America held hostage
Rewarding thugs is not an adequate policy response
Rewarding thugs is not an adequate policy response
America empowers its adversaries
Xi Jinping doesn’t see global warming as a crisis
The U.S. retreats while China’s Communist rulers advance
Ahead of his victory in Israel’s election in November, Benjamin Netanyahu had been telegraphing loudly that his top priority is to pursue a peace accord with Saudi Arabia. As he put the finishing touches...
That’s the indictment handed up by COP27
The one he should give (but don’t hold your breath)
If anyone is going to derail the Islamic Republic’s regional ambitions, Israel is really the only local counterweight that counts.
Will President Joe Biden’s cri de coeur “Putin is a war criminal” become former President Barack Obama’s “Assad must go?” Lofty words; noble intentions, for sure. But Obama came and went....
The administration’s horror over Putin’s war is not merely performative, but functional—in the service of realigning with Iran
Lifting pressure on human rights abusers is not necessary to negotiate effective arms control agreements.
Freedom must be defended or surrendered – there’s no third option
U.S. adversaries are becoming South American hegemons
Enlisting U.S. governors and mayors is a clever component
Across the country, Beijing has worked to cultivate relationships with state and local governments and private businesses in an effort to advance its agenda.
The sleeping giant nods off again
The Biden administration seems to be on the wrong track. No strategy against the Islamic Republic of Iran can be effective without sustained coercive pressure. Going back in time, the situation is reminiscent...
Neither arms control nor military force is realistic. What would a more practical policy look like?
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei seems inclined to promote a candidate who will quash dissent over someone who could work with the West.
Advancing the collapse of the Islamic Republic will not bog the United States down into another Middle Eastern war or cost further blood and treasure. It can be done by maintaining sanctions on the Islamic Republic and its officials and by beginning a policy of maximum support of the Iranian people.