Hezbollah was quick to reject the latest Israel-Lebanon ceasefire brokered by the United States this week. It did so despite President Donald Trump floating direct talks with the Iranian-backed terrorist...
“The lifting of sanctions is the primary step toward revitalizing the Syrian economy,” Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa told President Donald Trump during a phone call on May 31. In...
After decades of courting foreign investment, Beijing is now working to stop the flow of funds going the other way. On June 1, China’s State Council published new rules tightening...
Opponents of U.S. sanctions often cite Cuba as “Exhibit A” for why sanctions don’t work. The United States has maintained an embargo on the island for more than six decades — but to what end? Cuba’s...
Promises from Iran-backed militias in Iraq can never be taken at face value. Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), an Iran-backed militia in Iraq designated by Washington as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO)...
After an interval of 26 years, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has again captured Beaufort Castle, a 12th century fortress that occupies strategic high ground in the South Lebanon Security Zone that was...
The United States may have allowed American firms to sell an untold number of high-end chips to China for over a year. On May 31, the Commerce Department issued guidance clarifying new enforcement...
A new U.S.-Iran nuclear deal may soon emerge — or at least an initial memorandum of understanding (MOU) to be fleshed out over 60 days. President Donald Trump pledged on May 27 that the United States...
Volvo will be staying in the American market despite concerns that its vehicles may vacuum up data for delivery to the firm’s majority shareholders in China. On May 27, Bloomberg reported that the...
Reversing a lower court’s decision, a federal appeals court has temporarily reinstated U.S. sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the UN envoy who, according to the State Department, “has spewed unabashed...
For two days in Beijing last week, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping leaned into the familiar theater of great-power diplomacy. Trump said it was an “honor” to be Xi’s friend...
A dispute over Kurdish political representation and cultural rights is emerging as the primary fault line in the Syrian government’s process of integration with the Kurdish-run semi-autonomous region...
Amid the ongoing, fitful diplomacy to end the war between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, the conflict’s second front, between Lebanon and Israel, is picking up pace. While Israel...
Has the Islamic Republic of Iran been defanged, or did the United States and Israel fail to set back the Middle East’s preeminent ballistic missile power? The answer is more complex than headlines indicate. With...
While Iran has strangled Kuwait and Qatar’s ability to export energy and fund repairs for costly damage inflicted by Iranian attacks, Saudi Arabia has done nothing to challenge Tehran. Instead, Riyadh—the...
Now seeking a fourth term in office, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is moving quickly to disarm the Republican People’s Party (CHP).
The sanctions imposed by the United States against Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for “human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967,” are the focus of a legal...
In the 1950s, the United States invented the shipping container, revolutionizing global trade. Today, China makes almost all of them — and just got caught fixing the price. On May 19, the U.S. Department...
This spring is summit season in Beijing. Russian leader Vladmir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for a two-day summit on May 20 to 21 and signed 40 limited agreements covering...