Chinese Coercion of Taiwan’s Energy Lifelines: A Contest Taiwan and the West Can’t Afford to Lose
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International Maritime Organization
Combatting PRC Illegal, Coercive, Aggressive, and Deceptive Behavior in the Indo-Pacific
Congressional Testimonies
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Emulating the Palestinians to Advocate Internationally for Taiwan and to Counter China
Memos
AUKUS is a big deal, for everyone
In India, the already entrenched and active French lobby in Delhi will likely use this to try drive a wedge between the US and India (something they already work on) in part to protect/promote their sales. The catastrophic US withdrawal from Afghanistan may also be used as an example of US ‘unreliability.’
Op-eds
Biden’s policy shift in Yemen courts environmental disaster
Excerpt A major disaster is unfolding in slow motion, with the international community seemingly incapable of taking any action other than public hand wringing. A crippled oil tanker, FSO Safer, has been...
Op-eds
Snap-Back: A Journey Through Iranian Sanctions Evasion in Georgia
Two Iranian truck drivers sat idly in the parking area of the Poti Free Industrial Zone(FIZ), waiting for customs authoriti...
Op-eds
Iran Shipping Sanctions Run Aground?
Officially, the Obama administration remains committed to enforcing sanctions on Iran’s main merchant shipping fleet, the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, also known as IRISL. But i...
Op-eds
The Palestinian Authority, Israel and the Peace Process: What’s Next?
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Congressional Testimonies
The Palestinian Authority, Israel and the Peace Process: What’s Next?
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Op-eds
Palestine’s Plan for When Peace Talks Fail
Co-authored by Grant Rumley Despite the unshakable and quixotic optimism of John Kerry’s Middle East negotiating team, the prevailing prognosis in Jerusalem and Ramallah i...
Op-eds
Have Tehran’s Tankers Hijacked the Tanzanian Flag?
When President Obama visited Tanzania last week, he praised the East African country as a place with which he feels a “special connection.” A glitch he did not mention is that Tanzani...
Op-eds
A Tale of Iran, Syria and a Busy Oil Tanker
Although sanctions have forced Iran to cut back dramatically on its shipping traffic, some Iranian-linked vessels continu...
Op-eds
Is Iran Resorting To An Insurance Scam To Keep Oil Exports Going?
Europe’s oil embargo against Iran, reinforced by U.S. extraterritorial measures, is having a serious impact on Iran’s oil exports. Ira...
Op-eds
So You Want to Be a Sanctions-Buster
It’s easy -- if you try hard enough and have the right friends! Here’s a handy how-to guide to making moolah from the mullahs.
Op-eds
How Iran Steams Past International Sanctions
By reflagging and renaming its ships, Tehran keeps one step ahead of the law.
Op-eds
The Magician Behind Iran’s Vanishing Oil Tankers
This interesting article by the Journalist-in-Residence at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies sheds some light on one of what undoubtedly are many efforts by the Iranian government to...
Op-eds
The Magician Behind Iran’s Vanishing Oil Tankers
With sanctions bearing down on Iran, the Iranian shipping industry has been putting on a carnival of flim-flam to hide its doings. In the latest twist on this sanctions-dodging performance, Iran&...
Op-eds
Tehran’s Ghost Fleet
A Chinese state-owned firm in Hong Kong has been helping Iranian ships get around U.S. sanctions.
Op-eds
Strait Talk About the Arms Sale
By Dr. J. Last Friday, the United States government gave the go-ahead to a long-delayed arms sale to Taiwan. The $6.5 billion defense package announced by the Defense Security Cooperatio...
Op-eds
Facing Reality in Somalia
Imagine a country within the greater Middle East ambit that has successfully made the transition to electoral democracy with multiparty municipal, presidential, and, most recently, parliamentary...