United States Senate

January 30, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Does Iran expect US retaliation for drone killing in Jordan?

Iran’s calculations are based on years in which Iran has carried out attacks around the region and has never faced any retaliation.

January 26, 2024 | John Hardie |

Ronald Reagan Would Never Betray Ukraine

Neither should Congress.

January 24, 2024 | Bonnie Glick, Richard Goldberg

Cut funding to organizations that are empowering Hamas

As Congress mulls its next moves on big federal spending bills, members of both political parties are refusing to confront an elephant in the room: Billions of taxpayer dollars are being sent to international...

January 15, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

Pathetic: As Hamas plays sick games with hostages 100 days in, Biden whines he’s losing patience with Israel

One hundred days. That’s reportedly how long the world’s only Jewish state is allowed to fight for its survival against a barbaric, Iranian-backed terrorist organization before President Biden loses...

January 8, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

With Tehran closer to nukes, Congress must end Biden’s Iran appeasement before it’s too late 

President Biden’s three years of appeasing Iran has brought the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism closer than ever to developing a nuclear weapon.  While most Americans were...

January 8, 2024 | Tzvi Kahn, Toby Dershowitz

Canada Must Impose Consequences on Iran for Downing Flight PS752

Today marks the fourth anniversary of Iran’s downing of Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752, killing all 176 people on board, including 85 Canadian citizens and permanent residents. The milestone...

December 18, 2023 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Biden Should Get Tough on Tehran to Better Stand with Israel Against Hamas

he Biden administration’s Middle East policy exhibits a troublesome contradiction impeding both its credibility and effectiveness. Despite its continuing support for Israel,...

December 17, 2023 | Cleo Paskal, Col. Grant Newsham

In the Pacific, U.S. bureaucracy messes up against PRC influence operation

I have no idea what the U.S. State Department was thinking. But if the goal was to help honest people in a highly strategic country that is also a close ally protect themselves against Chinese influence...

November 30, 2023 | Richard Goldberg |

Biden’s Imaginary Iran

Tehran’s hostility is clear, so why does the White House keep ignoring it?

November 9, 2023 | Richard Goldberg, Enia Krivine

Stop the UN from enabling Hamas war crimes

Congress can avoid subsidizing Hamas war crimes by halting aid to UNRWA until it changes

October 31, 2023 | Richard Goldberg |

A U.S. Ultimatum for Qatar: Stop Sheltering Hamas

If Doha continues backing the terror group, it should be held accountable for American hostages’ deaths.

October 23, 2023 | Michael Sugden, Elaine K. Dezenski

Hamas’ Cryptocurrency Use Draws Attention to Terror Finance Enforcement Gaps

More than 100 Democratic and Republican members of Congress sent a letter to the White House last Tuesday urging the Biden administration to take action to stop terrorist organizations from raising funds...

October 9, 2023 | Mark Dubowitz, Richard Goldberg

Turning Congressional Outrage Into Action: A U.S. Response to Hamas’ War Against Israel

A wheelchair-bound elderly woman is dragged through the streets. Young children are pulled from their beds away from their mothers. Music lovers are shot in cold blood at a peace concert. The horrific...

September 21, 2023 | Michael R. Pompeo, Aaron MacLean

Why it’s important to continue our support for Ukraine

Russian victory in Ukraine would give comfort and confidence to those who hate America

September 12, 2023 | Richard Goldberg |

Biden has a secret, illegal deal with Iran that gives mullahs everything they want

In the latest phase of an unacknowledged and unlawful nuclear deal between the United States and Iran, President Joe Biden this week formally approved giving the world’s leading state sponsor...

August 27, 2023 | Peter Doran |

The White House Must Close Its Hostage Bazaar With Iran And Russia

The setting was dramatic and the stakes were high. In the summer of 1987, millions of Americans tuned into the Iran-Contra hearings to witness Secretary of State George Shultz deliver a master class on...

August 23, 2023 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Scott Greytak

Attacking foreign corruption blunts China’s malign economic influence

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August 20, 2023 | Cleo Paskal |

In sign of weakness, pro-PRC Solomons PM avoids meeting US Congress members

PM Sogavare avoided meeting a US Congressional Delegation that was visiting the country. Not a single government minister met the two Members of Congress during their time in the capital, Honiara.

August 3, 2023 | Enia Krivine |

No normalization at any price

Biden pursues peace between Israel and Saudia Arabia as he prepares to betray both.

July 27, 2023 | Richard Goldberg |

American Military Aid to Israel Serves Both Countries Well

A response to a dangerous proposal