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October 21, 2021
In His Second Term, Trudeau Must Fix His Iran Policy
Last month’s re-election of Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister provides an opportunity to reflect on Ottawa’s relationship with the Islamic Republic in Iran. Iran policy is an issue of great...
August 31, 2021
Bipartisan Effort to Deepen Defense Cooperation with Israel Advances
To strengthen bilateral cooperation on military research and development (R&D), Reps. Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) announced today their introduction of an amendment (#1197) to the...
August 3, 2021
Analysis of Unilever Letter on Ben & Jerry’s BDS Activity
Unilever CEO Alan Jope sent a letter to major Jewish organizations in the United States and the United Kingdom on July 27, 2021, in an effort to defend the company’s decision earlier last month to terminate...
July 20, 2021
How to Stop China From Controlling the Global Semiconductor Industry
The United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) of 2021, which passed the Senate in June, calls for $52 billion in appropriations over five years to support semiconductor manufacturing as well...
July 2, 2021
Add Egypt and the UAE to the Noble Dina Exercise
During the conflict between Hamas and Israel last May, the terror group attempted to use rockets and an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) to attack Israel’s maritime assets in the Eastern Mediterranean....
June 23, 2021
How Deceptive Techniques Enhance the Capabilities of Cyber Defenders
Introduction The Transformative Cyber Innovation Lab (TCIL) at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies held a live exercise to demonstrate the usefulness of incorporating deceptive techniques alongside...
June 17, 2021
Ali Larijani, Iran’s Rejected Hardliner
It wasn’t supposed to end this way. On May 15, Ali Larijani, the former speaker of Iran’s parliament, registered to run for president. Ten days later, the Guardian Council – an unelected, 12-member...
June 10, 2021
In Response to Houthi Arms Transfers, Canada Must Designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as Terror Group
They lay in neat, organized rows, a colorful medley of matériel on the deck of the USS Monterey. Some 3,000 Chinese Type 56 assault rifles. Hundreds of heavy machine guns and sniper rifles. Several hundred...
May 28, 2021
Biden Gets It Wrong in the Pacific and Afghanistan
To support the Biden administration’s precipitous withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Pentagon plans to shift the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier strike group from its normal area of responsibility in...
May 18, 2021
The Conflict in Gaza and the Connection to Tehran and the United States
This war in Gaza began like previous rounds of fighting between Israel and Hamas, but there is a chance – or a risk – of a different ending. Like before, the conflict began because of events on a different...
May 14, 2021
Tehran’s Terror Proxies in Gaza Escalate Attacks on Israeli Civilians
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) have targeted Israeli civilians with a greater volume of rocket fire this week than in previous rounds of conflict. A closer analysis shows why the two terror groups’...
May 14, 2021
Rescinding the IRGC’s Terror Designation Would Harm American Victims of Terrorism
As part of negotiations in Vienna, Iran’s clerical regime has reportedly requested that the Biden administration rescind the U.S. government’s formal designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...
April 16, 2021
Iran’s Economy Did Not Grow in 2020
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) earlier this month released a report updating its estimate of Iran’s GDP growth in 2020 from a 4.99 percent contraction (projected in October 2020) to 1.5 percent...
April 16, 2021
Washington Must Confront Iran Over Sensitive Nuclear Work
With Israel’s alleged covert action against Iran’s Natanz enrichment plant on April 11, Tehran’s latest breaches of the 2015 nuclear deal are in danger of premature burial by the news cycle. Yet the...
April 9, 2021
Austin Makes First Trip to Israel as Defense Secretary
The Pentagon announced Thursday that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will visit Israel next week. Austin likely wants to reassure Israel as the White House seeks to re-enter the deeply flawed Iran nuclear...
March 18, 2021
The Biden Administration’s Playbook for Lifting Iran-Related Terrorism Sanctions
In his confirmation hearing, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that lifting terrorism sanctions on Iran would not advance U.S. national security interests. Weeks later, however, the Biden administration...
March 17, 2021
There Is No Going Back: Xi’s Vision at China’s National People’s Congress
In preparation for the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) founding in July, Chinese President Xi Jinping used this month’s National People’s Congress (NPC) to cement his...
March 15, 2021
Ahead of U.S.-ROK Meeting, Unresolved Policy Disputes Still Trouble the Alliance
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will meet with their South Korean counterparts in Seoul on March 17, at which point the U.S. secretaries will likely share preliminary...
March 5, 2021
Biden Must Do More to Deter Russian Aggression and Uphold Global Norms
The United States on Tuesday joined its European allies in imposing sanctions in response to Moscow’s August 2020 chemical weapons (CW) attack against, and subsequent imprisonment of, Russian opposition...
February 22, 2021
Biden Administration Should Not Provide Sanctions Relief for Terrorism
As President Joe Biden looks to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran is likely to pressure the Biden administration to provide broad sanctions relief,...
February 19, 2021
North Korean Hackers Could Ramp Up Cyberattacks on COVID-19 Targets in Near Future
During a closed-door parliamentary session on Tuesday, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) informed the National Assembly that North Korea’s state-sponsored hackers are attacking South...
February 18, 2021
Iran, Terrorism Finance, and Money Laundering: A Status Update Before FATF Meets Next Week
When the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) convenes its plenary next week, while not formally on the agenda, buzz on the sidelines will concern Tehran’s constant push to be removed from the FATF blacklist....
February 16, 2021
Fakhrizadeh Killing Reveals Dissent Within the Regime in Iran
In a revealing comment, the Islamic Republic’s intelligence minister, Mahmoud Alavi, said last week that the November 2020 assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizaded, Iran’s top nuclear scientist, was arranged...
February 5, 2021
Biden Should Heed Navalny’s Call to Crack Down on Russia’s Dirty Money
A Moscow court on Tuesday sentenced leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny to almost three years in a penal colony, ruling he violated parole while in Germany recuperating from a recent chemical weapon...
January 22, 2021
Challenges and Opportunities Ahead for U.S. Sanctions in Yemen
Antony Blinken, President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, has vowed to evaluate the recent designation of Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Pushed through...
January 15, 2021
The Biden Administration and Congress Should Support the Houthi Terror Designations
The Trump administration designated the Iranian-backed Houthi organization, or Ansar Allah, as both a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) on January 11....
January 13, 2021
Kim Jong Un Seeks to Bully Biden on the Diplomatic Stage
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un finally broke his silence last week on his regime’s policy toward the incoming Biden administration, labeling the United States as Pyongyang’s “foremost principal enemy.”...
January 8, 2021
U.S.-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group Authorization Provides Opportunity for Biden Administration
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021, which became law last week, includes a provision authorizing the establishment of a U.S.-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group (OTWG)....
January 7, 2021
Opening of Eighth Party Congress Shows Kim Jong Un Stays True to His Roots
North Korea’s ruling Korean Workers’ Party kicked off its Eighth Party Congress on Wednesday. This periodic meeting seeks to outline the North Korean government’s strategic objectives for a broad...
December 11, 2020
Taking on China – Breaking Down the FY21 NDAA
At its core, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA), which passed the House on Tuesday by a veto-proof majority, seeks to strengthen deterrence initiatives involving China and...
December 8, 2020
Congress Poised To Enact Unprecedented Cyber Defense Legislation
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) is the most significant attempt ever undertaken by Congress to improve national cybersecurity and protect U.S. critical infrastructure...
December 3, 2020
Fakhrizadeh Assassination Underscores Iran’s Refusal to Come Clean About Nuclear Weapons Activities
The assassination last week of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh eliminated the leading source of institutional knowledge about the Tehran regime’s once-flourishing nuclear weapons program....
November 25, 2020
Iranian Proxies in Bahrain Determined to Sabotage Peace With Israel
Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani made history on Wednesday, becoming the first-ever minister from the island kingdom to conduct an official visit to Israel. The visit marked the second meeting...
November 24, 2020
Follow the Money: Exposing China’s Influence Operations at Academic Institutions and Think Tanks
Secretary of State Michael Pompeo issued an ultimatum last month to think tanks and academic institutions around the country: Publicly disclose funding received from foreign governments or risk losing access...
November 24, 2020
Getting Erdogan’s Turkey Right: Reflections on Ambassador Jeffrey’s Exit Interview
In a recent exit interview with Defense One, Ambassador James F. Jeffrey, the outgoing special representative for Syria engagement, asserted that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey poses challenges...
October 30, 2020
U.S. Issues Timely Alert on Another North Korean Hacking Group
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the United States Cyber Command Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) issued a joint alert on Tuesday...
October 22, 2020
The Trump Administration’s High-Stakes Gambit to Curtail Rocket Attacks in Iraq
In an unexpected announcement on October 10, a group of Iran-backed Shiite militia groups declared their intention to suspend forthwith their attacks on U.S. interests in Iraq, while conditioning the ceasefire’s...
October 21, 2020
Russia and China Obstruct UN Reporting on North Korea
At its annual military parade this month, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) unveiled what may be the world’s largest road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as well as a...
October 16, 2020
Prime Minister Suga Must Reassess His Priorities for the Korean Peninsula
New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga refused to attend an annual trilateral summit with the leaders of China and South Korea until Seoul meets Tokyo’s demands regarding a disputed court case over...
October 14, 2020
North Korea’s Parade Confirms Kim Jong Un Holds True to His Revolutionary Political Warfare Strategy
On October 10, North Korea celebrated the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers Party of Korea with a well-choreographed military parade. After months of speculation among the Korea watcher community,...
October 14, 2020
Corruption, Not Sanctions, Is Causing Medicine Shortages in Iran
Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian president, says that new sanctions on 18 Iranian banks are part of a deliberate U.S. effort to cause shortages of food and medicine. It’s a claim that the Tehran regime has...
October 2, 2020
Ransomware Rising: Steps for The Public and Private Sector to Address the Growing Threat
Last weekend, a major U.S. healthcare provider, Universal Health Services, was the victim of what may have been the largest ransomware attack in the history of the United States. The attack caused the company...
October 1, 2020
Coordinated U.S. Actions Combat Wide Range of Iran’s Malign Cyber Activities
In a series of coordinated actions in mid-September, the U.S. departments of Justice and the Treasury exposed more than 50 Iranian hackers and took steps in concert with the FBI to thwart their ability...
September 29, 2020
Don’t Trust Kim Jong Un’s Unexpected Apology Over Murder of South Korean Official
Kim Jong Un issued a rare apology to the South Korean government on September 25th after North Korean soldiers killed and then burned the corpse of a South Korean government official, which sparked outrage...
September 28, 2020
Trudeau Fails Canadian-Iranians
Recent developments confirm that Canada has become a major hub for the Islamic Republic in Iran and its supporters, and perhaps an unsafe place for Canadian-Iranian democracy activists. On January 8, 2020,...
September 10, 2020
How Washington Can Help Bridge the Gap Between Seoul and Tokyo
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s resignation has raised hopes of a resolution to Japan and South Korea’s ongoing dispute over Tokyo’s abuses during World War II. However, a change in Japanese...
September 10, 2020
To Succeed in Competition with China, Don’t Abandon the Middle East
As the United States somberly observes the 9/11 anniversary this week, some Americans are in a mood to withdraw military forces from the wider Middle East. Long-time advocates for withdrawal on the political...
September 2, 2020
Iran Nuclear Challenge Looms for the Next U.S. President
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reached an agreement with Iran last week for the IAEA to inspect two of Tehran’s alleged nuclear sites. According to the IAEA’s director-general, Rafael...
August 26, 2020
Debunking the Legal Argument Against a U.S. Snapback
The United States sent a letter to the UN Security Council last week alleging that Iran was in “significant non-performance” of its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint...
August 25, 2020
Beijing Seeks to Divide Seoul and Washington
Last week, the South Korean and Chinese governments held high-level meetings to enhance coordination on North Korea policy. Beijing seeks to erode Seoul’s commitment to working with the United States...
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