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May 31, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Taliban suicide bomber targets convoy in Kabul

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May 30, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Suicide bomber strikes military academy in Kabul

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March 12, 2018 | Eric S. Edelman, Merve Tahiroglu

Erdogan’s Rising Islamist Militarism

The 6-year-old child who cried in front of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become a global sensation...

February 27, 2018 | Sheryl Saperia

Preventing Radicalization at Home

In furtherance of a 2015 campaign promise, the Liberals recently launched the Canada Centre for Community Engagement and Prevention of Violence, which “work(s) with youth, communities, acad...

February 20, 2018 | Tony Badran

Rex Tillerson Babbles in Beirut While Middle East War Looms

Sec. of State Rex Tillerson visited Lebanon last Thursday, and let’s just say it wasn’t exactly a shining moment for U.S. diplomacy. Tillerson was made to sit...

January 19, 2018 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

It’s Time for the Justice Department to Hold Hezbollah Accountable

Last month, a Politico investigation ignited a firestorm by chargi...

January 4, 2018 | Jonathan Schanzer |

The Biggest Sanctions-Evasion Scheme in Recent History

Yesterday, Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla was found guilty in a Manhattan courtroom for a range of financial crimes. His dramatic trial revealed that tens o...

April 24, 2017 | Tony Badran |

Hezbollah’s Farcical Media Tour at the Israel-Lebanon Border

Last Thursday, Hezbollah organized a tour for journalists along the border with Israel, where the Iranian proxy highlighted the various topographical alterations the IDF...

March 15, 2017 |

Assessing U.S. Sanctions on Russia: Next Steps

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November 7, 2016 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

Why Are U.S.-Sanctioned Airlines Still Flying to the Gulf States?

America’s Gulf allies are shooting themselves in the foot. While they strive to push back against Iran’s regional aggression and terrorist proxies, they are allowing operations by a S...

July 28, 2016 | Aykan Erdemir |

Behind the Veneer of Cross-Party Unity, Erdogan Cements Power

All three of Turkey’s main opposition parties opposed the coup attempt on July 15, and the government has taken pains to show its gratitude. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has...

July 21, 2016 | Merve Tahiroglu |

State of Emergency Risks Undercutting Turkey’s Fragile Democracy

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a three-month-long nationwide state of emer...

June 23, 2016 | Sheryl Saperia

Exploring the available economic levers to enhance respect for human rights

Thank you, Chair and Honourable Senators for inviting me here today. I commend this committee for turning its attention to the promotion of human rights abroad. Multiculturalism, which according...

May 25, 2016 | David Daoud |

Hezbollah doesn’t want a President – Because it doesn’t want a Lebanese Republic

Hezbollah appears to have switched loyalties in Lebanon’s never-ending presidential race. Despite maintaining long-standing support for the candidacy of the pro-Syrian former general Michel...

May 25, 2016 | David Daoud |

Hezbollah doesn’t want a President – Because it doesn’t want a Lebanese Republic

Hezbollah appears to have switched loyalties in Lebanon’s never-ending presidential race. Despite maintaining long-standing support for the candidacy of the pro-Syrian former general Michel...

March 29, 2016 | Eric S. Edelman |

Erdoğan ya Politikalarını Değiştirmeli ya da İstifa Etmeli

Translation by Merve Tahiroglu, view original article here.  Türkiye, Cumhurba&#35...

March 14, 2016 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Palestine’s Anti-Corruption Crusader

The biggest political standoff in years just ended in the West Bank and barely anyone in Washington noticed. A parliamentarian from Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abba...

March 4, 2016 | David B. Rivkin, Jr.

Apple, the FBI and free speech: Column

It would be one thing if Apple could carry out a court order that it unlock an iPhone used by the San Bernardino terrorists simply by waving a magic wand. But encryption isn’t magic; the or...

February 15, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn

Treasury sanctions Islamic State oil and religious officials, facilitator in Gaza

The US Treasury Department announced today that three Islamic State officials have been sanctioned f...

December 10, 2015 | |

Rouhani’s Pyrrhic Victory

“Today is a historical day,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said as the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 nations – the UN Security Council and Germany – agreed...