It took quite a bit longer than it should have, but the State Department finally released its 2021 Country Reports on Terrorism. As ever, the document covers the countries that experienced attacks, those...
The U.S. Treasury Department and several UK agencies announced sanctions on Thursday against seven members of a Russia-based cybercriminal group known as Trickbot. While these sanctions — the first UK...
When Donald Trump won the presidency, an editor at a major liberal publication asked me if I would write a piece on why Trump should be denied access to the nation’s secrets . While I could sympathize...
Latest Developments The Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed on Friday that the FBI disrupted another plot to assassinate Brooklyn-based Iranian -American journalist Masih Alinejad. A federal court in...
The strongman leader of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, was due to attend a heads of state summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in Buenos Aires on Monday. Maduro planned to hold important...
There’s nothing wrong with deploying capital for economic growth — but Doha seeks to gain sway too.
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned on December 8 Sitki Ayan– a Turkish businessman and friend of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – accusing him and his companies of circumventing sanctions on Iran’s energy industry. According to Treasury, Ayan facilitated the sale of millions of dollars’ worth of oil for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF).
China’s Communist ruler isn’t just playing games
Kerry Gershaneck, a former US Marine officer and a university professor, speaks to The Sunday Guardian.
The shut-and-open case of Shireen Abu Akleh
How will the administration respond to the murder of an American citizen?
Israeli officials this week confirmed that the U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation into the death of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. The Palestinian-American journalist tragically died last May during an Israeli military counter-terror operation targeting Iran-sponsored Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in the West Bank city of Jenin. Israel has increased counter-terror operations in the West Bank in response to Tehran’s attempt to stoke violence. The Justice Department investigation, which appears to conflict with a previous U.S. government assessment that Israeli forces likely struck Abu Akleh unintentionally, could put U.S. and Israeli troops and other officials at increased risk for international investigations.
Two recent Supreme Court rulings in the United States may shed light on whether entities owned by foreign governments can claim immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA)...
Iran’s airlift does not rely on a massive fleet. The Biden administration’s sanctions arsenal can make a difference.
Right now, the eyes of the world are focused on Russian aggression in Ukraine and escalating threats from Vladimir Putin. But Russia’s playbook goes well beyond Ukraine, including retaliation against...
Last month, the Biden administration added four Iranian cargo planes to its U.S. Department of Commerce blacklist of aircraft involved in export control violations. Among the aircraft is a Boeing 747...
Last month, the Department of Justice unsealed a case against an Iranian agent charged with plotting the assassination of former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton. In the alleged murder-for-hire...
The U.S. Treasury Department issued two sets of sanctions against Iran in mid-September for its malicious cyber operations. While the sanctions and other corresponding U.S. government actions raise awareness...
A bipartisan group of 52 U.S. lawmakers asked President Joe Biden on Monday to deny Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi permission to visit New York for the UN General Assembly later this month. This would...
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