Author: Michael Rubin
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Designate Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami as a foreign terrorist organization
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Violent protesters in Bangladesh on Aug. 5 forced the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, the country’s longtime prime minister, Awami League politician, and daughter of Bangladesh’s founding father. After Sheikh Hasina fled for her life (she never technically resigned), the protesters appointed Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus to act as Bangladesh’s interim administrator. While the protesters…
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Yes, the State Department should move Turkey to its Near East bureau
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Reps. This month, Brad Schneider (D-IL) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) introduced a bill to ask the State Department to remove Turkey from its Bureau of European Affairs and instead place Turkey in its Bureau of New Eastern Affairs. It is a good, long-overdue idea. Secretary of State Marco Rubio should embrace it immediately, even prior to a…
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The US should restrict cobalt and lithium supplies to China
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The United States has a problem. While American political leaders snipe at each other and the State Department prioritizes LGBT diplomacy across Africa and the world, China has sought to corner the world’s cobalt market. Most Americans may not think much about cobalt, but the twenty-first-century economy depends upon access to the metal. Nearly all lithium-ion rechargeable batteries…