Peru

February 17, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer, Richard Goldberg, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Taiwan 194

Emulating the Palestinians to Advocate Internationally for Taiwan and to Counter China

January 5, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

The new conquistadores

U.S. adversaries are becoming South American hegemons

January 3, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

Chile, Where Green Ideals Collide

Chileans recently elected Gabriel Boric, a young, former social justice student activist, as president. He is the most left-wing politician to run the country since Salvador Allende. Much like his progressive...

December 27, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Chile’s new president is a win for Iran

Last Sunday, Chileans elected Gabriel Boric, a young, former social justice student activist, as president.

December 2, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Iran’s Quest for Soleimani’s Revenge Goes to Latin America

Shortly after a U.S. strike killed Iran’s most senior general, Qassem Soleimani, in Baghdad in January 2020, both Iran and its terror proxy Hezbollah swore revenge. Nearly two years later, Iran and Hezbollah...

August 2, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Hangman-in-chief

Iranian presidential elections have rarely mattered. Both the past victory of the so-called reformists and now the restoration of a tailor made presidency to consolidate the regime, portray something similar...

June 14, 2021 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Samuel Hodgson, Austin Blair

Behind the Black Bloc

An Overview of Militant Anarchism and Anti-Fascism

April 1, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Iran’s Mischief in Morocco Is a Problem

Iran has historically supported any militancy against pro-Western regimes, regardless of their religious or political orientation.

February 26, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Shifting Cocaine Routes Turn U.S. Ally Paraguay Into Main Transit Country

German law enforcement earlier this week announced a record seizure of cocaine that had been smuggled in from Paraguay. The interdiction adds to a growing body of evidence indicating that Paraguay is fast...

January 14, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

Hezbollah’s Global Threat

September 22, 2020 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

How Hezbollah Collaborates With Latin American Drug Cartels

Plus, an explanation of "black cocaine" and why authorities should worry about charcoal exports.

June 23, 2020 | David Kilcullen |

America in 2020: “Insurrection” or “Incipient Insurgency”?

In the two weeks of disorder that followed the death of George Floyd, 200 cities imposed curfews; 31 states and the District of Columbia called out the National Guard; active-duty U.S. troops deployed in...

September 25, 2019 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

New Indictment Adds to Evidence of Hezbollah Terrorist Activities in the U.S.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced the indictment last week of U.S. citizen Ali Hassan Saab, a resident of Morristown, New Jersey, and suspected Hezbollah agent....

May 18, 2018 | Michaela Frai

How the US Can Keep Venezuela from Becoming a Failed State

On Sunday, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro will face his country’s hungry, impoverished voters. The election will be neither free nor fair, so another win for the corrupt Socialist pa...

February 26, 2018 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

The Mystery Martyr

Death came suddenly for Samer Ibrahim Atoui, a 48-year-old native of the southern Lebanese village of Khiyam. On October 2, 2017, a Syrian opposition social media account posted photographs showi...

December 1, 2017 | Mathew Ha |

U.S. Calls for Oil Ban and Complete Diplomatic Isolation of North Korea

The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting Wednesday following North Korea’s third intercontinental ballist...

November 29, 2017 | John Hannah

Two Cheers for Rex

I rarely find myself thinking along similar lines as fellow Foreign Policy contributor Stephen Walt. Nevertheless, just as I was contemplating an article that would take note of a few o...

September 12, 2017 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Netanyahu’s Latin America Trip: Another Chance To Talk About Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Latin America on Monday in a trip laden with symbolism. He boarded the first El Al flight to Argentina since 1960, when the Israeli flagship carrier b...

March 16, 2017 |

Ecuador, Iran, and Latin America’s Pink Tide

Ecuador will elect a new leader on April 2 to replace its left-wing, populist president Rafael Correa. Washington should pay close attention. Correa’s vice-president Lenin Moreno is a close...

September 21, 2015 | Matthew Levitt |

Major Beneficiaries of the Iran Deal: IRGC and Hezbollah

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