Nixing the Iran Deal Would Be Better Than a Fake Fix
President Donald Trump issued this month his final ultimatum to Congress regarding the Obama-era Iran nuclear agreement: You fix it, or I’ll nix it. But in laying out his criteria...
Peter Roskam
Nixing the Iran Deal Would Be Better Than a Fake Fix
President Donald Trump issued this month his final ultimatum to Congress regarding the Obama-era Iran nuclear agreement: You fix it, or I’ll nix it. But in laying out his criteria...
Op-eds
Report: Iran And Russia Violated UN Weapons Sanctions
The Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia used a smuggling route to transport offensive weapons, allegedly in violation of UN Resolution 2231, Germany’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported on...
Op-eds
If Trump Is Serious About Curbing Iran, He’ll Kill Boeing’s Plan to Sell It Planes
You may have missed it, but there was big news on the Iran front earlier this month. After much hesitation, Total, the French energy giant, plunged back into the Iranian...
Op-eds
US, German Politicians Urge PayPal to Close Neo-Nazi Party’s Account
American and German politicians called on PayPal to close the account of Germany’s neo-Nazi Der Dritte Weg (“The Third Way”) party. “Congressman Zeldin supports t...
Op-eds
Iran arrests two Catholics in new wave of brutality against Christians
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested two Christians – a mother and her son – in late February as part of a brutal crackdown on Catholicism in the countr...
Op-eds
Congress Introduces Bill to Combat BDS Worldwide
Congress introduced the Protecting Israel Against Economi...
Policy Briefs
The war against history
“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” This, as you may recall, was the slogan of the totalitarian state imagined by Georg...
Op-eds
Taxing American Businesses that Partner with Iran
American businesses have been looking to break into the Iranian market ever since the signing of last summer’s nuclear agreement, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Major firms...
Policy Briefs
The Early Returns on Obama’s Iran Deal
Sen. Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, opened a hearing last week with these candid, if not immortal, words: “I think the agreement is off to a really terrible...
Op-eds
The Longest Hatred
Robert S. Wistrich, who died suddenly last week, was considered the foremost scholar of anti-Semitism, which he called “the longest hatred,” one that appears to be metastasizing in th...
Op-eds
A Survey of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financing
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Congressional Testimonies
US-Qatar Alliance: Under Strain?
Qatar, a tiny Persian Gulf petropower, is known to exert outsized influence in the Middle East. But between the war in Syria and the most recent conflict in Gaza, it may have pushed Washington to...
Policy Briefs
Congress to Qatar: Stop Funding Hamas
Qatar’s ambassador to Washington, Mohammed Bin Abdullah al-Rumaihi, is about to receive a letter that will put his diplomatic skills to the test. Congressmen Peter Roskam (R-IL) an...
Op-eds
The Slow Death of Palestinian Democracy
With Salam Fayyad's forced resignation, President Mahmoud Abbas has eliminated his political rivals in the West Bank.