This Country Is Too Close to America’s Adversaries for Comfort
Amid the hubbub over last weekend’s Doha Forum, one detail was largely overlooked: the attendance of former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Iranian officials, current...
Sinopec
New Iran Sanctions Are Welcome, but Maximum Impact Demands Maximum Attention
President Trump’s maximum pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran is taking shape — incrementally. On August 21, the Departments of State and the Treasury sanctioned several individuals...
Policy Briefs
From Oil to Oman: 10 Ways to Economically Cripple Iran’s War Machine
Now is the perfect time to tighten the financial thumbscrews on Iran. The clerical regime has been significantly weakened by the unprecedented Israeli and U.S. military attacks on the Islamic Republic...
Insights
How China Is Quietly Funding Iran’s War Machine
Chinese firms, especially Wanda Holdings, are helping Iran bypass sanctions, funding Tehran’s military through illicit oil trade. Targeting China’s economic links is key to stopping Iran’s rearmament and future threats.
Op-eds
Strategy for a New Comprehensive U.S. Policy on Iran
Monographs
Trump Administration Not Turning a Blind Eye to Chinese Violations of Iran Oil Sanctions
The U.S. imposed sanctions on a Chinese oil trad...
Policy Briefs
Sanctions Drive Iranian Oil Exports to Historic Lows
Iranian exports of crude oil and condensate plunged rapidly in May to a historic low of less than 500,000 barrels per day and possibly as low as 250,000 barrels. This rapid decrease points to both the...
Policy Briefs
Iran Plans to Continue Its Oil Exports. Washington Has the Means to Shut Them Down.
The Trump administration announced last month that it would not issue another set of exemptions or waivers for customers of Iran’s oil. This came into effect on May 2. The regime in Tehran, in dire...
Policy Briefs
China’s Iran Oil Imports Drop Further
China's imports of Iranian crude oil are down by about one-fifth so far this year, a drop that puts the country in good position to avoid U.S. sanctions and head off a diplomatic row with Wa...
Op-eds
Progress of the Obama Administration’s Policy Toward Iran
Opening Remarks Q and A Introduction...
Legislative Testimonies
Progress of the Obama Administration’s Policy Toward Iran
Opening Remarks Q and A Introduction...
Op-eds
China Goes on Safari
By Dr. J. Peter Pham Understandably, the foreign policy focus of United States policymakers and media has been trained lately primarily on the ongoing events in the Greater Midd...
Op-eds
Khartoum’s Partners in Beijing
Last week, some 200 baton-wielding policemen prevented Mia Farrow and members "Dream for Darfur" group from holding a rally near the site of Cambodia's "killing fields" to urge the People�...
Op-eds
How the Obama Administration Can Get Serious About Iran Sanctions
The Obama administration made the correct decision earlier this week to impose sanctions on Belarusneft, a subsidiary of the Belarusian petrochemical company Belneftekhim, for doing business with I...
Op-eds
How the Obama Administration Can Get Serious About Iran Sanctions
The Obama administration made the correct decision earlier this week to impose sanctions on Belarusneft, a subsidiary of the Belarusian petrochemical company Belneftekhim, for doing business with...
Op-eds
China Renews Iran Oil Deal with Steady Volume’
BEIJING: China, the world's largest buyer of Iranian crude oil, has renewed its annual import pacts for 2011, keeping volumes steady at some 460,000 barrels per day (bpd), two sources told Reuters....
Op-eds
US Report Calls for Sanctions Against Chinese Firms Active in Iran
A new report by a US think tank identifies 10 large Chinese energy companies that continue to do business with Iran in spite of international sanctions. It warns the Obama administration that fai...
Op-eds
Alinsky’s Rules for Obama’s Iran Strategy
Berlin - Pres. Barack Obama chose last week to sanction the Swiss-ba...
Op-eds
Will Obama Follow Through on Iran Sanctions?
After enacting comprehensive energy sanctions on companies that do business with Iran, and encouraging 31 other countries to follow suit, last Thursday the United States announced penalties again...
Op-eds
To Pressure Iran, Squeeze Russia and China
In 1996 Congress passed the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act with the aim of, among other things, pressuring the regime in Tehran to stop sponsoring terrorism. For a time, the sanctions did annoy those w...