In Turkey and Pakistan, discouraging elections
Not so long ago, freedom and democracy seemed to be on the march in the world, with Turkey and Pakistan, two strategically important Muslim-majority nations, near the front of the parade. That tu...
Terrorism
Hezbollah and its Allies Win more than Half the Seats in Lebanon’s Parliament
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah declared a “great political and moral victory for the resistance”...
Press Releases
Iranian Terror. Argentinian Cover Up. Justice at Last?
One morning last week, Argentines woke up to a political earthquake: A judge...
Op-eds
Diplomatic Spat Erupts Between Ankara and U.S. Over Arrest
A controversy erupted this week between Washington and Ankara over Turkey’s arrest of a U.S. cons...
Policy Briefs
Unless It Is Changed, UNIFIL’s Mandate Makes It a Boon for Hezbollah
Last month, the United Nations Security Council passed R...
Op-eds
Rouhani Will Seek to Divide the West at the UN General Assembly
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will deliver his fifth annual address to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) this Wednesday. Rouhani is likely to emphasize tw...
Policy Briefs
The Manchester Attack Shows How Terrorists Learn
Yesterday’s terrorist attack that struck at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in Britain’s Manchester Arena—leaving 22 people dead and 59 injured, by the ...
Op-eds
Turkish Organizations Under Fire for Alleged Hamas Support
Turkey’s ties to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas are once again in the spotlight. Israeli authorities claimed this week that two charities with close ties to the ruling elite in Ankar...
Policy Briefs
Terrorists, Insurgents, Something Else? Clarifying and Classifying the “Generational Challenge”
Co-written by Jacob Zenn. The Trump administration’s ...
Op-eds
What to Do When Your Man Just Won’t Commit, Baghdad Edition
I've been highly critical of President Barack Obama’s tenure as America’s commander in chief. But his shortcomings in this regard hardly came as a shock. Start your presidency wi...
Op-eds
Analysis: Will France Invoke NATO’s Article 5 to Declare War on Islamic State?
To confront comprehensively the Islamic State terrorist attacks on French soil, there have been calls for France’s President François Hollande to invoke Article 5 of the NATO Treaty,...
Op-eds
After Paris, We Need A Strategy To Fight Islamic Jihad
I do not know for sure who masterminded and organized the terrorist assault on Paris, although most evidence points to ISIS. We will probably know a lot more in a few days. Multiple attacks requi...
Op-eds
How the Federal Government Fails American Victims of Iranian and Palestinian Terrorism
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Congressional Testimonies
Senior Iranian Commander Killed in Syria
A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander has been killed in Syria in an incident that sheds light on Tehran’s growing, shadowy role in bolstering Bashar al-Assad’s regime. ...
Op-eds
It Just Got Easier for Iran to Fund Terrorism
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, did not enter into Tuesday’s historic deal with six world powers to reset relations with the West. It was the promise of more than $100...
Op-eds
Terrorism and Tourism in Egypt
Unidentified gunmen on motorcycles killed two members of the tourist police Wednesday at...
Op-eds
A Survey of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financing
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Congressional Testimonies
Analysis: To confront Iran’s jingoism and domestic repression, change its regime
The self-immolation death of an Iranian Arab last week in the province of Khuzestan offers a window onto the court of a neglected alternative to an Iran on the brink of nuclear weapons breakout:...
Op-eds
The Long Arm of Iranian Terror
In recent weeks, an Iranian diplomat based in Uruguay hurriedly left the country after suspicions that he was involved in nefarious activities, purportedly involving a plan to bomb the Embassy of...
Op-eds
US policy hostage to the hostage-takers
Iran's troubling official statements and actions should serve as a warning to Obama