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...
Reversing a lower court’s decision, a federal appeals court has temporarily reinstated U.S. sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the UN envoy who, according to the State Department, “has spewed unabashed...
The sanctions imposed by the United States against Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for “human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967,” are the focus of a legal...
In the 1950s, the United States invented the shipping container, revolutionizing global trade. Today, China makes almost all of them — and just got caught fixing the price. On May 19, the U.S. Department...
Supercharging U.S. Statecraft, from an Economic Pentagon to the Near-Global Economy
At California’s Berkeley High School (BHS), teachers are interrupting their normally-scheduled classroom lessons to talk about the Iran war. Given the Berkeley school district’s dismal...
The Supreme Court just issued a significant blow to the Trump administration’s trade policy. On February 20, the high court ruled that Donald Trump’s application of tariffs under the International...
The Danish shipping behemoth Maersk is now temporarily managing two ports along the Panama Canal after the Panamanian Supreme Court annulled a Chinese company’s contracts on constitutional grounds. The...
After several years of courtroom wrangling, the social media app TikTok will remain active in the United States despite its continued ties to China. On January 22, ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent...
The Muslim Brotherhood’s long-term strategy exploits democracy itself, and Europe is still refusing to confront the threat.
When the UN Security Council approved President Donald Trump’s plan to establish a board of peace overseeing Gaza’s transformation from Hamas terror base to calm Palestinian enclave, it was...
Iran routinely detains and imprisons citizens who publicly question the regime. The suffering of these political prisoners is immense: Inmates have reported pervasive sexual assault, beatings, sleep deprivation,...
The PRC’s strategic use of SOEs poses an existential threat to American economic sovereignty and security.
In a rare escalation, four Iranian men took up arms against the Islamic Republic’s security forces during a standoff the dissents broadcast live on Instagram on March 8. The footage captures...
As Iran’s economic, regional, and domestic standing deteriorates, senior and junior officials alike will begin to realize that the regime cannot ensure their safety.
A federal appeals court has upheld a law forcing the TikTok social media platform — a conduit for Chinese influence operations and information harvesting — to be sold by its Chinese parent company...
Iran’s judiciary ordered the amputation of four fingers on the right hands of two brothers convicted of theft, human rights groups reported on October 30. The judiciary carried...