Can the Middle East halt the rise of Iran before it’s too late?
Iran has recently reconciled with Saudi Arabia, with China’s backing, and it has been seeking to open a new page of ties with Egypt.
The Gambia
Arab leaders meet in Bahrain for summit regarding Gaza and regional development
Arab League summit convenes in Bahrain to address the Gaza conflict and regional integration. Concerns arise over Israel's isolation amid shifting alliances and diplomatic challenges.
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Muslim countries meeting in Gambia condemn Israel ‘genocide’
Iran tried to use OIC meeting against Israel and wording in the final declaration may reflect Iran’s success.
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Tightening the Belt or End of the Road? China’s BRI at 10
Memos
Beware Hezbollah’s Dual-Nationals
Without stigmatizing diaspora communities or profiling their members, Western intelligence services must work against radicalization and incitement by targeting Hezbollah agents.
Op-eds
Two Years On, Syria’s Suspension from the OPCW Was Beneficial
Member States’ Next Act Should be Suspending Russia
Memos
Hezbollah Is Missing from President Biden’s Corruption Agenda
Making global corruption a national security priority is the right decision. Recognizing Hezbollah’s systematic reliance on corruption to facilitate its illicit finance networks would make the White House strategy more effective.
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Hezbollah Finance in Lebanon
A Primary-Source Review
Memos
Crisis in Lebanon
Anatomy of a Financial Collapse
Monographs
Defending America’s defenders
Beginning to stand up to a hostile international organization
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Globalists gone wild
A transnational prosecutor puts American soldiers in her crosshairs
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Why the United States should sanction the mastermind of China’s crackdown on the Uighurs
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Midterm Assessment: Economic Security
Americans’ right to self-rule
In a stern and defiant speech earlier this month, National Security Adviser John Bolton made clear that the United States will not...
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Ronald Reagan’s freedom agenda
Ronald Reagan was tough on totalitarians. On March 8, 1983 -- and to the chagrin of many of his advisors – he disparaged the Soviet Union as an...
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American values are not the cause of racism
More than 35 years ago, I went to Africa for the first time, the junior member of a group of American writers. We were visiting The Gambia and, at a stop in the interior, I purchased a small wood...
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Criminal Networks in West Africa: An Emerging Security Challenge
On April 30, Sidi Ould Sidna, a.k.a. Abou Jendel, an al-Qaeda-linked militant who was escaped earlier in the month from the courthouse in Nouakchott, Mauritania, where he was being tried for the...
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São Tomé and Príncipe: An African Exception?
That the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe might somehow escape the various "traps" – ethnic conflict, the "resource curse," poor governance, etc. – en...
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Côte d’Ivoire Crisis: Some Lessons to Be Learned
In my review last week of Africa's likely top flash points for 2011, I expressed my concern that The year that was supposed to be Côte d'Ivoire's "ann...
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Dictators: How to Prop Up Your Regime
Last week, Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, abruptly fired his foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki. Even by his low standards of etiquette, the event was unprecedented, leaving aghast...