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A NECESSARY PARADOX
Arms reduction is a noble goal, but it’s not one being pursued by some of the worst regimes in the world.
Shay Khatiri is a Fellow at the Yorktown Institute. A political asylee from Iran, he studied at the Strategic Studies Department at Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies. He writes on political events within Europe and the Middle East for the Substack newsletter The Russia-Iran File.
opinion
SPORTSWASHING
Saudi Arabia’s rulers are trying to make LIV golf a part of their top-down modernization project. We need to know what other deals they’ve made with their American partners.
opinion
A HARD PEACE
The president’s policies toward Russia, China, and Iran are built on risk-aversion. But history shows the serious danger of not taking chances.
opinion
RED LINES, GREEN LIGHTS
Assad’s genocidal regime returns to the Arab League summit this week—marking a definitive victory for tyranny and a shameful moral stain on America’s soul.
opinion
LEAVE WELL ALONE
Do-gooders insist on change for the sake of it, not realizing that their “reforms” will create new messes that have to be cleaned up by future generations.
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IT’S OK TO SAY IT
The Chinese government has repeatedly proven it’s an untrustworthy threat to the world. And the U.S. intelligence community hasn’t adjusted to meet the challenge.
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INCLUSIVITY FOR ME, NOT THEE
Progressives are embarrassing themselves by attacking the GOP candidate for changing her name (she didn’t) and hiding her Indian heritage (she never has).