Don’t use GDP to judge China’s strength – look at this instead
China continues to tout its 5% GDP growth figure, but the ICOR metric reveals just how badly the nation is wasting capital
Gross domestic product
The United States and Saudi Arabia: A Possible Path Forward
Memos
U.S. Senate votes 95-1 to add Finland and Sweden to NATO alliance
The U.S. Senate voted 95-1 on Wednesday to add Finland and Sweden to the NATO alliance. The overwhelming vote is a major rebuke of Russian President Vladimir Putin and a resounding expression of American...
Policy Briefs
World Trade Organization
The Noose Tightens on Moscow
Two new sanctions initiatives are about to hammer an already battered Russian economy. The first is the bipartisan congressional momentum this fall for new Russia sanctions legislation, and the s...
Op-eds
How Iran’s Mafia-Like Revolutionary Guard Rules The Country’s Black Market
The revolutionary children of the Ayatollah Khomeini, the Pasdaran, were the poor, marginalized thugs of the Shah's era, people with a huge appetite for violence. They founded the Islamic Re...
Op-eds
Admitting Syrian Refugees: The Intelligence Void and the Escalating Homeland Security Threat
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Legislative Testimonies
Who Really Controls Iran’s Economy?
The looming nuclear deal will soon unshackle Iran’s economy from the burden of Western sanctions. Who stands to benefit from this opening? While Iran’s public sector, state-c...
Op-eds
Protecting Canada From Iranian Attempts to Acquire Dual-Use Technology
Good afternoon, honourable senators. I want to commend the committee on its decision to study how best to protect Canada from Iranian attempts to acquire dual-use technology. Previous witnesses h...
Legislative Testimonies
The Dollar Value of the Proposed Sanctions Relief at Geneva
The P5+1 is negotiating an interim nuclear deal with Iran to freeze in place its illicit nuclear program. Based on open source reporting, and an analysis by the Foundation for Defense of Democrac...
Policy Briefs
Strangling Hamas
After six trips to the Middle East and tireless shuttle diplomacy, Secretary of State John Kerry somehow convinced the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel last week to agree upon "...