The U.S. Should Not Sell Weapons to Turkey
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan recently declared Ankara would purchase an estimated $20 billion in American spare parts, ammunition, and electronics for its military. Turkey wants more...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Iranian Negotiating Tactic the Trump Administration Doesn’t Get
Sanctions and ‘maximum pressure’ have never made the clerical regime abandon its nuclear ambitions.
Op-eds
Turkey increasing military assistance to Syria
Reports circulating on Syrian social media claim that Syrian interim President Ahmad al Sharaa is planning a visit to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to finalize a defense and military agreement between the two countries.
Op-eds
Turkey Is Preparing to Invade Syria, Then Israel?
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is making no effort to disguise his ambitions. In a bold declaration following the first meeting of Turkey’s cabinet, Erdogan made it clear that he intends to...
Op-eds
How Facebook Whitewashes ‘From the River to the Sea’
The brilliance of the slogan “From the river to the sea,” is that it allows protesters to call for dismantling the State of Israel, and then insist that they have articulated nothing more than “an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence.” ...
Op-eds
How to Manage AI Big-Data Risks
Establishing a taxonomy for AI risks would enable researchers, policymakers, and industries to communicate effectively and coordinate their efforts.
Op-eds
Don’t buy Rashida Tlaib & Co.’s lie: ‘From the river to the sea’ has always meant erasing Israel
In English, protesters call for Palestine to be free. But when their chants shift to Arabic, they often call for the whole of Palestine to be Arab — an explicit call to dismantle the Jewish state...
Op-eds
Columbia University’s antisemitic tradition is alive and well
Nicholas Murray Butler’s spirit lives on—in both the approach of the current appeasing, spineless and incompetent administration, and in the fetid antisemitic beliefs of the student protesters.
Op-eds
Anti-Defamation League Report Card Grades 85 Universities’ Records on Antisemitism
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) unveiled its new Campus Antisemitism Report Card on April 11, assessing 85 U.S. colleges and universities according to 21 criteria. The Report Card serves as a valuable...
Policy Briefs
Sanction the Hamas nongovernmental organization in Turkey
The United States government has intensified its efforts to counter Hamas worldwide. Recently, that has included sanctions on entities based in Turkey. The focus is warranted. The government in Ankara...
Op-eds
The White House partnered with CAIR to fight antisemitism — despite its antisemitism
The Biden administration was consulting with violent antisemites on the best ways to counter antisemitism. Nihad Awad, the director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, delivered a speech last...
Op-eds
Turkey’s ‘Aid’ Organization Is a Front for Supporting Terrorism
Turkey’s premier aid organization, the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms (IHH), with strong links to the government, actively supports terrorist causes and should be designated as a Foreign (FTO)...
Op-eds
Targeting Jihad Yaghmour and the Hamas operation in Turkey
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday to participate in an emergency summit designed to address the war in Gaza. Erdogan has emerged as...
Op-eds
Letter on Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s request for uranium enrichment
Dear Mr. President, As a bipartisan group of Middle East regional and nuclear nonproliferation...
Memos
Islamic State confirms death of yet another leader, appoints new ‘caliph’
The Islamic State confirmed that its previous leader and self-styled “caliph”, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Quraishi, was killed earlier this year In doing so, it also disputes claims he was killed...
Op-eds
What to Expect From Erdogan’s Third Term
Erdogan has two priorities: to chart a more assertive presence for Turkey and to leverage Ankara’s position inside Western institutions to make that happen.
Op-eds
Is Turkey Getting Tough On Terrorism?
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently announced that Turkish forces had successfully neutralized the current leader of the Islamic State (IS), Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi following a raid on...
Op-eds
How Silicon Valley Engineered China’s Protest Crackdowns
American software and equipment—from companies like Microsoft and Oracle—is deeply embedded throughout China’s police state.
Op-eds
The Post-Post-JCPOA World
Is a nuclear Iran something Republicans must now simply accept?
Op-eds
All Over the Map
The Chinese Communist Party’s Subnational Interests in the United States