When Iran and world powers concluded the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), President Barack Obama and senior officials in his administration repeatedly...
Obama holdovers run U.S. global media, and they’re not giving it up
A History of Anti-Israel Boycotts, From the Arab League to BDS
The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019 will now head to the president’s desk as part of Congress’ annual defense authorization bill, which the Senate approved on Tuesday following House action...
Trump’s ongoing bromance with Turkey’s authoritarian leader notwithstanding, Congress and the Administration must act to make clear that the United States isn’t giving Erdoğan a blank check to act in the Middle East.
Earlier this year, Al-Qaeda released a video emphasizing its unity with the Taliban. The production was entitled, “Under the Shade of the Islamic Emirate.” Note: On Sept. 19, Thomas Joscelyn testified...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the opening of Russia’s international air show, MAKS, on Tuesday as the guest of his counterpart Vladimir Putin. Despite its NATO membership, Turkey has...
BESA Center Online Debate No. 18
Trittin, along with 15 Green Party MPs, spoke against the May anti-BDS resolution because, they claim, it endangers free speech. The resolution is non-binding.
Al Qaeda is operating “across the country” and not confined to one region, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan confirmed. General Austin Miller, the commander of Resolute Support...
Muscat’s Balancing Act Between Iran and America
While testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) in July 2016, Zalmay Khalilzad said that Pakistan should be designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism because it is an ardent suppor...
That Tehran believed it was necessary to preserve information in an extensive warehouse reinforces concerns that it has never abandoned its ambitions to develop nuclear weapons.
Winter is coming for Hezbollah in Europe. The Iranian-backed Lebanese terrorist organization has been able to operate more openly on the continent than elsewhere because the European Union and most Eu...
Iran’s Use of Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare
Architects of Human Rights Abuse in the Islamic Republic
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
Subcommittee on National Security
Western Nationals in Turkish Prisons