Myanmar
Guterres embraces the authoritarians
By attending a three-day summit in Russia and lending credence to Putin’s despotism, the U.N. secretary-general is effectively spitting in the faces of both Ukraine and Israel.
Op-eds
Iran Is Using Lebanon’s Airport to Fund Terrorism; The World Must Respond
The Lebanese government has a choice to make — reclaim effective control of its main international airport from Hezbollah, or see that air hub destroyed by the Israel Defense Forces. As government ministers...
Op-eds
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Media Calls
Polio vaccination campaign gives lie to claims of Israeli ‘genocide’
It’s hard to think of another state, particularly one enveloped in a war of survival, which would go to such lengths to protect children in the combat zone from a devastating illness.
Op-eds
An ‘abject, squalid, shameless’ debate at the Oxford Union
An Israeli professor strikes back at the Union's disgraceful attempt to paint Israel as a genocidal, apartheid state.
Op-eds
How António Guterres betrayed the Jews
He has lent his imprimatur to one of the worst antisemitic blood libels to emerge from the halls of the United Nations—and there have been many.
Op-eds
UN Equates Israel With Hamas in ‘Children in Armed Conflict’ Blacklist
The United Nations’ (UN) institutional bias against Israel was on display on June 13, as the Secretary-General’s annual report on children in armed conflict included the Jewish...
Flash Briefs
The cries of Byai Phu
Everyone, it seems, has heard of Rafah, but few people know about what is happening in Burma, the East Asian country renamed “Myanmar” following a military coup in 1989.
Op-eds
Why the pro-Hamas demonstrations are different and more dangerous
“It is this movement,” according to a British report on political extremism, “that has proven most willing to use law breaking, intimidation, and at times, violence.”
Op-eds
With Chinese warships anchoring in Cambodia, the US needs to respond
The recent mooring of Chinese warships at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base marked the unofficial inauguration of China’s first overseas naval post in the Indo-Pacific region and only its second overall....
Op-eds
Going Nuclear on Rosatom
Ending Global Dependence on Putin's Nuclear Energy Sector
Legislative Testimonies
Tightening the Belt or End of the Road? China’s BRI at 10
Memos
Italy is about to say to Beijing, ‘Hit the road, Xi’
Rome's anticipated departure from the Belt and Road Initiative likely marks the end of the project’s grand European aspirations, Elaine Dezenski writes.
Op-eds
Building Partner Capabilities for Cyber Operations
Memos
States Should Deliver the Final Blow to BDS at Morningstar
It’s up to governors, attorneys general, and treasurers to rid this company of Israel boycotts once and for all.
Op-eds
Iran’s President Conducts Influence Tour in Sub-Saharan Africa
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi wrapped up the final leg of his three-day visit to Sub-Saharan Africa with a stop in Zimbabwe on July 13, seeking to bolster Iran’s influence, trade, and business...
Flash Briefs
Guess the new Human Rights Watch director’s first target. Yup: Israel
For the first time in 30 years, Human Rights Watch has a new executive director, Tirana Hassan. Within days of taking office, she turned her fire on Israel. “This is a government that’s...
Op-eds
Friends of China have huge influence on Capitol Hill: Grant Newsham
‘When Beijing throws in the allure of money, they make short work of Wall Street and America’s business class—and academia as well.’