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September 5, 2023 Three angles regarding the agreement taking shape between the United States and Iran The Israeli angle: Two weeks ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Office made a laconic announcement: “Israel’s position is known, namely that arrangements that do not dismantle Iran’s nuclear... September 5, 2023 Erdogan Has No Choice but to Reconcile With Assad “Terrorism in Syria is made in Turkey.” These are the words of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a recent interview with Sky News Arabia, and they are largely representative... September 5, 2023 America Needs to Leverage its Power to Stabilize Latin America and Stop Chinese Influence in the Region In the aftermath of 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could count on and leverage the primacy of U.S. global leadership and economic influence to address a range of foreign threats... September 5, 2023 New Canadian sanctions fall short in Lebanon Canada recently imposed sanctions on former Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh and two of his associates “for their involvement in acts of significant corruption.” Canadian Minister... September 5, 2023 Despite Billions in Sanctions Relief, Iran Expands Nuclear Weapons Capabilities The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported this week that Iran expanded its nuclear weapons capabilities between May and August. Across every indicator — enrichment, centrifuge installation,... September 5, 2023 Unlocking the Potential: How SBOM Practices Revolutionize Tech Industries Following the SolarWinds compromise, the focus on the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) has surged remarkably. In the tech ecosystem, the SBOM offers a comprehensive overview of software components... September 5, 2023 Taiwan’s green energy gamble Excerpt China’s increasing militarism in the Taiwan Strait is no secret. Yet, as Taipei transitions from nuclear to renewable energy sources, it risks inadvertently amplifying its vulnerabilities... September 5, 2023 Israel Cracks Ring of Iran-Backed Bomb Smugglers A West Bank terrorist ring responsible for smuggling military grade explosives from Jordan into Israel was cracked, said Israel’s security agency. The Shin Bet reported on September... September 5, 2023 Good Luck With That Grand Strategy Thought leaders and foreign policy veterans can’t stop themselves from writing about the new era of great power competition with China and America’s lack of a grand strategy. Gen. James... September 3, 2023 Northern Mariana: Time to close China’s backdoor into the U.S. At the end of our interview the American Governor said, quietly and to himself, “there is no crying in baseball.” But he hadn’t been talking about baseball. He had been describing how he was trying... September 2, 2023 Mapping the Expansion of China’s Global Military Footprint September 1, 2023 Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: September Welcome back to the Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker. Once a month, we ask FDD’s experts and scholars to assess the administration’s foreign policy. They... September 1, 2023 China and Russia are using the UN to censor the world Excerpt While Russian hackers attack Ukraine and probe critical infrastructure across the West, United Nations member states have been debating a new cybercrime convention. This may appear, on paper,... September 1, 2023 UAE Condemns Hezbollah as UNIFIL Mandate Renewed Latest Developments The United Nations Security Council voted to renew the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for one year on August 31. However, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)... September 1, 2023 The US national innovation base has critical weaknesses. Just look at Starlink. Defense intellectuals and proponents of defense innovation have been busy for over a decade selling dreams about Third, Fourth, perhaps Fifth Offsets; about the promise of bringing “dynamism” back... September 1, 2023 US Pacific Policy in China’s Shadow There has been a flurry of Pacific Islands-related press releases coming out of the United States Department of State this year. The announcements came especially fast and furious during a bevy of meetings in Papua New Guinea this May. On May 22 and 23 alone, the State Department issued four major read-outs: ... August 31, 2023 Remarks by Matthew Pottinger at Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum in London It’s an honor to be invited to speak to you today. The Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum has played a pivotal role bringing together parliamentarians and other officials... August 31, 2023 Palestinian Terror Attack Kills One Israeli, Injures Six A Palestinian terrorist carried out a truck-ramming attack near the Maccabim Security Crossing on August 31, murdering one Israeli and injuring six others. The security crossing,... August 31, 2023 Russia Is Not the Champion of Christian and Traditional Values For years, Putin has sought to present Russia as the champion of Christian and traditional values. He portrays the West as a dystopia of decadence, where elites push “strange and trendy ideas like... August 31, 2023 Quantum Supremacy’s Cyber Challenge: Are You Up for It? The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is sounding an alarm, echoing through the corridors of global finance, on the imminent perils that quantum computing poses to the security of our most... August 31, 2023 Israel Missed Its Moment The Great Arab Revolt—a better name for the “Arab Spring”—that began in Tunisia in 2010 accelerated a process that had started with the first Gulf War: the elimination of the radical Arab threat to Israel and the withering of the Palestinian cause. ... August 30, 2023 Saudi Arabia Moves to Assert Influence in West Bank as Normalization with Israel Appears Possible Saudi Arabia is offering to resume financial aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank in exchange for security guarantees, The Wall Street Journal reported... August 30, 2023 New Outbound Investment Rules Can Help Strengthen American Economic Security A new weapon has just been added to America’s economic statecraft arsenal—one that has the potential to realign Western capital flows in ways that support U.S. national and economic security, at home... August 30, 2023 U.S. hostage deal with Iran endangers Canadians Excerpt The United States has reached an agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran that provides the clerical regime with at least $6-billion in sanctions relief in exchange for the release... August 30, 2023 The price of American leadership fool is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing,” Oscar Wilde famously quipped. In Milwaukee last week, the Republican candidates for president – minus one Donald J.... August 29, 2023 Ten Reasons Why the Hostage Deal with Tehran Is a Disaster The United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran have brokered an ill-advised deal: Tehran has pledged to free American hostages in exchange for $6 billion of its frozen funds in South Korea and an... August 29, 2023 White House Mum on Hostages-for-Criminals Swap Latest Developments The Biden administration remains silent regarding Tehran’s claims that the United States plans to release five Iranian criminals held in U.S. prisons as part of a recent... August 28, 2023 Libya’s Prime Minister Fires Top Diplomat for Meeting With Israeli Counterpart Libya’s prime minister fired his top diplomat on August 28 for meeting with her Israeli counterpart last week. News of the meeting had earlier set off protests in several cities... August 28, 2023 Papua New Guinea to Open Jerusalem Embassy Latest Developments Papua New Guinea’s prime minister will visit Israel next week to open an embassy in Jerusalem, a spokesperson for his office said on August 28. The inauguration, tentatively... August 28, 2023 A Compound Problem: Dialing in U.S. Semiconductor Strategy Semiconductors are center stage in today’s U.S.-China geopolitical competition. And both sides are firing. The CHIPS Act, which just turned one year old, stands as the marque measure of U.S. initiative... August 27, 2023 Beware of Falling BRICS As Russia continues to press forward with its doomed war in Ukraine and China watches its economic miracle erode, the leaders of both countries are in desperate need of allies. This is what made the... August 27, 2023 The White House Must Close Its Hostage Bazaar With Iran And Russia The setting was dramatic and the stakes were high. In the summer of 1987, millions of Americans tuned into the Iran-Contra hearings to witness Secretary of State George Shultz deliver a master class on... August 27, 2023 Canada must continue to defend Israel against baseless United Nations attack The Canadian government has wisely chosen to urge the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to preserve the longstanding “land for peace” legal framework for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.... August 26, 2023 ‘Ghosts of Beirut’ gets Hezbollah’s most wanted all wrong The creators of the Netflix hit series “Fauda” are back. In May, Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz released “Ghosts of Beirut,” a Showtime miniseries that narrates the life and assassination of Hezbollah’s... August 26, 2023 US should snap back UN sanctions to counter Iran’s drone and missile exports Excerpt The ransom-for-hostages deal between Washington and Tehran will not change a grim fact: Russia is pummeling Ukraine with kamikaze drones made and supplied by the Islamic Republic of... August 26, 2023 Athens Declaration Unites Southern Europe Behind Ukraine On Aug. 21, President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Greece to attend the Ukraine-Balkan summit. There, the leaders of 11 southeastern countries signed the Athens Declaration, reaffirming... August 25, 2023 Iran’s Nuclear ‘Concession’ May Not Be One at All The Wall Street Journal reported on August 11 that Iran has slowed its accumulation of 60 percent enriched uranium — whose production entails 95 to 99 percent of the effort to make weapons-grade uranium... August 24, 2023 Israel Arrests Four Citizens for Smuggling Iran-Made Explosives Israeli authorities on August 24 announced the arrest of four Arab Israelis for smuggling Iran-made explosives obtained from the terrorist group Hezbollah. Israel’s Shin Bet security... August 24, 2023 The Pending Israel-Palestine ICJ Advisory Opinion: Threats to Legal Principles and Security The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is poised to eviscerate the longstanding “land for peace” legal framework for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which was established by UN Security... August 23, 2023 Iran Unveils New Combat Drone Latest Developments The regime in Iran unveiled a new drone on August 22, which it claims can fly higher and farther than other drones in its arsenal. According to Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic... August 23, 2023 Is Russia Now Weaponizing Music? Goran Bregovic, a Serbian musician and composer, well-known globally for his Kalashnikov song, has been banned from performing in Moldova. This week, Bregovic was on his way to the Guitar Festival when... August 23, 2023 Australian Government Bows to Far-Left Pressure on Israel Earlier this month, Australia upended nearly a decade of precedent when the government announced that it will start referring to the West Bank, eastern Jerusalem, and Gaza as “occupied Palestinian territories”... August 23, 2023 Attacking foreign corruption blunts China’s malign economic influence Excerpt ... August 23, 2023 How Turkey’s opposition elite enabled Erdoğan and misled voters The sources of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s power are vast. In his over twenty years of rule, he has consolidated power to build himself a loyal bureaucratic system (including the military... August 22, 2023 Russia and Iran Deepen Military Cooperation Latest Developments Iran’s regular army commander and his Russian counterpart met in Moscow on August 21. Brig. Gen. Kioumars Heydari, commander of the Ground Forces of Iran’s Artesh, met with Gen.... August 22, 2023 The problem with Republican isolationism A growing number of Republicans now think the U.S. should abandon Ukraine and – by extension – give Russian dictator Vladimir Putin a great and historic victory. A CNN/SSRS poll released... August 22, 2023 Zelensky Calls Meeting with Serbian President ‘Fruitful’ In what may be perceived as overtures to ease tensions between Ukraine and Serbia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic met on Monday, Aug.... August 21, 2023 Iran’s Illicit Oil Exports Surge in August Amid U.S. Failure to Enforce Sanctions Illicit Iranian oil exports surpassed 2.2 million barrels per day in August, Bloomberg reported on August 21. This volume exceeds the five-year high Iran reached in May as the United... August 21, 2023 Israeli Mother Killed in Palestinian Terrorist Attack Latest Developments A Palestinian terrorist opened fire against Israelis driving near the city of Hebron today, killing an Israeli mother and critically injuring an Israeli man. The woman’s... August 21, 2023 U.S. Sanctions Target Turkey-Backed Militias in Syria, but Not Turkish Authorities The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Thursday against a pair of Turkey-backed Syrian militias — the Suleiman Shah Brigade and the Hamza Brigade — responsible for serious human rights abuses,...

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