Totalitarians Inc.
Why is Joe Biden alternately ignoring and funding the ever-closer alliance between Iran and Putin?
Syrians
How Russia Won the UN Showdown Over Syria
The Biden administration made the critical error of negotiating without leverage
Op-eds
End the WHO’s Unhealthy Obsession With Israel
Eliminating the World Health Organization’s double standard will not only ensure Israel’s fair treatment but allow the WHO to address the world’s true health problems.
Op-eds
Soleimani U
A new academic center in Caracas named after the Iranian mass murderer is the latest node in Tehran’s soft power network in Latin America
Op-eds
How “Never again!” became “never mind”
To the fashionably woke, Uyghur lives don’t matter
Op-eds
Syria Faces Omicron Amid a Shortage of Vaccines
As in other countries, statistics do not convey the extent of the suffering.
Op-eds
The Coming Middle East Narco Wars
In April, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf states temporarily banned the import of agricultural products from Lebanon. This was not a response to political events or to an overt...
Op-eds
Biden Administration Creates Potential Sanctions Loophole for Assad
The Biden administration in late November lifted a longstanding rule that forbade non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from doing business with the regime of Syrian despot Bashar al-Assad, justifying the...
Policy Briefs
Syria’s challenge to Tony Blinken’s conscience
Excerpt The Nazi massacre at Babyn Yar claimed the lives of 33,771 Ukrainian Jews in September 1941. To mark the 80th anniversary of the massacre, Secretary of State Antony Blinken meditated on the...
Op-eds
Swiss miss
Biden blew a chance for a win in his meeting with Putin
Op-eds
At UN, Blinken Calls for Action on Aid to Syria
Secretary of State Antony Blinken personally represented the United States at a UN Security Council briefing on Syria yesterday, where he warned, “The lives of people in Syria depend on getting urgent...
Policy Briefs
Joe Biden Shouldn’t Return to the Iran Deal
But he probably will anyway.
Op-eds
After a decade of despair, Syria needs our help
Protests spread across Syria 10 years ago Monday, on March 15, 2011. The regime of Bashar Assad responded to this peaceful uprising with gunfire, arbitrary detentions, and torture. Military units defected....
Op-eds
What Red Line Tells Us About Syria’s Chemical Weapons
Book review: Joby Warrick’s book brings to life the history and reaction to Syria’s chemical weapons program and the difficulty in eliminating it.
Op-eds
The pandemic hasn’t hit Syria hard yet. When it does, it’ll be a disaster.
Infections are rising in a country that’s unprepared for the coronavirus.
Op-eds
New Sanctions on Assad Aim to Prevent Atrocities
In 2013, the regime of Bashar al-Assad received a report that opposition forces had captured and killed an employee of the defense ministry. That report was false. The man — a photographer from the...
Op-eds
Sanctions Against Syria Will Help, Not Harm, Civilians
The Caesar Act is an overdue effort to starve the Assad regime of the resources that fuel its atrocities.
Op-eds
Bringing the Middle East Back Home
The American Orientalist Class attempts to paint a fantasy Middle Eastern landscape on the American canvas
Op-eds
Treasury Sanctions China-based Logistics Company Supporting Mahan Air
The U.S. Department of the Treasury last week sanctioned Shanghai-based Saint Logistics Company, a Chinese general sales agent for the U.S.-sanctioned Iranian airline Mahan Air. The move marks a warning...
Policy Briefs
Libyan Civil War Aggravated by the Threat of COVID-19
According to official statistics COVID-19 has barely affected Libya, but the true number of cases is likely underreported. An ongoing civil war, a large refugee and migrant population, and a deficient...