United States Senate

April 5, 2022 | Zane Zovak |

Why the IOC Doesn’t Deserve Gold for Its Olympics Campaign

While more than 1 million Uyghurs and other minorities suffer mass detention, forced labor and torture in Xinjiang in western China, many of the world’s greatest athletes competed in Beijing at the...

April 1, 2022 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Congress Invests in National Cyber Resilience but Misses Important Opportunities in the Consolidated Appropriations Act

Congress’s newly completed annual appropriations bill provides significant funding increases for a number of critical cybersecurity programs, including for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...

March 18, 2022 | John Hardie, Matthew Zweig

U.S. Should Seize and Sell Assets of Sanctioned Russian Elites to Aid Ukraine

A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation on Tuesday that would enable Washington to seize and sell assets of sanctioned Russian elites and then use the proceeds to support Ukraine. As Washington...

March 14, 2022 | Orde Kittrie |

Lifting Human Rights Sanctions on Iran Would Be a Mistake

Lifting pressure on human rights abusers is not necessary to negotiate effective arms control agreements.

March 14, 2022 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Annie Fixler

Reconciliation of China bills in Congress could produce big cybersecurity wins

Excerpt Congress deserves mixed grades for its recent efforts to strengthen the nation’s cybersecurity and improve the resilience of its critical infrastructure. If Republicans and Democrats can find...

March 10, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

How Iran is Making Inroads in South America

Al Mustafa International University in Qom caters to converts in their native language. Some of them come home to run for office.

March 4, 2022 | Richard Goldberg |

Biden’s Coming Iran Deal Will Be Even Worse than Obama’s

What the U.S. is agreeing to in Vienna is a shorter and weaker agreement that provides even more sanctions relief in exchange for fewer restrictions.

March 2, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Russia, Ukraine, and the West’s grand delusion

Freedom must be defended or surrendered – there’s no third option

February 24, 2022 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Trevor Logan

Senators Want More Out of SEC’s Proposed Rules on Cybersecurity

A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this month, urging it to require publicly traded companies to disclose information about cybersecurity...

February 22, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer, Richard Goldberg

Ben & Jerry’s Ukraine Tweet Is Not Just About Russia

Ben & Jerry’s is now a cautionary tale on the dangers of the Environmental, Social, Governance movement run amok.

February 17, 2022 | Mark Dubowitz, Bradley Bowman

Biden’s Weakness Puts Strong Iran Deal Out of Reach

Talks on Iran’s nuclear program in Vienna are entering a pivotal stage. President Joe Biden, viewed increasingly by Americans as a weak leader, is eager for a policy win. Sensing Biden’s weakness,...

February 4, 2022 | Jacob Nagel, Mark Dubowitz

Biden Must Learn From the JCPOA’s Mistakes

The parties to the Vienna talks on Iran’s nuclear program have returned to their capitals and are expected to reconvene soon for a final round. There are signs that the next round could see an announced...

February 4, 2022 | Richard Goldberg |

The New Worst Deal in History

Iran was under extreme pressure a year ago. Now it’s on the verge of a deal with better terms than the original JCPOA.

January 28, 2022 | Annie Fixler, Trevor Logan

Administration Urges Congress to Fund Semiconductor Production Amid New Data on Shortages

A “major supply and demand mismatch” pervades the semiconductor industry, the Commerce Department concluded in a report released on Tuesday. Identifying specific supply chain bottlenecks as well as...

January 20, 2022 | David Adesnik |

Congress Delivers Bipartisan Warning to Biden on Syria Policy

The chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate committees on foreign relations sent a letter last week to President Joe Biden warning him that “[t]acit approval of formal diplomatic engagement...

January 19, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

All the president’s enemies

Mitch McConnell is no Vladimir Putin

December 20, 2021 | Shany Mor, Enia Krivine

Stick to status quo on Jerusalem consulate

“There is no room for another American Consulate in Jerusalem,” Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said last month . The problem is that’s exactly what Joe Biden promised during his presidential...

December 13, 2021 | David Adesnik |

Biden Administration Limits Itself to Symbolic Sanctions on Syria

The Treasury Department imposed sanctions on five Syrian military officers last week, including commanders with direct responsibility for the use of chemical weapons against civilians. While these five...

December 1, 2021 | Zane Zovak |

China Seeks to Exploit Interpol Leadership Role to Hunt Dissidents

Interpol’s General Assembly voted last week to elect a senior Chinese public security official, Hu Binchen, to serve on the international police organization’s 13-member Executive Committee. The election...

November 23, 2021 | Richard Goldberg |

How America Lost Its Leverage on Iran

Ten years ago, two senators, one Republican and one Democrat, joined together to force America to sanction Iran. In the years since, the leverage they built has dissipated. Why?