InternationalAnalysis
What Was Iran Thinking in Shooting Down a US Drone?
U.S.-Iran tensions just reached a new level: Iran shot down an American drone. In today’s episode, we unpack the situation with Tom Spoehr, director of… Read More
SecurityNews
US Sanctions Send Iranians to Northern Iraq Looking for Work and War
SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq—When Iran’s economy began to collapse last year under U.S. sanctions, Iranian computer programmer Mohsen Heidari decided to look for work in Iraqi Kurdistan…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
Iran and Trump: Here’s What’s Really Going On
There are wars and rumors of war. And then there is President Donald Trump’s policy toward Iran, which fuels endless speculation. Despite much public handwringing… Read More
InternationalCommentary
InternationalNews
Anti-Israel BDS Movement Is Anti-Semitism Disguised as Free Speech, Rubio Says
Sen. Marco Rubio sharply criticized the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, saying that it falsely masquerades as a crusade for free speech. “Let’s pass… Read More
SecurityNews
‘A Moment of Maximum Danger’: As US-Iran Tensions Rise, Kurdish Opposition Prepares for War
KOYA, Iraq—Just outside this town in Iraqi Kurdistan, a cemetery sits on a raised plot of land facing east toward the border with Iran, about… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Stand Up to Anti-Semitism and Historical Revisionism. Because Truth Matters.
History, it has been said, is written by the winners of wars and other conflicts. But all too often, it is rewritten by historical revisionists—especially… Read More
InternationalCommentary
US-Iran Standoff Is No Cause for Alarm
Iran says it’s not interested in a war with the United States. The U.S. says it’s not interested in a war with Iran. The only… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Where the US-Iran Confrontation Is Heading
The slow-motion confrontation between the United States and Iran is heating up, one year after Washington withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal. On Sunday, national… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Trump’s Veto of Yemen War Resolution Protects US Security Interests
President Donald Trump rebuffed congressional efforts to withdraw U.S. support from the war in Yemen on Tuesday, vetoing a bill that would have forced the… Read More
