Mullahs at War With Each Other
I don’t know Struan Stevenson, but I’d sure like to. He has laid out a clear-eyed picture of the collapsing Islamic Republic of Iran that is as good as
The Islamic Republic’s New Starvation Rules
A military advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said Iranians should fast Ramadan-style to show “the enemy” they can resist its sanctions. In
The Death Spiral of the Islamic Republic
The elimination of Qassem Soleimani has produced surprising results. It turns out that the United States received intelligence on Soleimani’s movements from a
Trump Speaks Directly to the Iranian People
The Iranian people are demonstrating. You can see the protests on Twitter, and read about the internal ferment online at the Free Iran Herald, which appears on
Iran – Now What?
What will the Iranians do now? There are cries for revenge following the killing of General Qasem Soleimani, accompanied by red lights around the holy city of
The War for the Persian Succession
Is this the end at last? Or just another speech? There doesn’t seem to be a crucial level of deaths and injuries that will lead to a revolution
The Iranian Revolution
The demonstrations against the failed Iranian regime have produced a massive breakdown in the country’s banking security—the most devastating in the country’s
Revolution in Iran
There is a revived revolution in Iran, forcing the regime into a harsh crackdown all over the country. Most observers think the uprising against the Khamenei
Revolution and Global Shakeup
The end of the Cold War brought about a global shakeup. The Soviet Empire ceased to exist, and the United States was widely proclaimed to be the most powerful
Remembering Bukovsky, 1942-2019
Vladimir Bukovsky, one of the greatest dissidents in the history of the Twentieth Century, has died in England at the age of 76. For those of us who knew him,
The Terror of October 16
This is the accursed anniversary of the roundup of the Jews of Rome in the fall of 1943. Roman Jews did not believe that Mussolini would turn them over to the
The Enemy Alliance
The Enemy Alliance extends around the world, from Pyongyang to Caracas, and from Moscow to Cuba. It’s an extensive alliance spread out across the globe in
Goodbye Plato
Plato Cacheris died on Thursday in Arlington after complications from pneumonia. He was 90, and widely regarded as one of the top defense attorneys in a town
Mugabe: The Death of a Dictator
Back in my Africa days, I went to Zimbabwe with a South African friend (now an American, by the way) who was advising the Zimbabwean tobacco growers on how to
Trump’s Foreign Policy Opportunity
President Donald Trump wants American fighters off the world’s battlefields, as he promised during the presidential election campaign of 2016. His special
Can China Be Unified?
For several years, I was vice president of the US-China Strategic Review Commission, and we spent a lot of time with the top experts. We all generally agreed
Mass Murder on a Rampage
So we’ve got mass murder on a rampage, from Texas and California to Ohio and New York. Why this outburst of violence? It can’t be just a copycat phenomenon. Or
Mueller was a Failure – Long Before His Testimony
I don’t think former Special Counsel Robert Mueller is senile. If he were, the Democrats would have canceled his testimony. I think, indeed we all know, that
The End of the Think Tank Era
The era of powerful think tanks is pretty much over. Their glory days—when Brookings, AEI, the Institute for Policy Studies, Cato, along with Catholic, Jewish
Surviving Sicily
We are back from Italy, most of the time in Sicily. It was supposed to be a holiday, mostly alongside the revived Jewish communities on the island
We Can’t Predict Which Immigrants to Admit
My paternal grandmother Masha was a Russian serf. Her happiest moment in the old country was a spell in prison after she was arrested by the Tsar’s police for
Sanctions and Speeches Won’t Bring Down the Mullahs
Why do so many people believe that inflicting economic pain on Iran will produce some sort of happy ending to the forty-year war between the Islamic Republic
Russian Disinformation Remains Active
It’s entirely appropriate that, as Vladimir Bukovsky’s Judgment in Moscow is finally published in English, I am again attacked in the Russian press for “
How to Defeat Tehran’s Islamic Republic
My friend Eli Lake believes that the Trump Iran Policy (aka “maximum pressure”) is working and should be embraced by the Europeans. By “working” he means that
The Mullah Panic
The regime in Tehran is panicking, and Israel (or was it a Revolutionary Guards defector?) seems to have told the United States that the Mullahs are preparing