John Kerry

July 24, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

America held hostage

Rewarding thugs is not an adequate policy response

January 24, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

No better enemy

America empowers its adversaries

July 26, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Why Kerry got the cold shoulder in Beijing

Xi Jinping doesn’t see global warming as a crisis

April 19, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Losing Latin America

The U.S. retreats while China’s Communist rulers advance

December 28, 2022 | Tony Badran |

Why bilateralism is key to any Saudi-Israeli agreement

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...

November 30, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Americans are climate criminals and must pay

That’s the indictment handed up by COP27

November 16, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

The president’s speech

The one he should give (but don’t hold your breath)

June 28, 2022 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

The Israeli Moment

If anyone is going to derail the Islamic Republic’s regional ambitions, Israel is really the only local counterweight that counts.

April 11, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Biden, like Obama, talks tough but does little about Putin’s war crimes

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....

March 16, 2022 | Tony Badran |

Team Biden Runs the Syria Playbook on Ukraine

The administration’s horror over Putin’s war is not merely performative, but functional—in the service of realigning with Iran

March 14, 2022 | Orde Kittrie |

Lifting Human Rights Sanctions on Iran Would Be a Mistake

Lifting pressure on human rights abusers is not necessary to negotiate effective arms control agreements.

March 2, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Russia, Ukraine, and the West’s grand delusion

Freedom must be defended or surrendered – there’s no third option

January 5, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

The new conquistadores

U.S. adversaries are becoming South American hegemons

December 1, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

Beijing’s strategy for Cold War II

Enlisting U.S. governors and mayors is a clever component

November 23, 2021 | Nathan Picarsic, Emily de La Bruyère

How China Is Trying to Turn the U.S. against Itself

Across the country, Beijing has worked to cultivate relationships with state and local governments and private businesses in an effort to advance its agenda.

September 8, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

Twenty 9/11 anniversaries

The sleeping giant nods off again

September 3, 2021 | Mark Dubowitz |

Biden Needs an Effective—and Coercive— Iran Strategy

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...

August 4, 2021 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

A Breakout Moment for a New Approach to Iran

Neither arms control nor military force is realistic. What would a more practical policy look like?

June 9, 2021 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Why the Coming Iranian Elections Will Challenge the Biden Administration

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei seems inclined to promote a candidate who will quash dissent over someone who could work with the West.

June 3, 2021 | Cameron Khansarinia, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Why America Should Hope the Regime in Iran Collapses

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.