When the Islamic State attacked Christian villages in the Khabur River Valley of eastern Syria in early 2015, it was our airstrikes, guided by information provided by local Christian communities, that stopped the terrorists' advance. — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
The first shots the United States fired in its fight with the Islamic State were to protect a religious minority: the Yazidis on Mount Sinjar, in northern Iraq. And we did so within days of their first call for help… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
Ever since the end of the Cold War, it has been our paramount interest in Europe to strengthen NATO and to extend it -… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
Arresting opposition leaders and restricting civil society will not stop people from protesting, but it can create leaderless movements that leave no one with… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
Let's face it: much of what we truly value in life is rooted in our experience of repression and conflict. — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
Kim Jong Un, like all totalitarian leaders, wants above all to ensure his survival. He is convinced that a nuclear strike capability is necessary… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
I haven't met a single person, Republican or Democrat, who thinks it's just fine for members of Congress to sit on the boards of… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
Words matter. Words can be a fire to the gasoline of disturbed minds. — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
The rule of law that China's dissidents ask for is important to U.S. businesses investing in China as well. — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
We already ban foreign donations to political candidates, and we should strengthen that ban with closer scrutiny of credit card donations. — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
Protecting those with pre-existing conditions was one of the greatest health care reforms in our country's history and must be protected at all costs. — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
As a former Assistant Secretary of State, Senior Director on the National Security Council, and Washington Director for Human Rights Watch, I hope to… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
Putin interfered in our election because he wanted an American president who sees the world as he does. — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
The House Foreign Affairs Committee can and should become the principal institution in Washington exercising foreign policy oversight and serving as an alternative voice… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
In a totalitarian state like North Korea, a group of neighbors gathering once a week to watch the latest episode of a forbidden soap… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
In America, we have holidays and monuments that celebrate heroes from our past, most of whom have legacies that are settled. — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
By the time I joined the Obama administration in 2014, it was widely expected that the president of the United States would raise human… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
