If this issue is seen as the anchor of the region’s broader woes, that is not because the cold data bears it out, but because much of the world has been swayed by a decades-long propaganda effort initiated by the Soviet Union and its Arab allies.
Impact on U.S. Industry
The Israeli Air Force struck a Hezbollah drone launch position in Lebanon on May 9. Hezbollah is using First Person View (FPV) drones attached to fiber optic cables to attack Israeli soldiers. Fiber-optic...
For all the Russian president’s cultivated image as a geopolitical chess master, the board is starting to look empty
That’s why they’re so difficult to deter or constrain
Supercharging U.S. Statecraft, from an Economic Pentagon to the Near-Global Economy
The Islamic Republic can absorb air and missile strikes but cannot withstand economic collapse. Yet it risks such a collapse if it does not budge. President Donald Trump rejected Tehran’s proposal...
A state with public backing does not flood its cities with checkpoints, expand executions and shut down the internet.
The U.S. can win without Iran acknowledging it lost
On Easter Sunday, the White House issued a press release stating that under President Donald Trump’s leadership, “the U.S. is once again a beacon of religious liberty — honoring the biblical...
The “great, proud people of Iran” are not among them
The scandal thrust financial secrecy into the spotlight. Why is dirty money still such a big problem?
In the spirit of the Passover Seder, here is a guide for helping others to understand how — and why — Israel is facing down its enemies in the Middle East
The United States can seize the moment to support regime change and forge a strategic partnership with a democratic Iran that could yield over $1 trillion in revenue for American firms over the next decade. This...
The alternative is wars with our backs against the wall
The “largest child abduction case since World War 2” is set to be discussed by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. Congress. The March 25 hearing will focus on the Ukrainian...
Lebanon has made its choice. Instead of enforcing UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and its own cabinet’s decision to disarm Hezbollah, Beirut will allow the pro-Iran militia to keep its weapons but...
The Islamic Republic has been severely degraded, but it will continue to pose a threat to the Gulf.
The Islamic Republic of Iran is repeating history. Including its own mistakes.