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UN Human Rights Council, European Governments Launch Economic Warfare Against Israel
International opprobrium towards the presence of Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, commonly known as the West Bank, is discernibly shifting from rhetorical condemnation to economic and legal warfare. Three...
Policy Briefs
Why Europe Isn’t Ready for NATO 3.0
US retrenchment from Europe, even if premised on European burden-sharing, will expose the continent to Russian aggression.
Op-eds
Border Crisis Exposes Spain’s Self-Inflicted Migration Mess
Tens of thousands crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, Spain’s enclave on the North African coast, on July 30, most swimming around a breakwater as Moroccan border controls lapsed. Dozens drowned. Within...
Policy Briefs
What would Joe Biden do?
Vis-à-vis Moscow and Tehran, Trump should do the opposite
Op-eds
5 Cyber Developments From Europe and Ukraine You Might Have Missed
Facing relentless cyberattacks, the European Union and its member states are building out defenses for themselves and for frontline neighbors like Ukraine. These mechanisms span government, the private...
Insights
Why NATO Should Pivot Toward Economic Security
In the coming decades, military burden-sharing won’t be enough to ensure Transatlantic security.
Op-eds
Can US Engagement Rescue the United Nations From Irrelevance?
The next UN leader will take office at a time when the international body is experiencing an unprecedented crisis of purpose.
Op-eds
The UN’s fatal formula for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
If this issue is seen as the anchor of the region’s broader woes, that is not because the cold data bears it out, but because much of the world has been swayed by a decades-long propaganda effort initiated by the Soviet Union and its Arab allies.
Op-eds
Beyond the Embargo: A Toolkit for Squeezing the Cuban Regime
Opponents of U.S. sanctions often cite Cuba as “Exhibit A” for why sanctions don’t work. The United States has maintained an embargo on the island for more than six decades — but to what end? Cuba’s...
Insights
Farewell Fidelismo?
Trump has a chance to liberate the Cuban people – and others
Op-eds
Turkey’s Missile Ambitions Should Alarm Europe and the United States
For years, European officials viewed Turkey’s growing defense industry as an important asset. Turkish drones proved effective in conflicts from Libya to Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukraine. Ankara...
Op-eds
This Is No Way To Treat Our European Allies
The Trump administration is fond of reminding allies that NATO is a two-way street. But at present, Washington seems to need that message most. Earlier this month, amid a feud between President Donald...
Op-eds
Europe is writing itself out of the Middle East
The case for suspending the EU-Israel Association Agreement on grounds of human rights is a powerful argument – as long as one doesn't look at what else Europe is doing in the region
Op-eds
Venezuelan president to end amnesty, hundreds of political prisoners still unreleased
Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez declared on April 24 that the Amnesty Law for Democratic Coexistence was “coming to an end,” despite the Caracas-based human rights NGO Foro...
Op-eds
Spain: Sánchez and without shame
*This article was originally published in French Excerpt It was in Beijing, where Xi Jinping was hosting him with full honors, that Pedro Sánchez learned his wife had been formally charged with...
Op-eds
The Iran War’s Five Lessons for Europe
Some European NATO members haven’t done themselves many favors by withholding support for the US during the Iran War.
Op-eds
China Criticizes Iran War as Beijing Supports Tehran Under the Table
China is trying to have it both ways in the U.S.-Iran conflict. On April 14, Chinese leader Xi Jinping criticized Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports and called for a diplomatic resolution during...
Policy Briefs
The “Lebanese Street” Warms up to Normalization with Israel
A surprising poll offers real hope for normalization between Lebanon and Israel. Conducted by an anti-Western, anti-Israel website with a sample of 500 respondents, the survey found that only 42 percent...