As the U.S.-led war against Iran’s clerical regime continues apace, Russia is testing American capabilities in another corner of the globe. Two Russian maritime patrol aircraft flew through the Alaskan...
This symposium assess U.S. energy policy over the past year. Opening with keynote remarks by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, it analyzes how energy policy intersects with U.S. strategic interests across regions, examines efforts to accelerate AI power infrastructure buildout and stabilize the grid, and explores the administration's mining and minerals strategy and its approach to countering China's influence over critical resources.
The “quickest way for Russia to penetrate our naval defenses is steaming from the Arctic to the North Atlantic.” The Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom (GIUK) Gap is the last place allied forces “have...
With America leading and NATO following, the Arctic can be defended
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Trump and Xi Meet: President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea on October 30, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. When...
Kindergarten Hit in Kharkiv: Russia launched drone and missile strikes targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure in Kyiv and other cities on the night of October 21-22, killing...
Trump Cautious on Tomahawks: U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on October 17, where the leaders discussed the possibility...
President Donald Trump — after repeatedly warning the Kremlin that his patience was wearing thin over its continuing invasion of Ukraine — has begun to match words with action. As Moscow continues...
Welcome back to the Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker. Once a month, we ask FDD’s experts and scholars to assess the administration’s foreign policy. They provide trendlines of very positive, positive, neutral, negative, or very negative for the areas they watch. ...
New Gas Pipeline Through Siberia: Alexey Miller, head of Russia’s state-owned energy corporation Gazprom, announced that Moscow and Beijing had reached a “legally binding”...
Attacks Killed Ukrainian Civilians: Russia struck Ukraine with one of its largest missile and drone barrages since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Russia bombarded Kyiv...
President Donald Trump wants to stop the killing in Ukraine, but Russia’s foot-dragging is making it abundantly clear that he’ll need to apply far more pressure before any serious negotiations...
The Trump administration must not fall prey to Putin’s KGB tactics of psychological manipulation
Despite the draining war in Ukraine, Russian arms dealers remain able to supply an important customer: China. On August 14, The Insider, a European-based independent investigative journalism outlet, released...
Russia Barrages Western Ukraine: Russia launched one of its heaviest drone and missile barrages against Ukraine on the night of August 21 as the United States and European allies...
The Alaska summit revealed Putin’s neo-Soviet goals
Drones and Missiles Continue to Strike Ukraine: Hours after President Donald Trump met with European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on August...
“Very Substantial Progress”: Joined by several European leaders, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss a possible...