Mustafa Barghouti: ‘Resistance’ succeeding in West Bank, Israel’s war will fail
Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti’s interview with Iran media provides insights into how some Palestinians today view the war unfolding in Gaza and Iran’s role.
Luxembourg
How the U.S. Can Slash Tehran’s Oil Revenue
Tehran exported 1.4 million barrels per day of crude oil last month, of which 74 percent went to China. The Biden administration has deliberately relaxed the enforcement of oil sanctions since taking office,...
Policy Briefs
How to Curb Tehran’s Oil Exports
Unhindered oil revenues flowing to Tehran will harm U.S. interests.
Op-eds
New Canadian sanctions fall short in Lebanon
If Minister Joly is serious about opposing corruption in Lebanon, there's more Ottawa can do
Op-eds
New U.S., UK, Canadian Sanctions Target Former Lebanese Central Bank Governor
The United States, in coordination with the United Kingdom and Canada, imposed sanctions today on former Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh and three of his associates. Washington once considered...
Policy Briefs
Top U.S. Lawmakers Want Action Against Lebanon’s Corrupt Central Bank Chief
The chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee sent a letter on Tuesday to Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on the administration to “support independent, international...
Policy Briefs
Israel-EU annual meeting after decade hiatus
Israel and the European Union held an Association Council meeting for the first time in a decade. How did Israel change in that time, and how did it affect the EU-Israel relationship?
Op-eds
U.S. Targets Turkey-Based Money Laundering Schemes With Links to Senior Turkish Officials
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Monday that it will seek to extradite Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, a Turkish businessman Austrian authorities arrested on June 19 for his alleged role in money laundering...
Policy Briefs
Rescinding the IRGC’s Terror Designation Would Harm American Victims of Terrorism
As part of negotiations in Vienna, Iran’s clerical regime has reportedly requested that the Biden administration rescind the U.S. government’s formal designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...
Insights
Europeans Pushing to Boycott Israel Over Annexation Should Think Twice
Calls for economic sanctions against Israel risk a costly collision with U.S. anti-boycott laws, as companies such as Airbnb can attest.
Op-eds
Sanctions Have Not Reduced Iran’s Pharmaceutical Imports From EU, Data Show
Despite sanctions, Iran’s imports of European pharmaceuticals increased in the first half of 2019 compared to the first half of the year prior. This trend suggests the exemption of humanitarian goods...
Policy Briefs
Ohana rips PM of Luxembourg for hyprocisy toward Iran’s execution of gays
Luxembourg prime minister boycotted an Israeli event because of anti-LGBTQ comments made by Peretz but welcomed Iran's FM who defended the execution of gay Iranians.
Op-eds
EU still struggling with payment system to bypass Iran sanctions
Austria’s refusal to play host to a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) payment system that would circumvent U.S. sanctions is the latest in a series of ...
Op-eds
Imagining the Islamic Republic
Last week, the European Union issued a statement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the nuclear weapons deal concluded with Iran’s rulers, from which President Trump withdrew three...
Op-eds
Germany charges Iranian diplomat in Paris bomb plot
Germany’s federal prosecutor on Wednesday charged Assadollah Assadi, an Iranian diplomat based in Vienna, with hiring a Belgium couple of Iranian origin to bomb a Paris- based conference of...
Op-eds
How U.S. Allies Undermine NATO
The U.S. spends heavily to defend Europe, yet most North Atlantic Treaty Organization members don’t spend 2% of their GDP on defense, as the alliance’s guidelines call for. Worse, man...
Op-eds
Analysis: Unrestricted Europe-Iran Trade Will Help Empower Regime’s Oppression of Citizens
The pernicious European companies selling technology to the Islamic Republic are already well known: They range from widespread surveillance of Iranians to the transfer of dual-use equipment that...
Op-eds
After U.N. Defeat, Palestinian Unilateralism Seen as ‘Losing its Luster’
... “[The resolution’s failure] is no great surprise, since the United States has a veto [at the Security Council],” Jonathan Schanzer, vice president for researc...
Op-eds
The Real Moazzam Begg
Ex-Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg was arrested earlier today as part of raid conducted by counterterrorism officials in the UK. Begg has spent most of his time living in the UK following his re...
Op-eds
The Twisted Conundrum of Funding the United Nations
In the long and bizarre history of America’s role at the United Nations, one especially poignant moment came in December 2007, with the passage of the organization’s multi-billion dol...