The enemies of America’s enemies
Iran, Venezuela, and Ukraine are very different countries, but most Iranians, Venezuelans and Ukrainians want the same thing: to not be ruled by tyrants. They look to America for support – which...
The Americans
Carnegie Endowment: “Trusting the Americans Is a Bad Idea”
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an American think tank, believes that “trusting the Americans is a bad idea.” Carnegie’s Michael Young did not qualify what he meant by “the...
Op-eds
‘They Are Sitting Inside a Glass Room’: Citing U.S. Threats, Iran Puts Army on High Alert
Latest Developments Iran Fears U.S. Strikes: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei placed his country’s military on its highest alert level, fearing potential strikes by the United States,...
Flash Briefs
American Confidence in Elections
Prohibiting Foreign Interference
Legislative Testimonies
America Resilient in the Face of Aggressive Foreign Malign Influence Targeting the 2024 U.S. Elections
Memos
Foreign Malign Election Meddling Persists but Struggles to Gain Traction
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Memos
How U.S. Adversaries Undermine the Perception of Election Integrity
Memos
Hezbollah’s Escalation on Israel’s Northern Border
Media Calls
Friends of China have huge influence on Capitol Hill: Grant Newsham
‘When Beijing throws in the allure of money, they make short work of Wall Street and America’s business class—and academia as well.’
Op-eds
America’s military exercise with Israel betrays its true plans
What are we to make of Juniper Oak, the latest and largest-ever joint military exercise held by the US and Israeli militaries in late January, as part of the longstanding Juniper series? Based on the...
Op-eds
‘Statesman Abe’s strategic vision was impressive’
Abe recognised the usefulness of India in the Indo-Pacific. The Japanese, and Abe, really pushed for India, including with the Quad: Grant Newsham.
Op-eds
A chance for a ‘longer and stronger’ deal, rather than a contract of capitulation
The halt to the Vienna nuclear talks due to Russia's demand that sanctions on it exclude trade with Iran, have led to a watershed moment to expose the dangers of the deal.
Op-eds
Why Ebrahim Raisi could be ‘good for the Jews’
Similar to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in his day, there are no fake smiles to the West and no illusions when it comes to Iran's president-elect. He openly states his very clear views, and it will be hard to argue, as a result, that Iran needs to be treated sympathetically.
Op-eds
Was Nixon Wrong About China?
It might be time to question the conventional wisdom.
Op-eds
Trump picks up Khamenei’s gauntlet
Iran’s ruler misjudges the president and loses his leading terrorist
Op-eds
Trump Once Called the Taliban Five ‘Killers.’ Now He’s Negotiating With Them
Negotiating with terrorists won’t bring peace to Afghanistan.
Op-eds
Here’s How Trump Should Prepare for Iranian Escalation
Once sanctions are back in full force, the United States needs to be ready for the worst.
Op-eds
Mahmoud Abbas Doesn’t Have a Trump Strategy
To hear Palestinian leaders tell it, their relationship with the Trump administration has now been simplified. “We will sever all ties with the Americans,” Ahmed Majdalani, a confidan...
Op-eds
Not a Conspiracy
In May, the London Review of Books published a 10,000-word exposé by veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh on the killing of Osama bin Laden. It was widely read online, receiving...
Op-eds
An Iraqi Abroad
Before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, my friend Ahmad Chalabi would often carry fat tomes about America’s occupations of Germany and Japan. An Iraqi exile after 1958 who lived mainly in Lond...