U.S. Needs a New ICC Strategy
The State Department announced sanctions yesterday on two senior officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for their role in an “unjust and illegitimate investigation” of alleged war crimes...
United States House of Representatives
Don’t Let Iran Blow Up the U.N. Security Council
As a critical vote approaches, the fate of Iran nuclear sanctions—and decades of multilateralism—lies in the hands of Britain and France.
Op-eds
How the Middle East Can Hedge Against a Biden Presidency
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are in for a rude awakening if former Vice President Joe Biden defeats President Donald Trump in November and Democrats take control of the U.S. Senate in...
Op-eds
Maximize Pressure on Iran: Fortify the Sanctions Wall
The Islamic Republic of Iran is in crisis. U.S. sanctions have crippled the country’s economy. Protests over the regime’s failed policies continue. The Islamic Republic has reportedly even reduced force...
Op-eds
Congressional Momentum Builds to Establish U.S.-Israel Working Group
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) released its version of the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Tuesday, and it includes a provision to require the establishment of...
Insights
Extend the Arms Embargo on Iran
In line with a request issued Monday by 387 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is preparing a diplomatic campaign to block one of the most damaging concessions...
Op-eds
The JCPOA May Not See Its Five-Year Anniversary
Two years after the United States withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the agreement’s future hangs in the balance as Washington threatens to restore all UN sanctions on the Islamic Republic, thereby...
Policy Briefs
As U.S. Struggles with Coronavirus, Moscow Probes American Defenses
As the Coronavirus crisis escalated earlier this month in the United States, Moscow repeatedly sent Tu-142 long-range reconnaissance aircraft to probe America’s homeland defenses. The incursions into...
Policy Briefs
Building a resilient cyber future
During the early days of the Cold War, American planners wrestled with the emerging challenge of deterring a Soviet nuclear strike. Recognizing the destructive potential of nuclear weapons, the U.S. opted...
Op-eds
New U.S. Weapon Strengthens Nuclear Deterrence of Moscow
The Department of Defense announced this week that the U.S. Navy has deployed a low-yield submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) nuclear warhead. This deployment, which aims to deter Russia’s first-use...
Policy Briefs
Nixing the Iran Deal Would Be Better Than a Fake Fix
President Donald Trump issued this month his final ultimatum to Congress regarding the Obama-era Iran nuclear agreement: You fix it, or I’ll nix it. But in laying out his criteria...
Op-eds
Nixing the Iran Deal Would Be Better Than a Fake Fix
President Donald Trump issued this month his final ultimatum to Congress regarding the Obama-era Iran nuclear agreement: You fix it, or I’ll nix it. But in laying out his criteria...
Op-eds
House Passes Sanctions Targeting Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation targeting the Islamic Republic of Iran’s ballistic missile program and its enablers. The bill –...
Policy Briefs
American Policy in Lebanon Isn’t Policy. It’s Poetry.
The commander of Lebanon’s Armed Forces (LAF), General Joseph Aoun, was in Washington on an official ...
Op-eds
Congress Moves to Reassert Itself in Iran Policy Oversight
This week, Congress moved to sanction Iran, North Korea, and Russia in an attempt to reestablish the utility of financial restraints as a means of challenging the malign behavior of hostile regim...
Policy Briefs
North Korea Takes another American Hostage
North Korea detained an American academic on Saturday as he was preparing to leave the country, joining two other Americans already serving harsh sentences there. His capture is part of a pattern...
Policy Briefs
Congress Introduces Bill to Combat BDS Worldwide
Congress introduced the Protecting Israel Against Economi...
Policy Briefs
House of Representatives Passes Bill Prohibiting Future Cash Payments to Iran
The House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill Thursday evening that would prohibit future cash payments to Iran. The Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act passed by a vo...
Op-eds
Don’t Give Iran Cash
Iran is once again the center of a heated debate between the Barack Obama administration and Republicans in Congress, this time over whether the United States’ $1.7...
Op-eds
What’s Next for Saudi Terrorism Bill?
Congress approved the...