Trump reversal on Syria policy means big gains for Iran
A U.S. withdrawal from Syria poses a serious challenge to President Trump’s strategy — Iran is poised to take advantage of the American withdrawal.
John Bolton
For Economic Sanctions to Work, Trump Must Turn up the Heat on Iran
The Trump administration's strategy of maximum pressure on Iran took full effect on Nov. 5. It included the re-imposition of oil sanctions and designation of more than 700 Iranian entities...
Op-eds
New Iran Sanctions Leave Room for Additional Economic Pressure
When the Trump administration re-imposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran on Monday, Treasury...
Policy Briefs
New Iran Sanctions Include Fresh Human Rights Designations
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned two Iranian banks on Monday for serving as “financial conduits” on behalf of key Iranian a...
Policy Briefs
Here’s How Trump Should Prepare for Iranian Escalation
Once sanctions are back in full force, the United States needs to be ready for the worst.
Op-eds
Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy
A realistic—but challenging—plan for an age of conflict
Op-eds
What Trump must do to stop Europe from end-running his Iran sanctions
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani this week refused to meet with President Trump at the United Nations. One of the big reasons: He and his European backers are waiting to see whether Trump will force the SWIFT financial-messaging service to disconnect Iranian banks in November.
Op-eds
Americans’ right to self-rule
In a stern and defiant speech earlier this month, National Security Adviser John Bolton made clear that the United States will not...
Op-eds
The Pastor is Not the Only U.S. Hostage in Turkey
Turkish-American relations are at a boiling point. This month, the United States not only ...
Op-eds
The Preeminent Challenge
The biggest foreign-policy challenge before Donald Trump isn’t North Korea, where the usual pattern of diplomacy and deception persists. Nor is it Russia; it doesn’t have the mus...
Op-eds
Helsinki summit an opportunity to win Russia’s support for constraining Iran in Syria
Leading up to his meeting with President Putin of Russia, President Trump must convince Russia to help constrain Iran’s growing presence in Syria, says FDD’s John Hannah in his most recent op-ed f...
Op-eds
No Deal on Syria for Trump and Putin
Despite ...
Policy Briefs
Putin Sees Trump as an Easy Mark on Syria
As U.S. President Donald Trump approaches his July 16 summit in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin, there’s much speculation that Syria will be near the top of the agenda. Trump is repo...
Op-eds
Singapore Was John Bolton’s Worst Nightmare
If someone had deliberately designed an international event with the sole objective of giving John Bolton, America’s hawkish White House national security advisor, maximum heartburn, they c...
Op-eds
At Summit, North Korea Offers Vague Denuclearization Pledge
In a...
Policy Briefs
How Far Is Trump Willing to Go to Change Iran’s Behavior?
"Surrender Dorothy.” That’s the phrase from The Wizard of Oz that I couldn’t quite get out of my head as I read through Secretary of State Mike Pompe...
Op-eds
In Korea, the Same Old Tricks from a Brand New Kim
North Korea long ago mastered the art of playing hard to get with American diplomats eager—or even desperate—to make a deal. Pyongyang’s ...
Op-eds
It’s Come Undone
Since the parameters of the Iranian nuclear accord became apparent in 2014 until Donald Trump canceled the deal on May 8, Washington essentially divided into three camps: those who supported the...
Op-eds
New U.S. Ambassador to Germany calls on companies to end Iran trade
Richard Grenell, the newly confirmed US ambassador to Germany, said in an exclusive interview with Fox News on Thursday that German companies should stop trade with the Islamic Republic of Iran b...
Op-eds
The Iran Deal Is Strategically and Morally Absurd
It was surely Barack Obama’s profound aversion to the use of American military power that so enfeebled his nuclear diplomacy and made his atomic accord with Iran the worst arms-control agre...