“What is the purpose of the U.N.?”
President Trump poses an essential question
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Lebanon’s new government, the absent “resistance” Clause, and Hezbollah’s fate
Lebanon officially has a new government. On January 13, 2025, Nawaf Salam was appointed prime minister-designate and tasked with cobbling together a cabinet. He accomplished this task by February...
Op-eds
The fantasy of multipolarity
It would lead to brave new world order dominated by Chinese Communists
Op-eds
A Three Part Plan To Enhance President Yoon’s North Korea Strategy: Toward A Free And Unified Korea
On August 15th, in his Liberation Day speech, President Yoon described his “audacious initiative” for North Korea. In summary, it is an economic engagement proposal that is intended to be a first step...
Op-eds
Investors Should Demand Transparency From ESG Research Firms
End-of-year data show that in 2021, investment surged in stocks rated positively by financial research firms on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria, which include an ever-growing list of...
Insights
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...
Policy Briefs
The authoritarian conquest of the UN
Accommodation and engagement are no solution
Op-eds
UN Elects Worst Violators to Human Rights Council
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday overwhelmingly elected China, Cuba, Gabon, Pakistan, Russia, and Uzbekistan as members of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The election underscores...
Policy Briefs
As UN celebrates 75th anniversary, dictators still dominate
The United Nations is currently celebrating its 75th anniversary, but hold the applause. The global body has still failed to address the two key issues that undermine its legitimacy in the United States:...
Op-eds
The UN General Assembly at 75
It’s not the organization it used to be and never was
Op-eds
Post-COVID, Let’s Leverage International Organizations to Slow Down China
In a sign that not all hope has been lost in combating China’s efforts to co-opt international organizations (IO), Beijing recently suffered a bruising defeat at the hands of the World Trade Organization...
Op-eds
Iran refuses to release Christian prisoners amid coronavirus outbreak while EU sends millions in aid
Iran’s theocratic rulers have temporarily released some 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners, in an effort to prevent the spread of the Middle East’s worst coronavirus outbreak, but have...
Op-eds
Torture TV
The Case for Sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s State-Run Media
Monographs
Trump launches global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality
A report from The Jerusalem Post on death penalty for Iranian gays played a role in ending criminalization of gays.
Op-eds
U.S. Ambassador to Germany: ‘Horrific Actions’ of Iran Equal to ISIS
"The recent press reports that the Iranian regime publicly hanged a 31-year-old man for being gay should be a wake-up call for anyone."
Op-eds
Iran hangs man on anti-gay charge — as Europe turns blind eye to human rights abuses and tries to circumvent US sanctions
The Islamic Republic of Iran executed a man in January for an alleged violatio...
Op-eds
China Prevents a UN Security Council Meeting on North Korean Human Rights
The UN observes Human Rights Day each year on December 10, the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, signed exactly 70 yea...
Policy Briefs
Advancing freedom of religion globally
Twenty years ago, President Clinton, with bipartisan support, signed into law the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA). The intention: to enshrine religious freedom as a core component of A...
Op-eds
U.S. Should Sanction Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)
In an interview last week with Bloomberg’s Eli Lake, Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi...
Policy Briefs
Putin imperils religious freedom
Co-written by John Ruskay While Russia’s foreign policy was frequently discussed during this election year, Russian policy at home merits similar scrutiny by the American...