Sean Durns

Sean Durns was the deputy commentary editor for the Washington Examiner. He is now the director of the Counter Extremist Research Center at the Capital Research Center.

President-elect Trump recently angered Chinese officials when he spoke with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen earlier this month, breaking from decades of precedent. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Taiwan’s defense budget increase is good, but not good enough

Sean Durns · September 30, 2021 6:14 pm

News

We need journalists like Clarissa Ward to cut through Taliban lies

Sean Durns · August 19, 2021 12:00 am

Hamas said it will accept new elections and a restored Palestinian unity government.

Beltway Confidential

Palestinian political chaos prevents the potential for peace

Sean Durns · July 5, 2021 3:45 pm

Beltway Confidential

The Palestinian Authority is trying to set Jerusalem ablaze

Sean Durns · May 11, 2021 10:30 am

Houthi fighters ride on a vehicle as they attend a funeral procession of Houthi fighters who were killed in recent fighting with forces of Yemen's international recognized government in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021.

Foreign Policy

Yes, the Houthis are a terrorist group

Sean Durns · February 19, 2021 5:00 am

Op-Eds

Palestinian ‘right of return’ is really about ending Israel’s existence

Sean Durns · February 4, 2020 5:00 am

Foreign Policy

Mossad’s moment

Sean Durns · October 4, 2019 3:00 am

arrives at the 2019 Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Annual Grants Banquet at the Beverly Wilshire Beverly Hills on Wednesday, July 31, 2019.

Foreign Policy

The real story behind Netflix’s The Spy

Sean Durns · September 11, 2019 4:00 am

Op-Eds

Anti-Semitism goes mainstream

Sean Durns · May 21, 2019 12:00 am

A student newspaper broke its own rules and published published an article anonymously, citing the safety of student authors because they criticized Israel.

Op-Eds

The Palestinian Authority has chosen terrorism over US foreign aid

Sean Durns · March 2, 2019 5:00 am

A Hezbollah supporter holds a portrait the late Iran revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a rally to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution, in southern Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019.

Op-Eds

Forty years of misreading Iran

Sean Durns · February 11, 2019 5:00 am

Palestinians wave its flags and Fatah's during a rally in support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

Foreign Policy

Palestinians have an anti-peace plan

Sean Durns · July 31, 2018 4:00 am