Irina Tsukerman

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Mar 24, 2020, 8:01 PM

Planned Attacks by Muslim Brotherhood in Africa Strengthen Case for Terrorist Designation

A recent paper by Sami Moubayed exposes an underreported planned attack in Sudan, not by a Muslim Brotherhood-terrorist cell, but by the Muslim Brotherhood itself. The attacks would have taken places in February in Sudan's Khartoum and in Cairo....

Mar 24, 2020, 5:15 AM

Qatar’s influence spreads to Africa – with a little help from the White House

While Akbar Al-Baker, the Qatar Airways CEO, has denied the widespread outbreak of COVID19 (the coronavirus) inside Qatar (most of the cases have stemmed from travel to Iran), and while the world is distracted with the ongoing panic related...

Mar 5, 2019, 9:32 AM

The convulsions of the Cold War in Azerbaijan

Has the Cold War been ever really fully over? Did the collapse of the Soviet Union put at least a temporary end to the ambitions of the Politburo? Did the West really win? Both historical record and present day developments...

Nov 21, 2018, 6:30 AM

Morocco’s Satellite Launch Will Further US Commercial Space Exploration

In the middle of the night of November 21st,, Morocco will be celebrating its new earth observation satellite, Mohammed VI-B, which will launch from French Guyana on November 21st, a little over a year after the launch of its...

Nov 6, 2018, 9:25 AM

Russia and Qatar’s Information War to Undermine US-Saudi Relations

At the 2018 Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) gala, Israel's Ambassodor to the United States, Ron Dermer blasted Turkey and Qatar for trying to ruin US-Saudi relations. Indeed, Turkey's President Erdogan, responsible for abducting 80 people out of 18 countries,...

Oct 22, 2018, 6:12 PM

The Khashoggi Affair Pits Vigorous Human Rights Defense Against Idealism

This is probably one of the most difficult posts I have had to write, as someone who has dedicated a significant portion of my recent years to human rights defense work. I have been on a parting course from many...

Oct 10, 2018, 11:56 PM

Without evidence: The media’s failings in response to Khashoggi’s disappearance

This image taken from CCTV video obtained by the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet claims to show Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, October 2, 2018. (CCTV/ Hurriyet via AP)

Too much is unknown about the man for international diplomacy to be shaped by his disappearance

Sep 30, 2018, 11:04 PM

Iran Weaponizes Corbyn’s Labour – Dayenu!

Not only do two wrongs don't make a right, but frequently they combine to make a far greater wrong. Jeremy Corbyn's close association with the Islamic Republic is precisely an illustration of such a phenomenon. Corbyn's (and his supporters') anti-semitism...

Sep 24, 2018, 12:09 AM

Why It Rained Bullets on the IRGC Parade

An IRGC military parade in Ahvaz (Al Ahwaz) in Iran was attacked by several gunmen disguised as local soldiers Saturday afternoon. The regime claimed the number of killed at 29; Ahwazi sources have claimed the number of IRGC members...

Sep 16, 2018, 12:48 AM

How Should Jews Push Back Against the Growth of Anti-Semitism?

That anti-Semitism seems to be growing more open in Europe and within the radical left (increasingly more mainstream) groups in the United States is an easily observable fact. Being not just anti-Israel but openly anti-Jewish in the UK has...

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About Me

Irina Tsukerman graduated with a JD from Fordham University School of Law in 2009 and received her BA in International/Intercultural Studies and Middle East Studies from Fordham University in 2006. Her legal and advocacy work focuses on human rights and security issue, mostly in Muslim countries. She is also involved in diplomatic outreach and relationship-building among different communities.