Evaluating Sanctions Enforcement and Policy Options on North Korea
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Hezbollah Sucks the U.S. Into Its Own War on ISIS
Ever since the Marines first landed on Beirut’s beaches in 1958, the American military has intervened periodically one way or another in the conflicts of this troubled Mediterranean state w...
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Restricting North Korea’s Access to Finance
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Congressional Testimonies
What’s Really Behind Trump’s Laptop Ban
More than 15 years after the September 11 hijackings, the U.S. government has issued yet another warning about airline security. On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced ne...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda Assessment Off the Mark
Throughout his two terms in office, President Barack Obama faced an array of challenges from both al Qaeda and ISIS. In an interview with The Cipher Brief, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Seni...
Op-eds
Pentagon Walks Back Promise to Attack ISIS Capital ASAP
Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s claim last week that the assault on Raqqa, the capital of the so-called Islamic State, was “within weeks” was a surprise to the commanders plannin...
Op-eds
Obama’s Syria Policy Striptease
America’s settled policy of standing by while half a million Syrians have been killed, millions have become refugees, and large swaths of their country have been re...
Op-eds
U.S.-Backed ‘Moderate’ Rebels Behead a Child Near Aleppo
Members of an American-backed rebel group in Syria beheaded a young child in a grisly execution video. The footage surfaced early Tuesday of members of Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki and a...
Op-eds
Should there be a new push to outlaw all of Hezbollah in the EU?
Europe remains fertile ground for Hezbollah operations and terrorism finance. Given Hezbollah’s role in the ongoing slaughter of Syrian civilians and a thwarted attack on Israelis...
Op-eds
The CIA’s Syria Program and the Perils of Proxies
Almost every aspect of the Obama administration’s policy toward Syria has been scrutinized, lambasted or praised in recent months, but one of the most significant facets, the CIA’s co...
Op-eds
The Long War Continues
In many ways, the reaction to the horrific attacks in Paris has been familiar. There were the expressions of solidarity: flowers at French embassies; social media avatars changed from silly selfi...
Op-eds
U.S. Admits: We Can’t Protect Syrian Allies From Russia’s Bombs
United States officials conceded Thursday that there is little the they could do in Syria to protect CIA-vetted rebels, the very people the American government trained and armed, who are now comi...
Op-eds
Should America and Israel Let Their Enemies Kill Each Other Off?
As some see it, what’s happening now in the Mideast provides the best excuse the Israelis have had in a long time to just sit back and let their worst enemies rub each other out. Senior Isr...
Op-eds
Why Was a Key Benghazi Suspect Free?
On Monday, the Pentagon announced that Ali Ani al Harzi was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Mosul, Iraq. For those who...
Op-eds
ISIS’ Attack on Ramadi Just Upended U.S. War Plans
ISIS is reportedly marching on key Iraqi city of Ramadi—upending the momentum that the U.S.-led military coalition seemed to have just days ago, and threatening to shatter an already delica...
Op-eds
Putin’s Missile Could Make U.S. Attacks on Iran Nearly Impossible
his nuke deal with Iran had better work. Because the Kremlin is lifting a ban on selling a powerful air defense system to Iran that would render an airstrike on Tehran’s nuclear weapons fac...
Op-eds
From Westgate to Garissa, Shabab’s Murderous Wave
Co-written by Nathaniel Barr After the Somali militant group al-Shabab carried out a gruesome ...
Op-eds
Ending Iran’s Support of Hamas Must Be Part of Any Final P5+1 Nuclear Deal
European Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, left, and Iranian Foreign Minis...
Op-eds
Years of Living Dangerously
The largest and most expensive embassy in the world is in Baghdad. President George W. Bush built it in the hope, perh...
Op-eds
Their 9/11 Role
One of the five senior Taliban leaders transferred to Qatar in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl played a key role in al Qaeda’s plans leading up to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks....