Fattah on Monday to lead the Mostazafan Founda...

Russia’s Airline Aeroflot Carried Qassem Soleimani to Moscow and Back

Fox News reported that on July 24, General Qassem Soleiman...