Wendy R. Sherman

Iran’s Nuclear Disarmament

The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security

Former Malaita Premier (and Noted China Critic) Gets Bipartisan Support for US Visa

Daniel Suidani became a symbol of resistance to China’s influence in Solomon Islands – until he was ousted from his post.

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: November

Sogavare staging a coup with Chinese characteristics

Excerpt Last week dignitaries, including US ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy, gathered for a dawn ceremony on Bloody Ridge in Solomon Islands to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the start of...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: January

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: November

Treasury Sanctions Jihadist Financiers in Turkey for the Seventh Time Since 2019

The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated five Turkey-based individuals on Thursday for providing a range of financial and travel facilitation services to al-Qaeda. The new designations — the seventh...

Biden Needs an Effective—and Coercive— Iran Strategy

The Biden administration seems to be on the wrong track. No strategy against the Islamic Republic of Iran can be effective without sustained coercive pressure. Going back in time, the situation is reminiscent...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late August

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Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early August

Biden needs to get China to cooperate with the pandemic’s origins investigation

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, acknowledged in mid-June that there was a “premature push” to dismiss the theory that COVID-19 initially spread from...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late July

Beijing Eyes New Military Bases Across the Indo-Pacific

Tanzania, Cambodia, and the UAE are on China’s wish list—and now Kiribati, within striking distance of Hawaii.

The US Must Punish Iran’s Regime For Its Lethal Homophobia

As LGBTQ Pride Month concludes in the free and democratic world, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s totalitarian regime continues to violently oppress and eliminate sexual minorities. The existence of the...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early June

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late May

Biden and Obama Previously Defended Non-Nuclear Sanctions on Iran

Obama Officials Support U.S. Unilateral Snapback of Iran Sanctions

When Iran and world powers concluded the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), President Barack Obama and senior officials in his administration repeatedly...

The imperative of deterrence

We invite aggression if our enemies believe “America cannot do a damn thing”