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December 1, 2020
The End of Arab Nationalism
When last summer the Trump administration brokered the Abraham Accords—a peace agreement between Israel and the two Gulf states of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates—much commentary focused on their...
November 30, 2020
American Advocates Open Pharmacy for Displaced Syrians Deprived of Aid by Assad Regime
The Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF), an American non-profit organization, announced the opening last week of a no-cost pharmacy in the al-Rukban camp for displaced Syrians. The camp hosts 10,000 to 12,000...
November 30, 2020
Note to Mohammed bin Salman: Stop Digging Yourself Deeper
Late on Nov. 22, flight-tracking websites monitored a business jet, frequently used by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, making a five-hour round trip from Tel Aviv to Neom, the futuristic city...
November 30, 2020
Biden Should Heed the Concern of Israel and Arab Nations Regarding Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu visited Saudi Arabia last week to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS). The summit was historic, and could yield a long-sought normalization...
November 30, 2020
Israel must speak to Biden with a clear voice on future Iran negotiations
With President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, the United States is widely expected to re-enter negotiations with Iran. In advance of the election, some advisers to Biden circulated a white paper exploring...
November 29, 2020
Another Bold Strike Against Iran
Any American intelligence operative who’s worked on Iran has to tip his hat to Israel’s Mossad. The assassination Friday of Iran’s pre-eminent atomic-bomb scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, and, even...
November 27, 2020
Let this be a warning to Biden: Iran has been cheating this whole time
Friday’s apparent assassination of the founder of Iran’s nuclear weapons program wasn’t just a setback for the regime’s nuclear ambitions — it was a timely reminder that the Iran nuclear deal...
November 25, 2020
Who Votes With Russia at the OPCW?
November 25, 2020
Biden Must Not Give in to North Korea’s Demand for Early Sanctions Relief
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden suggested during his campaign that he will engage in “principled diplomacy” with North Korea to achieve denuclearization. Pyongyang has yet to recognize Biden as the...
November 25, 2020
The Armenia-Azerbaijan War: Downgrading Iran’s Regional Role
The security architecture emerging in the South Caucasus following the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan led to significant changes for the region’s three main powers: Russia and Turkey gained increased...
November 25, 2020
Biden Need Only Look to Australia to See What to Expect From China
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope all of you enjoy a healthy and happy holiday, at least as much as you can during this ongoing pandemic. America’s adversaries and enemies won’t break for the holiday, so let’s...
November 25, 2020
Iranian Proxies in Bahrain Determined to Sabotage Peace With Israel
Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani made history on Wednesday, becoming the first-ever minister from the island kingdom to conduct an official visit to Israel. The visit marked the second meeting...
November 25, 2020
The death of a guest of the Ayatollah
The assassins were professionals and they had planned carefully. On Aug. 7, 2020, around 9 o’clock on a warm evening, they rode a motorcycle down a street in Pasdaran, a well-off Tehran neighborhood....
November 25, 2020
The Election Nobody is Talking About: Leading the WTO
For months, the world’s attention has been consumed by the race for the White House. Little attention, however, has been paid to another important international election—that of the next director...
November 24, 2020
Follow the Money: Exposing China’s Influence Operations at Academic Institutions and Think Tanks
Secretary of State Michael Pompeo issued an ultimatum last month to think tanks and academic institutions around the country: Publicly disclose funding received from foreign governments or risk losing access...
November 24, 2020
Getting Erdogan’s Turkey Right: Reflections on Ambassador Jeffrey’s Exit Interview
In a recent exit interview with Defense One, Ambassador James F. Jeffrey, the outgoing special representative for Syria engagement, asserted that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey poses challenges...
November 24, 2020
Rushed Afghanistan Drawdown Likely to Benefit Al-Qaeda
Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller announced last week an order to reduce U.S. troops in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500, to be completed by January 15, 2021. Justified as a move to end “perpetual...
November 24, 2020
What Saudi Arabia Is Thinking
The last few months have brought a series of historic firsts to the Middle East, a region that for all its regular news-making has been stuck in a decades-long strategic stasis. Another first reportedly...
November 23, 2020
How Trump can expose biggest lie in Middle East: Palestinian ‘refugee’ myth
The Trump administration may be on its way out, but it can still advance American interests between now and January. This is particularly true in the Middle East, where White House policies have arguably...
November 23, 2020
Treasury Sanctions Companies Exporting North Korean Labor to Russia
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned one Russian and one North Korean company on Thursday for facilitating the exportation of North Korean forced labor to generate revenue for the Kim Jong Un regime....
November 23, 2020
Washington Can Help Free Turkey’s Highest-Profile Prisoner of Conscience
Among advocates for Turkey’s minorities, Osman Kavala is a secular saint. As a philanthropist, he has been the benefactor of initiatives to document and restore heritage sites, support arts and...
November 21, 2020
Successful SM-3 weapons test offers missile defense opportunity
[This article was published in Defense News on November 21, 2020. The version below contains the complete set of hyperlinks to sources referenced in the piece.] The United States this week successfully...
November 20, 2020
Trump Should Act Against Russia’s Use of Chemical Weapons
Donald J. Trump, who has repeatedly claimed that no president has been “as tough on Russia as I have been,” has an opportunity to make good on that claim — and cement a legacy as a champion of...
November 20, 2020
Middle East Deals Should Include Nuclear Energy Collaboration
State legislatures will not report official results of the 2020 presidential election until December. Assuming legal challenges don’t change those results, Joe Biden will become president in January....
November 19, 2020
UN condemns Iran’s extrajudicial killing of champion wrestler
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday cited the Iranian regime’s hanging of the champion Greco-Roman wrestler Navid Afkari in a resolution that condemned the regime for its widespread human...
November 19, 2020
No, It’s Not Surprising That Abu Muhammad al-Masri Was Living in Iran
On August 7, Israeli operatives, acting at the behest of American officials, gunned down the deputy emir of al-Qaeda in a well-to-do suburb of Tehran, Iran. The al-Qaeda leader, a veteran jihadist known...
November 19, 2020
Biden and Erdogan: Five Potential Flashpoints in US-Turkish Relations
President Donald Trump shielded his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan from the consequences of buying proscribed Russian weapons, evading US sanctions on Iran, holding US consular workers hostage,...
November 18, 2020
The world order is being hijacked
With the defeat of the Axis Power in 1945, the United States emerged as the strongest military, economic and cultural power on earth. Rather than emulate hegemons of the past, American leaders envisioned...
November 17, 2020
Iranian disabled bodybuilder jailed for questioning coronavirus restrictions, sparks calls for execution
The arrest of an Iranian champion disabled bodybuilder for allegedly merely questioning why gyms are closed while Muslim shrines remain open amid the coronavirus pandemic has sparked calls for his execution...
November 17, 2020
The United Nations stands in the way of Arab-Israeli peace
The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, which recently normalized relations with Israel by signing the Abraham Accords, nonetheless supported seven United Nations General Assembly resolutions singling out...
November 17, 2020
How To Build Upon Recent Progress in the Middle East
Litigation surrounding the 2020 presidential election is set to continue for a while, as state legislatures will not report official results until December. Assuming nothing changes, Biden will enter the...
November 16, 2020
For Joe Biden, Restoring the ROK-U.S. Alliance is Critical for Any Successful North Korea Policy
he incoming U.S. administration faces an uphill battle on the Korean peninsula. While North Korea continues developing and showcasing new weapons, the ROK/U.S. alliance has become more strained....
November 16, 2020
Reforming the National Security Council to Confront the China challenge
Excerpt The China challenge looms large for President-elect Biden’s national security team. As Washington prepares for the transition, it is clear that one of the Trump administration’s legacies will...
November 12, 2020
Tehran will pardon 150+ political prisoners. Here’s why…
November 12, 2020
America’s Biggest Adversaries Have Been Mostly Silent on Biden’s Election
Like the rest of us, America’s foreign foes watched the 2020 U.S. presidential election closely. They know that many foreign policy issues hang in the balance. Some of the noisy reactions have been entirely...
November 12, 2020
Biden Must Act to Make Sure Sudan-Israel Peace Lasts
The Biden administration has pledged to promote democracy overseas and to continue pursuing normalization between Arab states and Israel. Sudan, amidst a precarious but promising transition away from a...
November 12, 2020
With air bases at risk, Agile Combat Employment must mature
China and Russia can increasingly hold overseas U.S. bases at risk. To adapt, the Air Force must evolve from its dependence on well-established airfields, or risk yielding an operational edge. Beijing’s...
November 11, 2020
The death threat to free speech in France
Suppose you’re a teacher, and you’re French, and you want your students to learn about France’s tradition of freedom, the reasons your nation believes it’s good and useful to tolerate a wide range...
November 10, 2020
Evolution Toward Revolution: The Development of Street Protests In The Islamic Republic of Iran
Excerpt Protests are a regular feature of life in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Using street power to advance incremental change or voice frustration with government policy, protests—such as those in...
November 9, 2020
Erdoğan continues repression of Kurdish political and cultural rights
The year 2020 has been especially difficult for Turkey’s already embattled Kurdish population. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) continue to imprison Kurdish...
November 9, 2020
Is Iran Sending Weapons to Venezuela? And How Is the U.S. Responding?
Is Iran escalating tensions between Washington and Caracas by delivering advanced weapons systems to Venezuela? In August, Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro said that buying Iranian missiles was “a...
November 8, 2020
Turkish bank rulings should be a wakeup call for global financial institutions
Turkish banks are taking a beating in American courts. First, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) refused to dismiss an indictment accusing Halkbank, majority-owned by the Turkish...
November 6, 2020
Turkey Fines Global Social Media Platforms in Desperate Bid to Stifle Online Dissent
The Turkish government announced on Wednesday its decision to fine Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube 10 million liras ($1.175 million) each for failing to comply with a new law...
November 5, 2020
Designating Tehran Stock Exchange Would Increase Washington’s Leverage
The main index of the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) has plummeted 40 percent from the all-time high it reached in early August, while institutional investors face allegations they exploited government ties...
November 4, 2020
Sharansky’s journeys
In the Soviet Union of the 1970s it wasn’t hard to meet Russians who knew the Communist system was incorrigibly corrupt, dysfunctional, and oppressive. But it was one thing to whisper such truths to trusted...
November 4, 2020
How To Maintain Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge
The Arab-Israel conflict appears to be waning. Three Arab countries—the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Sudan—recently announced normalization agreements with Israel. More (Oman, Saudi Arabia,...
November 3, 2020
Islamic State claims terrorist attack in Vienna
The Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency has released a statement and shared a video claiming responsibility for the terrorist attack in Vienna, Austria yesterday (Nov. 2). At least four people were killed...
November 3, 2020
Great Power Competition Comes Home to America
When the results of today’s elections are finally known, American leaders will have a choice whether to heal or deepen political divides between fellow citizens of good faith. These decisions will...
November 3, 2020
Trump or Biden, Iran’s theocracy is doomed
The Islamic Republic in Iran, deeply worried about its survival, is watching the U.S. presidential election with trepidation. The reelection of President Trump would likely lead to a continuation of his...
November 3, 2020
Zarrab Was Not the Only Iranian Ringleader to Exploit Turkey’s Permissive Jurisdiction
Reza Zarrab, the Turkey-based ringleader of Iran’s sanctions-evasion network who laundered over $20 billion in the biggest sanctions-evasion scheme in recent history, continues to make headlines. A...
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