The Urgent Need for UN Reform
The UN’s response to October 7 makes reform more urgent than ever. UN reform used to be a bipartisan priority — it must now be again.
Rights
U.S. May Put Military Personnel on Commercial Ships to Deter Iran’s Harassment
The Pentagon is considering placing armed U.S. Marines and Navy sailors on commercial ships in response to increased Iranian attempts to harass and seize vessels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz,...
Flash Briefs
International Law
Midterm Assessment: Egypt
Human Rights Situation in Iran
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Legislative Testimonies
The IAEA’s Right and Obligation to Inspect Military Facilities in Iran
FDD Research
Memos
American values are not the cause of racism
More than 35 years ago, I went to Africa for the first time, the junior member of a group of American writers. We were visiting The Gambia and, at a stop in the interior, I purchased a small wood...
Op-eds
These not-so-united states
The People’s Democratic Republic of Oregon. That has a kind of ring to it, don’t you think? The reason this phrase has crystalized in my mind: Just after it was confirmed that Donald...
Op-eds
US-based BDS group seeks to lobby Congress
A campaign by a Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions organization called “The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation” to lobby members of Congress against Israel on Capitol Hill has rais...
Op-eds
Violent Extremist vs. Holy Warrior
Is Barack Hussein Obama wrong to avoid appending “Islamic,” “Muslim,” “Islamist,” or even “jihadist” to the terrorism that has struck the West with...
Op-eds
Iran’s Charter of Intolerance
Co-authored by Danny Eisen Canadian stakeholders have approached Senator David Tkachuk, who championed the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (JVTA) for eight years b...
Op-eds
Iran: The War Within and Without
A week ago, something went seriously wrong in the underground tunnels beneath the Iranian nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz. I don’t know if it was an explosion, on-site sabotage,...
Op-eds
It’s Not About Gay Rights — It’s About Human Rights
For many, “gay rights” is associated with the debate over whether gay people should be allowed to marry, adopt children or serve openly in the military. But a discussion looming befor...
Op-eds
9/11 Plotters Are Araigned
. . . and, finally, the commissions may prove their worth.
Op-eds
Symposium: The “Moderate” Muslim Brotherhood?
Just recently, the Muslim Brotherhood released its political platform, part of which would establish an Iranian-style mullah council overseeing Egypt's democratic institutions. It also prohi...
Op-eds
Let’s Have a FISA Fight
Here’s something I never thought I’d say: Three cheers for Chris Dodd! With his bid for the Democrats’ presidential nomination canceled for lack of interest, Connecticu...
Op-eds
Gaia Joins the Global Mob
Mafias hate free markets and free societies; it’s bad for their “business.” So it’s only logical that the world’s greatest criminal enterprise (aka the U...
Op-eds
The Election and DOJ Oversight
Obviously, there are many things that can be stuffed into the “First Order of Business” file, but one of them ought to be oversight of the Oba...
Op-eds
Is The Nation State Threatened?
“Is the Nation State Threatened?” This question, though apt, may fail to convey how dire the threat to sovereignty truly is. It might be better to ask, “Is the Nation Stat...
Op-eds
Geneva and Savagery
So, al Qaeda has done what al Qaeda does. It tortured and murdered our two soldiers. Pfc. Kristian Menchaca and Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker never had a chance once they fell into the jihadists' sa...