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February 16, 2025
Reza Pahlavi at CPAC? Big mistakeCPAC has long been a bastion of American values, championing national security and the defense of democratic principles. These ideals define its identity. However, by inviting Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s...
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September 2, 2021
The time to hold Iran accountable is right nowIt is not every day when one thousand survivors of the Iranian regime's prisons and massacres gather to recount their horrifying stories to the world. But that is exactly what happened on Friday. More than a thousand former ...
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July 19, 2021
Saudis and Emiratis fighting over OPEC oil production quotasAmid a flare-up of OPEC tensions last week, much ink has been spilled on the supposedly fractious nature of the Saudi-Emirati relationship. We have heard prophecies of a breakdown in the longstanding alliance over ...
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March 7, 2021
More Iranian nuclear cheating uncoveredThe International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors held its quarterly meeting last week. The meeting was one of several events taking place simultaneously that provide outlets for dueling recommendations about how the international com...
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January 8, 2021
Iran’s regime won’t return to normalIran has been hit hard by the Wuhan virus but, surprisingly, the pandemic is the least of the government’s worries. In addition to rising opposition within Iran, the world is also starting to hold Iran’s leadership to account. The Iran...
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December 20, 2020
Iran’s malign behavior will not changeRecently released satellite images indicate that the Iranian regime is building new facilities near the fortified Fordow nuclear site. While the regime has made no public statements explaining that work, it previously acknowledged efforts to similarl...
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October 26, 2020
The West's policy must focus on Iran's terrorismBecause the Iranian regime's threat of terrorism against Western interests has dramatically increased, we should not allow the entire debate on the Iranian threat to be eclipsed by the nuclear issue. The West's policy should put a ...
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August 15, 2020
US Mideast policy is a crucial 2020 issueNovember's presidential election will be dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the White House's handling of it, and the subsequent economic fallout. However, it is easy to forget now, what with the rollercoaster year we have all exp...
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June 29, 2020
Turkey's gun-running into Libya more evidence to support reconsidering its membership in NATOLast week, French president Emmanuel Macron said Turkey was playing a "dangerous game" in Libya, citing it as further evidence of the "brain death" of NATO. For some time now, Turkey has been working counter t...