The new U.S.-brokered Israel-Lebanon framework has its strengths and weaknesses. But one immediate and unequivocal benefit is that it buries the misguided idea that Hezbollah should have a seat at the...
The Treasury Department’s issuance on June 22 of a license pausing Iranian petroleum sanctions appears to be inconsistent with the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA), which prohibits such relief...
The United States is looking to catch up with China’s expanding biotechnology sector. On June 23, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a new proposal to accelerate clinical trials...
Taiwan is looking to enhance its investment on domestic drones. On June 22, the legislative caucus of Taiwan’s governing party, the Democratic Progressive Party, urged the island’s major opposition...
Sudan’s civil war, now in its fourth year, has become one of Africa’s first drone wars. Yet the drones dominating this battlefield are overwhelmingly foreign. From approximately 3,000 miles away,...
Days after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to end the U.S.-Iran war, the Tehran regime is testing whether it can use Lebanon — and its Lebanese terror proxy Hezbollah — as leverage over...
In a rare visit to the Hermit Kingdom, Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping sought to bring North Korea out of the cold. Xi visited North Korea on June 8-9 for the first time in seven years, holding...
The Pentagon just fired a warning shot at Beijing — and Wall Street. On June 8, the Pentagon released its updated Section 1260H list, which designates Chinese companies as supporting Beijing’s military-civil...
The United States and Israel announced on June 5 the launch of formal negotiations to replace the existing U.S.-Israel memorandum of understanding (MOU), which provides the framework for the annual provision...
Iran resumed ballistic missile attacks on Israel on June 7 for the first time since agreeing to a U.S.-brokered ceasefire two months ago. Despite President Donald Trump’s public calls for restraint,...
Hezbollah was quick to reject the latest Israel-Lebanon ceasefire brokered by the United States this week. It did so despite President Donald Trump floating direct talks with the Iranian-backed terrorist...
After decades of courting foreign investment, Beijing is now working to stop the flow of funds going the other way. On June 1, China’s State Council published new rules tightening...
Opponents of U.S. sanctions often cite Cuba as “Exhibit A” for why sanctions don’t work. The United States has maintained an embargo on the island for more than six decades — but to what end? Cuba’s...
The United States may have allowed American firms to sell an untold number of high-end chips to China for over a year. On May 31, the Commerce Department issued guidance clarifying new enforcement...
Volvo will be staying in the American market despite concerns that its vehicles may vacuum up data for delivery to the firm’s majority shareholders in China. On May 27, Bloomberg reported that the...
Reversing a lower court’s decision, a federal appeals court has temporarily reinstated U.S. sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the UN envoy who, according to the State Department, “has spewed unabashed...
Amid the ongoing, fitful diplomacy to end the war between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, the conflict’s second front, between Lebanon and Israel, is picking up pace. While Israel...
The sanctions imposed by the United States against Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for “human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967,” are the focus of a legal...
In the 1950s, the United States invented the shipping container, revolutionizing global trade. Today, China makes almost all of them — and just got caught fixing the price. On May 19, the U.S. Department...