Mikhail Gorbachev
The Near Enemy: China’s Subnational Reach Into the United States
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Memos
The Despotic Duo
Russo-Iranian Cooperation and Threats to U.S. Interests
Legislative Testimonies
Martyrs – and newsmen – for freedom
Jimmy Lai and Dmitry Muratov put their lives on the line
Op-eds
The Chinese Communist Party’s Threat to America
Legislative Testimonies
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...
Op-eds
Amnesty spreads the virus of antisemitism
It defames, demonizes, and attempts to delegitimize the Jewish state
Op-eds
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late June
Policy Tracker
Iran Is More Than Persia
Ethnic Politics in the Islamic Republic
Monographs
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.
Op-eds
Study war some more
World War II and the Cold War carry useful lessons
Op-eds
Once Upon a Time, U.S. Foreign Policy Worked
George H.W. Bush's administration was evidence of what the establishment was capable of.
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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."...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Don’t Call Obama’s Iran Diplomacy ‘Reaganesque’
Brent Scowcroft’s Aug. 23 op-ed, “An...
Op-eds
The ‘Grand Bargain’ Is A Gift To Iran
Lee Smith has it right: The long “grand bargain” tha...