Eli Lake

Next week the Iranian regime will commemorate the two-year anniversary of the death of General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed by a US drone strike on Jan. 3, 2020. President Joe Biden should also mark the occasion — by noting that the US is prepared to go beyond economic sanctions in its efforts…

It appears that President Joe Biden’s administration is finally taking “no” for an answer from Iran. Since the summer, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has signaled that his patience is not infinite when it comes to his offer to re-enter the 2015 nuclear deal. This week, Blinken went a bit further…

In his first speech as US president to the United Nations General Assembly, Joe Biden promised the world that this period of “relentless war” was giving way to “a new era of relentless diplomacy.” In this new era, he explained, the US would be working with other nations to lift people out of…

For a brief moment last month, amid the chaotic and tragic final days of America’s longest war, it looked as if a Democratic Congress would perform honest oversight of a Democratic administration. The chasm between the reality on the ground and the rhetoric from the White House was too wide. It…

As Washington ponders how the US lost its longest war in Afghanistan, it’s worth considering another question: Who won the war? There is the Taliban, of course, the fanatics who have formed an interim government featuring several wanted terrorists. But an even bigger winner may be the Taliban’s…

A paradox of President Joe Biden’s decision to end the war in Afghanistan is his vow to keep fighting the wider battle against terrorism even in the country he has just abandoned. It has been a theme of Biden’s administration since he announced the unconditional withdrawal in April. The…

The White House will soon be sending invitations to world leaders for its “Summit of Democracy,” currently scheduled for Dec. 9 and 10. It promises to be a grand and noble affair, with participants working to “build a shared foundation for global democratic renewal.” So it’s worth asking if…

Since taking office, President Joe Biden and his top advisers have made it clear that there is almost nothing Iran can do to get his administration to rescind its offer to negotiate a return to the 2015 nuclear deal that Biden’s predecessor abandoned. Thankfully, that might finally be changing. …

Faced with the largest protests Cuba has seen since 1994, the regime in Havana predictably blamed the unrest on the US. The Cuban president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, said the US embargo of the island was responsible. The foreign minister, Bruno Rodriguez, said US-backed mercenaries sparked the…

Venezuela’s strongman sounds desperate. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Nicolas Maduro pleads with US President Joe Biden to lift the crippling sanctions on his country imposed by former President Donald Trump. “If Venezuela can’t produce oil and sell it, can’t produce and sell its gold,…