Magnitsky Act

March 2, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

House Joins Senate’s Call for Tougher Action Against Erdogan

One hundred seventy U.S. House members released a bipartisan letter Monday urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to address “the troubling human rights abuses taking place under [Turkish] President...

February 26, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Shifting Cocaine Routes Turn U.S. Ally Paraguay Into Main Transit Country

German law enforcement earlier this week announced a record seizure of cocaine that had been smuggled in from Paraguay. The interdiction adds to a growing body of evidence indicating that Paraguay is fast...

February 11, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Biden Should Heed Senate’s Call for Tougher Action Against Erdogan

Fifty-four U.S. senators signed a bipartisan letter Tuesday urging President Joe Biden to press the Turkish government to improve its troubling human rights record. The letter calls on the Biden administration...

February 5, 2021 | John Hardie |

Biden Should Heed Navalny’s Call to Crack Down on Russia’s Dirty Money

A Moscow court on Tuesday sentenced leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny to almost three years in a penal colony, ruling he violated parole while in Germany recuperating from a recent chemical weapon...

January 14, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir, Philip Kowalski

Turkey

January 14, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

Latin America

January 14, 2021 | Tony Badran |

Lebanon

January 14, 2021 | Tzvi Kahn, Alireza Nader, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Human Rights

January 14, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

Hezbollah’s Global Threat

December 15, 2020 | Eric S. Edelman, Aykan Erdemir

American Interests in the Eastern Mediterranean

November 23, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir |

Washington Can Help Free Turkey’s Highest-Profile Prisoner of Conscience

Among advocates for Turkey’s minorities, Osman Kavala is a secular saint. As a philanthropist, he has been the benefactor of initiatives to document and restore heritage sites, support arts and...

November 20, 2020 | Gregory D. Koblentz, Andrea Stricker

Trump Should Act Against Russia’s Use of Chemical Weapons

Existing sanctions aren’t deterring Moscow. Fortunately, there’s bipartisan agreement on the need for new ones.

August 21, 2020 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

New U.K. Sanctions Offer Opportunity to Narrow Transatlantic Gap on Iran

One small step for British sovereignty is amounting to one large leap for economic statecraft. In a historic, but underreported move this summer, the U.K. government issued its first tranche of penalties...

May 5, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir, Luc Sasseville

Trump Should Not Fall For Erdogan’s S-400 Gambit

Last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent two military planeloads of medical aid to the United States, alongside a letter praising “the spirit of solidarity” he has displayed during...

November 18, 2019 | David Adesnik, Nicholas Wernert

Iran Stepped in to Save Pro-Tehran Government in Baghdad

Amidst a growing backlash against Iranian influence, Tehran compelled its allies in Baghdad to support Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, whose resignation is one of the protesters’ top demands. Tehran’s...

July 8, 2019 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Why the United States should sanction the mastermind of China’s crackdown on the Uighurs

April 17, 2019 | Varsha Koduvayur |

U.S. Must Get Tough on Saudi Arabia’s Rights Record

Saudi Arabia arrested two U.S.-Saudi dual nationals and...

April 11, 2019 | Aykan Erdemir, Merve Tahiroglu

Congress Urges New Sanctions on Turkey

U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced...

April 1, 2019 | Jonathan Schanzer, Aykan Erdemir, Merve Tahiroglu

The Prospect of U.S. Sanctions Exacerbates Turkey’s Political and Economic Risks

Turkey is experiencing one of the worst economic downturns in its history.

March 21, 2019 | Varsha Koduvayur |

Saudi Arabia Begins Trial of Detained Rights Activists

Criminal trials...