Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Elise Stefanik and the “Poisoned Ivies”

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Regulatory Framework for Fusion Machines

Turkey’s Quiet Relationship with ISIS

On June 29, 2014, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State in al-Sham (ISIS), was recorded on video speaking at the al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul, Iraq. (“Al-Sham” is the traditional Arabic...

Turkey’s Push for Regime Change in Syria: The Jihadi Highway

Syria’s civil war broke out in March 2011, in reaction to the brutal crackdown by the regime of Bashar al-Asad of popular protests that were part of the wider Arab Spring. In supporting the Syrian...

Israel’s Strike Changes Everything in Iran

We don’t know exactly how successful the raid was, but the era of diplomatic nonproliferation is over.

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...

The Iranian Negotiating Tactic the Trump Administration Doesn’t Get

Sanctions and ‘maximum pressure’ have never made the clerical regime abandon its nuclear ambitions.

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.

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...

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.” ...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...