The Problem With Saudi Arabia’s ‘Terrorist’ Re-education
Co-written by Eric Eikenberry and James Suzano On Jan. 2, Saudi Arabia conducted a mass execution of 47 individuals convicted on...
Human Rights Watch
How the United States Mislabels Israel
Co-written by Asaf Romirowsky In a move uncharacteristic of U.S. policy as it has been carried out for decades, the Obama administration recently endorsed Europe’s version...
Op-eds
Analysis: A Human Rights Record Worse Than Ahmadinejad’s
President Rouhani has gone to great lengths to try to put a human face on the Islamic Republic’s regime. He has failed. “The human rights situation in the country remai...
Op-eds
Analysis: Why the German Foreign Minister’s Iran Trip Flopped
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s trip to Iran on Saturday turned the clock back to the Federal Republic’s pre-sanctions pro-Iran policies by showing an indifferent po...
Op-eds
Admitting Syrian Refugees: The Intelligence Void and the Escalating Homeland Security Threat
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Legislative Testimonies
Iran and Pakistan, A Cold Peace That Could Get Hot
Just how long Pakistan’s neutrality in Yemen conflict will last depends on two factors.
Op-eds
Missiles and Menaces in an Iran-Russia-North Korea Alliance
At the beginning of February, Iran sent a spy satellite into orbit, the first time it had done so in three years. As you'd expect, they bragged about it, ...
Op-eds
Analysis: Iran’s Human Rights Failure
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s human rights record remained atrocious under the so-called moderate President Hassan Rouhani, according to a newly released Human Rights Watch report on Wedne...
Op-eds
The Troubling Truth About Turkey
Those who downplay the danger posed by terrorism often fall back on the argument that the terrorist designation is nothing more than a political instrument to attack one’s opponents or diss...
Op-eds
Kuwait’s Terrorism Finance Problems Compound
Just one day after Kuwait announced new financial regulations to counter terrorism finance, the U.S. Treasury Department yesterday imposed sanctions on three individuals for fundraising in Kuwait...
Policy Briefs
A Widening Gulf: Impediments to Saudi Rapprochement with Iran
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Op-eds
An Unhelpful Ally
The Middle East is aflame. The rapid march of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, from Syria into Iraq has rattled Washington and Brussels. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is also he...
Op-eds
Successes and Failures of the U.S. and NATO Intervention in Libya
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Legislative Testimonies
In Africa, a Real “War on Women”
Last week, more than a hundred Nigerian students, girls between 15 and 18 years of age, were kidnapped by the al Qaeda-affiliated terrorists of Boko Haram. Most of the girls are still being held....
Op-eds
New Kuwaiti Justice Minister Has Deep Extremist Ties
Officials from over sixty countries gathered in Kuwait City yesterday for a United Nations donor conference, raising ...
Op-eds
Human Rights Groups Call on Iran’s Regime to Stop Violent Repression of Gays
Human rights activists from international organizations ramped up their pressure in a late December letter to Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, calling on him to swiftly end Iran’s per...
Op-eds
Saudi Clerics Endorse Jihadists in Syria
A group of 72 preachers and religious scholars from Saudi Arabia published a petition yesterday endorsing the Islamic Front in Syria. The Islam...
Policy Briefs
The Anatomy of an Evolving Threat: Publication of Classified Information
Fast-paced technological advances have, for decades, been causing wrenching changes to national security and international affairs that are generally unappreciated until a crisis arrives. And eve...
Op-eds
Drone Drama
In 1996, al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden issued a formal declaration of war against the United State...
Op-eds
Salafi Jihadism in the North African Regional Context
Chairmen Poe and Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Members Sherman and Deutch, distinguished members of the subcommittees, it is an honor to appear before you today to discuss the threat of jihadist terroris...