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Oct 29, 2024 | 
usnews.com | Brian Katulis |Michael O'Hanlon |Trevor Bach |Farah Pandith
When news broke Friday night that Israel had launched its largest-ever military strike on Iran, a group of diplomats, administration officials, journalists and think tankers had just sat down for dinner at one of the best restaurants in Washington, hosted by a prominent ambassador.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
usnews.com | Pinchas Goldschmidt |Brianna Navarre |Farah Pandith |Jacob Ware
For three decades, I served as chief rabbi of Moscow until I had to flee two years ago, after my refusal to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine put me and my family in danger. The Russian regime labeled me a “foreign agent,” making me the first religious leader named an enemy of the state. But I’m hardly the first – nor likely the last – religious leader forced to flee Russia because of the Kremlin’s attempts to co-opt religion for political purposes.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
msn.com | Farah Pandith
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
usnews.com | Farah Pandith |Jacob Ware |Brianna Navarre |Joshua Buxbaum
Last week, 200,000 fans converged in Vienna for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, only to find her sold-out concerts canceled because of a foiled terrorist plot. Three teenagers – two Austrians and one Iraqi – were arrested for planning to attack the first of Swift’s shows, on Aug. 8, intent on killing themselves and as many concertgoers as possible.
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Nov 21, 2023 | 
homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Farah Pandith |Jacob Ware
EXTREMISMAntisemitism and Anti-Muslim Hate Are Surging. Here's How to Curb the Worst American Tradition. Published 21 November 2023As violence escalates in Israel’s struggle with Hamas, the potential for hate-based violence in the United States grows, too. American leaders need to step in to defuse tensions – with the awareness that the United States has a history of mirroring overseas conflicts in its own communities.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Farah Pandith |Michelle G. Kurilla
Everyone can agree: Chinese economic growth is slowing. After Chinese President Xi Jinping lifted the country’s strict COVID-19 restrictions in December 2022, many expected the Chinese economy to surge, but after a brief post-COVID bounce, it appears to be losing some of its vitality. What are the causes of this stagnation? That is a question of intense debate, and China’s ability to recover and the future of U.S. policy largely depend on how it is answered.
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Nov 10, 2023 | 
foreignaffairs.com | M. Taylor Fravel |Henrik Stålhane Hiim |Magnus Langset Trøan |Farah Pandith
Among the many issues surrounding China’s ongoing military modernization, perhaps none has been more dramatic than its nuclear weapons program. For decades, the Chinese government was content to maintain a comparatively small nuclear force. As recently as 2020, China’s arsenal was little changed from previous decades and amounted to some 220 weapons, around five to six percent of either the U.S. or Russian stockpiles of deployed and reserve warheads.
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Oct 30, 2023 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Emma Beals |Peter Salisbury |Joshua Kurlantzick |Farah Pandith
Violent conflict is increasing in multiple parts of the world. In addition to Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, and the Israeli offensive on Gaza, raising the specter of a wider war in the Middle East, there has been a surge in violence across Syria, including a wave of armed drone attacks that threatened U.S. troops stationed there.
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Oct 27, 2023 | 
foreignaffairs.com | James Jeffrey |Seth Jones |Joshua Kurlantzick |Farah Pandith
Israel appears poised to launch a major ground incursion into Gaza. If and when an invasion begins, thIsrael appears poised to launch a major ground incursion into Gaza. If and when an invasion begins, the mission of the Israel Defense Forces will be to destroy Hamas as a military force capable of attacks like the one it carried out on October 7, and to remove the group from power in Gaza. Those goals are ambitious—especially the second one.
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Oct 27, 2023 | 
cfr.org | Farah Pandith
How is the Israel-Hamas war affecting opinions of the United States in Arab and Muslim communities globally? In the wake of Hamas’s horrific terrorist attack on innocent Israeli citizens on October 7, much of the world is aflame with anti-U.S. rhetoric, particularly Muslim and Arab communities. Many in the Middle East see a seamless connection between the actions of Israel and the United States.
