Profit of Hate: How Domestic Extremists Are Embracing Cryptocurrency
Enticed by the relative anonymity of cryptocurrency and the need to circumvent a denial of service, domestic extremists have been able to raise millions.
International Monetary Fund
Missing the Mark
Reassessing U.S. Military Aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces
Monographs
Bill Gates’s Pandemic Prevention Plan Has a China-Sized Blind Spot
In his new book, the billionaire philanthropist focuses on technical solutions but ignores politics.
Op-eds
Lebanon’s ‘useless’ election will be neither free nor fair
Hezbollah coercion has occurred in the weeks and months leading up to this Sunday’s vote
Op-eds
Cold War II and the new “new world order”
Unless we mobilize, expect no good outcome
Op-eds
Crypto-Fascists
Cryptocurrency Usage by Domestic Extremists
Monographs
The New Nuclear Deal Would Allow Tehran to Access Up to $131 Billion of Its Foreign Assets
The Biden administration is finalizing a deal that would provide the Islamic Republic with relief from U.S. sanctions in exchange for temporary and limited curbs on Iran’s nuclear program. When the administration...
Policy Briefs
Taiwan 194
Emulating the Palestinians to Advocate Internationally for Taiwan and to Counter China
Memos
Why The Iran Nuclear Talks Were Over Before They Began
Indirect talks between the United States and Iran resumed this week in Vienna with world powers eager to find out if the Islamic Republic would agree to curtail its nuclear program. The truth: the...
Op-eds
Biden Is Running a Hostage Negotiation With the Taliban
Making concessions now will only encourage terrorism.
Op-eds
Quad Economy & Technology Task Force: A Time For Concerted Action
Executive Summary The Quad Economy and Technology Task Force was conceived in 2020 to study promising areas for increased cooperation between the Quad countries of Australia, India, Japan and the United...
Memos
From Maximum Pressure to Maximum Deference
Biden’s appeasement of Iran has let the regime become more brazen.
Op-eds
Behind the Black Bloc
An Overview of Militant Anarchism and Anti-Fascism
Monographs
Iranians to the Biden Administration: Do Not Lift Sanctions on Iran
The Biden administration is considering easing sanctions on the Iranian regime before reaching a nuclear agreement, a move that would only jeopardize the national security interests of the U.S and its Middle...
Op-eds
The Realignment
On Iran, Biden is finishing what Obama started. And his top advisers are all on board.
Op-eds
How Governors and State Legislatures Can Mitigate the White House’s Iran Strategy
A few months ago it seemed that the Biden administration would pursue a more moderate version of Obama’s Iran strategy. Now it’s poised to make even greater concessions.
Op-eds
Iran’s Economy Did Not Grow in 2020
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) earlier this month released a report updating its estimate of Iran’s GDP growth in 2020 from a 4.99 percent contraction (projected in October 2020) to 1.5 percent...
Insights
Biden squanders leverage Trump stockpiled on Iran in pursuit of a defective nuclear deal
The administration’s strategy for getting Iran to play ball clearly involves making upfront concessions to Tehran for nothing in return.