Biden’s Persian Gulf policy benefits China
The Biden administration has put Washington’s Arab allies in the Persian Gulf on notice. Since Jan. 20, the White House has made several decisions that have harmed those allies and strengthened Tehran’s...
World Bank
Biden Must Act to Make Sure Sudan-Israel Peace Lasts
Unless appropriately bolstered, progress towards Sudan-Israel peace risks stalling or worse. History shows that steps towards peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors can collapse in the absence of sufficient traction.
Op-eds
Lebanon Is Collapsing and Urgent Reform Is Desperately Needed
Lebanon is unraveling. Last year’s massive public protests over the government’s failure to collect trash or provide other key services now seem like minor quibbles. The COVID-19 pandemic has...
Op-eds
COVID-19 in Morocco
Although Morocco seems to have escaped the worst of the pandemic with a relatively low number of confirmed cases and deaths, the COVID-19 crisis has devastated the country’s economy. Morocco, which has...
Policy Briefs
Israeli and American Strategic Opportunities Amidst the COVID-19 Crisis
Albert Einstein once said that in the middle of any difficulty lies an opportunity. The COVID-19 pandemic poses enormous challenges to the Middle East, but the strategic opportunities for the United States...
Insights
Trump’s New China Strategy Must Focus on International Organizations
The White House released the “United States Strategic Approach to the People’s Republic of China” last month, outlining the Trump administration’s “National Security Strategy as it applies most...
Policy Briefs
The U.S.-Iraqi Relationship Is Coming to a Head—and That’s a Good Thing
After 17 years, there is little love left between Washington and Baghdad. Upcoming talks may be the last opportunity to save their dysfunctional partnership.
Op-eds
Lebanon, Hezbollah, and COVID-19
In response to the pandemic, the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah has waged an aggressive public relations campaign aimed at displaying its primacy within Lebanon. This campaign has also demonstrated...
Policy Briefs
Countering a Corrupt China
How Covid-19 Has Exposed the Regime’s Power Plays
Op-eds
Don’t fall for Hezbollah’s coronavirus con
Lebanon announced this month it was defaulting on all of its outstanding debt payments for the year, including $1.2 billion in eurobonds due in March. There are another $3.4 billion worth of eurobonds coming...
Op-eds
Coronavirus Dashes Iranian Hopes of Emerging from Multi-Year Recession
After a catastrophic year in which Iran’s clerical dictatorship watched the country’s economy shrink by 9.5 percent under pressure from U.S. sanctions, the first weeks of 2020 brought some hope that...
Insights
The viruses of Lebanon
More debilitating than COVID-19 are the terrorists beholden to Iran’s rulers
Op-eds
Bernie Sanders Gets China’s Economy Exactly Wrong
The economic growth came from the kind of liberal reforms that he hates.
Op-eds
How Iran’s regime set off a coronavirus bomb on its own economy
The coronavirus has shattered any hope of the Iranian economy clawing out from under two years of deep recession. To the ruling regime’s chagrin, the virus has begun to adversely affect precisely those...
Op-eds
Trump’s Iran strategy is working. Here’s why
President Trump’s “maximum pressure” strategy against Iran is working, despite warnings of a backlash against the U.S. for the economic sanctions he has imposed on the Islamic Republic. As protests...
Op-eds
There could be trouble ahead for Saudi Arabia’s economy
The stars of the business world returned last week to Saudi Arabia’s so-called Davos in the Desert, a conference formally known as the Future Investment Initiative (FII). Last year, several CEOs...
Op-eds
Iran’s Regime Charges Woman with ‘Normalizing Same-Sex Relations’
The activist, Rezvaneh Mohammad, could face five years in prison.
Op-eds
Hezbollah is Set to Control Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health
While negotiations over the formation of the new Lebanese government are still ongoing, the Lebanese press published last week the ...
Policy Briefs
FDD Resource Guide Documents Risks Facing German Companies that Do Business with Iran
New Guide Helps Banks, Companies, Compliance Managers, and Policymakers Assess Hazards
Press Releases
IMF and World Bank Predict Economic Slowdown in Iran
The IMF and World Bank this month released data predicting Iran’s economy will shrink over the next two years. This data follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement in May to leave the Iran...