A JCPOA on Life Support
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran is on life support. Despite the pledges of allegiance to its implementation, Iran is now likely […] More
Europe
Anti-Semitic Violence Strikes Germany on Yom Kippur
Bottom Line Up Front An anti-Semitic attack in Germany resulted in two dead as a white supremacy extremist symbolically chose Yom Kippur as a […] More
The EU Makes Progress in Prosecuting Foreign Fighters, But More Needs to Be Done
Bottom Line Up Front One of the most significant challenges facing countries seeking to prosecute foreign fighters is the difficulty of obtaining evidence of […] More
The Chaotic Endgame of Brexit
Bottom Line Up Front UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s August 28 request to suspend Parliament has spurred political anxiety as the UK’s scheduled October […] More
Disarray at the G7
Bottom Line Up Front Early this week, the G7 countries concluded several days of meetings in Biarritz, France. U.S. President Donald Trump has been […] More
Inoculation Efforts Against the Onslaught of Disinformation
Bottom Line Up Front Given Russia’s relentless disinformation campaigns, several European countries have accelerated efforts to prepare their populations for this threat. While successful […] More
Iran’s State of Play
Tensions remain high between Iran and several EU countries, even after some of the primary signatories to the 2015 nuclear agreement vowed their continued support […] More
Canada Lists Radical Far-Right Wing Groups as Terrorist Organizations
Bottom Line Up Front Just last week, Canada listed two radical far-right wing groups as terrorist organizations. Both of the newly listed terrorist groups—Blood […] More
French Foreign Fighters Sentenced to Death in Iraq
Bottom Line Up Front Just last week, seven members of the so-called Islamic State, all of them from France, were sentenced to death by […] More
The Comeback of Hate in Europe
Bottom Line Up Front Germany is experiencing a renewed wave of virulent anti-Semitism and intimidation and violence directed toward immigrants, especially Muslims. Some German […] More
Unraveling the Rawi Terrorist Financing Network
Bottom Line Up Front The U.S. Treasury Department recently imposed sanctions on the Rawi terrorist financing network, which helped move funds for the so-called […] More
The EU’s Problematic Approach to China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Bottom Line Up Front: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is China’s principal foreign policy vehicle and may be the most significant geopolitical strategy […] More
The Far Right Seeks to Normalize Its Ideology
Bottom Line Up Front In Europe, groups on the political far-right are attempting to mainstream and normalize their ideologies to recast themselves for the […] More
The Growing Threat of Iranian Missiles
Bottom Line Up Front Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities enable it to project power while compensating for an otherwise modest conventional military capacity. Iran’s supply […] More
Terrorism in the West: Comparing the Threat in Europe and the U.S.
Bottom Line Up Front • In 2017, Europe suffered from the highest number of terrorist attacks linked to jihadist ideology in modern history. • […] More
Terror Strikes France: Strasbourg Christmas Market Attack
Bottom Line Up Front On December 11th, there was a terrorist attack on a Christmas market in Strasbourg, France. While the suspect was known […] More
Paris and the Prospects & Perils of a Post-American Order
Bottom Line Up Front As the recent World War I centenary tribute in Paris foreshadowed, the world order may be shifting, with the contours […] More
The Fate of Nuclear Treaties
Bottom Line Up Front The U.S. has announced it will pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed in 1987. Washington’s departure […] More