Putin’s to-do list
What would happen if he were to prevail in Ukraine?
Treaty
Obama’s Security Council Gambit
Co-authored by Lee A. Casey The recent open letter by 47 Republican Senators, putting Iran on notice that the US Constitution fundamentally limits the President’s ability...
Op-eds
Iran Nuclear Chief Reveals Gaps With P5+1
An unusually extensive interview with the head of the Iran Atomic Energy Organization underscores the yawning gaps still remaining between the positions of the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 group...
Policy Briefs
A Nuclear Deal with Iran and the Perils of Sanctions Relief
Western negotiators routinely explain that the purpose of the sanctions regime against Iran is to increase negotiating leverage against the Islamic Republic. Economic pressure, they r...
Op-eds
Examining Nuclear Negotiations: Iran After Rouhani’s First 100 Days
Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel, Members of the Committee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, thank you for inviting me to testify today on this important topic....
Congressional Testimonies
Israel’s January Surprise
The pundits were wrong: Israeli voters aren't lurching to the right.
Op-eds
Human Rights Situation in Iran
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very grateful for this opportunity to appear before you and address a subject which, in my view, deserves more attention than it currently receives. F...
Congressional Testimonies
Sacrificing Missile Defense for ‘Reset’
When Barack Obama campaigned for president in 2008, he promised to “cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.” The word “unproven,” folks worried, could be used...
Op-eds
Reconsidering the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
It’s an ineffectual gesture that could do more harm than good.
Op-eds
Gaia Joins the Global Mob
Mafias hate free markets and free societies; it’s bad for their “business.” So it’s only logical that the world’s greatest criminal enterprise (aka the U...
Op-eds
Corker’s Case for START: As Convincing as ‘A Letter from My Mother’
Patting himself and his fellow Senate Republicans on the back for selling o...
Op-eds
Missile Malpractice
Show me where in the Constitution it says the government — created by the people in order to serve the people — is empowered to mandate that those selfsame people buy health insurance...
Op-eds
Stop START
Two weeks ago U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his Russian counterpart, Anatoly Serdyukov, cruised down the Potomac River on a U.S. Navy barge. Gates’ goal: find common ground on iss...
Op-eds
High-Stakes Poker in the Persian Gulf
Earlier this week, Iran’s spiritual leader Ali Khamenei began preparing public opinion for Iran’s withdrawal from the nuclear-nonproliferation regime. Today we have reports that the I...
Op-eds
Is The Nation State Threatened?
“Is the Nation State Threatened?” This question, though apt, may fail to convey how dire the threat to sovereignty truly is. It might be better to ask, “Is the Nation Stat...
Op-eds
In Defense of Liberty
Coauthored with Herbert London In 2004, Abdel Rahman al-Rashed, general manager of the Al-Arabiya news channel, courageously wrote, "It is a certain fact that not all Musl...