Meet Vladimir Putin
Let’s reacquaint ourselves with Russia’s ruler
Abkhazia
The complicated case of Nauru, which stood up to China
Some of Nauru’s decisions made on principle, for example recognizing Taiwan, likely hurt Nauru’s economy. Nauru doesn’t just recognize Taiwan, it has stood up to China in diplomatic venues in ways some Western diplomats could only dream about.
Op-eds
Totalitarians Inc.
Why is Joe Biden alternately ignoring and funding the ever-closer alliance between Iran and Putin?
Op-eds
It’s Not Just Ukraine
How Putin is trying to destabilize the rest of Europe by meddling in Moldova, Georgia, and Bosnia.
Op-eds
Energy in Conflict: The Case of the 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan War
Excerpt With the rise in frequency of hybrid warfare, combatants in various conflicts are increasingly targeting domestic energy infrastructure and energy supply flows.1 In conventional warfare, militaries...
Op-eds
Putin is not crazy and the Russian invasion is not failing. The West’s delusions about this war – and its failure to understand the enemy – will prevent it from saving Ukraine
Wishful thinking has the upper hand in the battle to shape Western perceptions of the war in Ukraine. Sympathy for the outnumbered and outgunned defenders of Kyiv has led to the exaggeration of Russian...
Op-eds
Putin’s winter war
A strategy to contain him should have been implemented years ago
Op-eds
Russia-Georgia 2008: a Blueprint for Russia-Ukraine 2022?
The Olympics were about to start in Beijing. Thousands of miles to the west, Russia was wrapping up a big military exercise in a border region. Across the border, women and children were evacuated from...
Insights
Czar wars
If Putin wins, it’s not only Ukraine that loses
Op-eds
Europe
Strengthening NATO in the Black Sea Region
Amazon Pays a Fine for Crimea Business, but Occupied-Territories Policy Remains Murky
Amazon.com, Inc., settled with the U.S. Department of the Treasury earlier this month for violating U.S. sanctions by delivering products to Crimea, a region of Ukraine under Russian occupation, and several...
Insights
The United States Needs to Declare War on Proxies
The most important takeaway from the killing of Qassem Suleimani doesn’t just have to do with Iran.
Op-eds
New FDD Report Explores Policies Toward Occupied and Disputed Territories
“Occupied Elsewhere: Selective Policies on Occupations, Protracted Conflicts, and Territorial Disputes”
Press Releases
Occupied Elsewhere
Selective Policies on Occupations, Protracted Conflicts, and Territorial Disputes
Monographs
Airbnb Terminates Listings in Israeli West Bank Settlements
Policy Briefs
Treasury Sanctions North Korea and China while Russia Escapes
Today, the Treasury Department issued sanctions against 15 North Korean overseas representatives, two Chinese firms facilitating...
Policy Briefs
Snap-Back: A Journey Through Iranian Sanctions Evasion in Georgia
Two Iranian truck drivers sat idly in the parking area of the Poti Free Industrial Zone(FIZ), waiting for customs authoriti...
Op-eds
Georgian Dream Shows Its Dark Side
Georgia's president-elect is putting the country in strong danger of losing its hard won democracy.
Op-eds
They’ ll Have Nuclear Bombs, But Why Worry? ‘ We’ ll Have Universal Healthcare
With all the charm of Lady Macbeth at the castle banquet, Hillary has had her say (in which she lavished more praise on the late Bill Gwatney and Stephanie Tubbs Jones than she did on Barack Obam...