United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

September 24, 2024 | Orde Kittrie |

Senate Committee Postpones Consideration of Bill Sanctioning ICC Officials

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote tomorrow on a House-passed bill to impose sanctions on prosecutor Karim Khan and other International Criminal Court (ICC) officials for abusing their authorities...

September 20, 2024 | David Adesnik, Matthew Zweig

Senate Moves to Extend and Toughen Caesar Act Sanctions on Syrian Regime

The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), proposed a late amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act on September 11 that includes a four-year extension of...

June 5, 2024 | |

U.S. House of Representatives Votes for Sanctions Against International Criminal Court

The U.S. House of Representatives voted by a comfortable majority on June 4 to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) following its prosecutor’s decision to...

October 12, 2023 | Tony Badran |

Was Biden’s Speech as Pro-Israel as You Think?

No. Because it was missing the only word that matters.

October 2, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey Defies Rule of Law With Life Sentence for Rights Activist

Turkey’s highest appeals court last week upheld a life-long prison sentence for human rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala. The court’s decision violates several binding rulings by the European...

August 2, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Chasing The Mirage of Turkey’s Western Orientation

Turkey’s president might seem like he is shifting the country’s foreign policy back to the West. But Erdogan is simply an opportunist.

July 14, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Will Sweden Actually Be Admitted Into NATO?

If President Erdogan wanted to ratify Sweden’s accession, he could convene the Turkish parliament within a matter of days for a special session.

June 9, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Biden Should Demand More From Turkey Before Selling F-16s

Turkey’s elections are over, and the scramble now begins to get Turkey to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership at the alliance’s Vilnius summit. U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony...

May 3, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

The new – or perhaps renewed – Cold War

You can’t win it if you don’t know you’re in it

April 24, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi, Ryan Brobst, Bradley Bowman

Eyeing Congress, Biden Administration Approves Possible F-16 Equipment Sale to Turkey

The Biden administration announced on April 17 its approval of a possible foreign military sale to Turkey to support Ankara’s existing F-16 fighter jet fleet, totaling an estimated $259 million. Washington’s...

March 27, 2023 | |

Lawmakers, Former Top Officials Offer Bipartisan Rebuke of Biden’s Syria Policy

Earlier today, an open letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned the administration’s passive response to Arab governments’ accelerating normalization...

February 26, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Will Erdogan Embrace The West?

It may not have seemed like it at the time, but the devastating earthquakes which hit Turkey on February 6 postponed a crisis. In recent weeks, Washington has demonstrated its solidarity with Turkey by providing...

January 23, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Congress Questions Biden Plan to Sell F-16s to Turkey

The Biden administration informally notified Congress of its intention to sell 40 new F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, along with 79 upgrade kits to modernize the Turkish Air Force’s existing F-16 fleet....

November 7, 2022 | Eric S. Edelman, David J. Kramer

Now Is Not the Time to Negotiate with Putin

Pushing for negotiations could undermine the morale of the Ukrainians fighting in the field.

August 31, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Pelosi’s promise

Showing up in Taiwan is not enough

August 5, 2022 | Bradley Bowman, Jack Sullivan

U.S. Senate votes 95-1 to add Finland and Sweden to NATO alliance

The U.S. Senate voted 95-1 on Wednesday to add Finland and Sweden to the NATO alliance. The overwhelming vote is a major rebuke of Russian President Vladimir Putin and a resounding expression of American...

August 2, 2022 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Bradley Bowman

As Pelosi visits Taiwan, don’t miss the action on China in Congress

All eyes are understandably on Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan this week as Beijing issues threats and rattles its saber. But those interested in supporting the free people of Taiwan...

June 29, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

The world as it is

Nikki Haley’s approach is not based on wishful thinking

June 17, 2022 | David Adesnik |

Across Party Lines, Senators Tell Biden to Get Tough on Assad

At a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week, senators from across the political spectrum pressed the Biden administration to isolate Syria’s criminal regime and fully enforce the...

May 31, 2022 | Jacob Nagel, Richard Goldberg

Don’t Let Iran Humiliate the IAEA Again

New reporting and an IAEA assessment reveal that Iran is in violation of both the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the JCPOA.