Mikhail Gorbachev

September 30, 2025 | Charlie Laderman, Nazee Moinian

Freedom for Iran: Learning From U.S. Support for Polish Anti-Communists in the 1980s

December 17, 2024 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

The Near Enemy: China’s Subnational Reach Into the United States

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April 17, 2024 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

The Despotic Duo

Russo-Iranian Cooperation and Threats to U.S. Interests

September 20, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Martyrs – and newsmen – for freedom

Jimmy Lai and Dmitry Muratov put their lives on the line

February 28, 2023 | Matt Pottinger |

The Chinese Communist Party’s Threat to America

March 12, 2022 | James Brooke |

Russia sanctions grow faster, larger than South Africa sanctions in 1980s

When I lived in Moscow, I worked for Bloomberg, banked at Citibank, used my Visa card at Ikea, lunched at McDonald’s and flew home on Aeroflot to New York. As of this week, all that is over. As more than...

February 9, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Amnesty spreads the virus of antisemitism

It defames, demonizes, and attempts to delegitimize the Jewish state

June 29, 2021 | David Adesnik |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late June

April 28, 2021 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Iran Is More Than Persia

Ethnic Politics in the Islamic Republic

August 31, 2020 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Iran’s Multiethnic Society Explains Why Tehran Fears Democracy

Iran faces the democracy conundrum: in multi-ethnic states where one non-majority group prevails over others, democratization entails risk of loss of empire.

July 8, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Study war some more

World War II and the Cold War carry useful lessons

December 2, 2018 | John Hannah

Once Upon a Time, U.S. Foreign Policy Worked

George H.W. Bush's administration was evidence of what the establishment was capable of.

August 3, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

The Preeminent Challenge

The biggest foreign-policy challenge before Donald Trump isn’t North Korea, where the usual pattern of diplomacy and deception persists. Nor is it Russia; it doesn’t have the mus...

June 13, 2018 | Clifford D. May

Ronald Reagan’s freedom agenda

Ronald Reagan was tough on totalitarians. On March 8, 1983 -- and to the chagrin of many of his advisors – he disparaged the Soviet Union as an...

April 18, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Tear down Iran’s anti-democracy wall

Is there anything to say about bringing about a democratic political and social order in Iran? A lively panel titled “Anti-democratic Regimes: Confrontation or Coexistence?” at the Fo...

March 4, 2016 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Iran’s Make-Believe Moderates

Barack Obama and his tireless secretary of state sold the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in part as a means to reinforce Iranian “reformers," "moderates," and "pragmatists."...

February 8, 2016 | Michael Ledeen |

What Makes A Great President?

We moved to Washington from Rome early in 1977, and I worked at CSIS, then home to many luminaries of the Republican Establishment. There was a lot of talk about Ronald Reagan, running for the Re...

September 22, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Still Hope for Regime Change in Iran

To better understand tha Islamic Republic of Iran, don’t turn straight away to the front page of the newspaper. Rather flip to the labor union and business sections and press. Growing worke...

August 24, 2015 | John Hannah |

Don’t Call Obama’s Iran Diplomacy ‘Reaganesque’

Brent Scowcroft’s Aug. 23 op-ed, “An...

July 16, 2015 | Michael Ledeen |

The ‘Grand Bargain’ Is A Gift To Iran

Lee Smith has it right: The long “grand bargain” tha...