The Strongman Cometh
Why Erdoğan suddenly has a problem with Finland and Sweden joining NATO.
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State Department Report Glosses Over Assad’s Narco-Trafficking Wealth
In a congressionally mandated report issued last week, the State Department made a single passing reference to drug trafficking as a source of wealth for the family of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. The...
Policy Briefs
Senate Unanimously Approves Lend-Lease Act to Expedite Aid to Ukraine
After months of delay, the Senate last Wednesday unanimously passed legislation to accelerate the delivery of defense equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries. However, the House has yet...
Policy Briefs
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...
Policy Briefs
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.
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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.
Op-eds
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.
Op-eds
Russia, Ukraine, and the West’s grand delusion
Freedom must be defended or surrendered – there’s no third option
Op-eds
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...
Policy Briefs
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.
Op-eds
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,...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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.
Op-eds
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...
Policy Briefs
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...
Policy Briefs
All the president’s enemies
Mitch McConnell is no Vladimir Putin
Op-eds
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...