Why Europe Isn’t Ready for NATO 3.0
US retrenchment from Europe, even if premised on European burden-sharing, will expose the continent to Russian aggression.
John O. Brennan
U.S. Launches Effort To Address Christian Persecution in Nigeria
The Trump administration has launched an effort to help protect Nigerian Christians. In response to escalating attacks by armed Islamists, Washington established a joint working group to offer American...
Policy Briefs
Deterring Iran’s Dash to the Bomb
Monographs
In War on Terror 2.0, the Watchword Is: ‘Be Careful for What You Wish’
The narrative coming from the administration decries the threat of violence from only the right.
Op-eds
After Mar-a-Lago Raid, Conspiracy Theories Rage on Left, Too
On the left, the most pervasive and potent conspiracy theory is that Trump is collaborating with hostile foreign powers to damage the United States.
Op-eds
The Realignment
On Iran, Biden is finishing what Obama started. And his top advisers are all on board.
Op-eds
Bin Laden Is Long Gone, but He Sparked a Jihadist Revolution
An Islamic caliphate was his ultimate political goal and remains al-Qaeda’s chief objective to this day.
Op-eds
No, There is No ‘End in Sight’ to the Battle Against Al-Qaeda
The terror group has grown its base since 9/11.
Op-eds
Ending Iran’s Fictions
When the United States killed Qassim Soleimani at the Baghdad airport in the early hours of January 3, the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was not the only target. With Soleimani...
Op-eds
Hezbollah’s Deadly Lies
For years, the terrorist organization duped the expert class into believing it was peacefully evolving. Now that many have wised up, new and more dangerous fictions emerge.
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...
Op-eds
The terrorist A-Team
Fifteen years ago, deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage called Hezbollah the “A-Team of terrorists.” He...
Op-eds
Deceptive Deja Vu
In France, all right-thinking people know instinctively what the pensée unique is—the socially acceptable view on any subject that ensures a Parisian won’t get axed from the be...
Op-eds
The Final Obama Scandal
Co-written by Stephen F. Hayes. Less than 24 hours before the official end of the Obama presidency, while White House staffers were pulling pictures off the walls and cle...
Op-eds
The CIA, Post-Obama
When the new casts out the old, an incoming administration has the opportunity to review its predecessor’s approach to the Central Intelligence Agency. When this is done, the foc...
Op-eds
The U.S. Is Helping Iran Fund Chaos in the Middle East
Would the White House knowingly transfer tens of billions of dollars to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah in Lebanon to finance the slaughter of Syrians...
Op-eds
The Long War Continues
In many ways, the reaction to the horrific attacks in Paris has been familiar. There were the expressions of solidarity: flowers at French embassies; social media avatars changed from silly selfi...
Op-eds
How Will We Know?
One might think that after the last Iraq war Democrats would be wary of allowing intelligence to dictate policy. Yet that is effectively what Barack Obama has done with the Joint Comprehensive Pl...
Op-eds
Experts: U.S. Legitimizing Iranian Hegemony Across Middle East
Citing comments made by White House officials as well as actions taken by the United States, Tony Badran, a fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, concluded that the adminis...
Op-eds
The Sixth Annex
Increasingly and publicly, the White House is recognizing Iranian zones of influence in the Levant as legitimate