For Tehran, negotiation is war by other means
Iran’s rulers think Trump is as beatable as his predecessors
Princeton University
The Door Tehran Kicked Open
MBS, The Bomb, and The Battle For the Gulf
The Iran Breakdown
American journalist kidnapped in Baghdad by Iranian proxy
American journalist Shelley Kittleson was kidnapped by Kataib Hezbollah, an Iraqi militia backed by Iran and designated by the US as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), on March 31 in downtown...
Op-eds
Israel-Syria tensions continue after Israeli raid as White House urges ‘dialogue’
Tensions between Israel and Syria have continued in the wake of a November 27 raid in southern Syria by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). On December 4, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), a state...
Op-eds
AI Regulatory Lessons from the Atomic Age
The United States faces an AI challenge similar to the Atomic Age and needs clear federal rules to secure leadership and manage proliferation risks amid great power competition.
Op-eds
Assassination Casts Dark Cloud over Iraqi Elections
Iraq continues to suffer from lawlessness, where the politics of the gun – and not the ballot box – play too great a role In the early hours of October 15, an IED tore through a Chevy Tahoe...
Op-eds
Iraqi parliamentary candidate killed in car bombing
Safaa al Mashhadani, a Sunni Iraqi parliamentary candidate who served on the Baghdad Provincial Council, was killed by a car bomb, The National reported on October 15. Mashhadani, a candidate...
Op-eds
Princeton researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov freed in Iraq
Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Princeton researcher who holds Israeli and Russian citizenship, was freed in Iraq after being held for more than 900 days by an Iranian-backed militia. “I am pleased to...
Op-eds
Efforts continue to free kidnapped Princeton researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov
Over the last week, there have been increasing reports about attempts to free Princeton researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Iraq in March 2023. Tsurkov, who holds Israeli and Russian...
Op-eds
U.S. Professors Flocking to Terrorist-Run Turkish Think Tank
The United States banished former University of South Florida professor Sami al-Arian for supporting terrorism. But some U.S. academics have flocked to him, like flies to manure. Since his deportation...
Op-eds
After 2 years, Iraq claims to be searching for kidnapped researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov
On March 5, Iraqi National Security Adviser Qassem al Araji told the Associated Press that “Iraqi authorities are working under the prime minister’s direction” to find Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Princeton University researcher who was kidnapped two years ago in Iraq.
Op-eds
Iran reveals its role behind Hamas holding hostages – analysis
Iran’s foreign minister met with ICRC president and discusses Hamas holding "prisoners."
Op-eds
Iraqi sovereignty at stake in case of Israeli hostage
The Iraqi militia Kata’ib Hezbollah has been holding hostage, since March, Israeli-Russian Elizabeth Tsurkov, a graduate student at Princeton University. Tsurkov had entered Iraq, using her Russian passport,...
Op-eds
Totalitarians Inc.
Why is Joe Biden alternately ignoring and funding the ever-closer alliance between Iran and Putin?
Op-eds
Iranian Professor At US College Complicit In Crimes Against Humanity
Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, Iran’s former ambassador to the UN, is complicit in crimes against humanity by using his position as an Iranian diplomat to cover up the 1988 executions of 5,000 dissidents in...
Op-eds
Getting smarter about Critical Race Theory
If CRT is correct, is America worth defending?
Op-eds
An Oberlin Professor Is Under Fire for His Past
Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, Iran's former ambassador to the U.N., has been accused of trying to cover up a 1988 massacre of political prisoners.
Op-eds
The Return of Palestinian Politics
Elections in May will be the first since 2006—a remarkable but risky gambit.
Op-eds
China as a ‘cyber great power’: Beijing’s two voices in telecommunications
Executive Summary External Chinese government and commercial messaging on information technology (IT) speaks in one voice. Domestically, one hears a different, second voice. The former stresses free markets,...
Memos
Torture TV
The Case for Sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s State-Run Media