Donald Trump Must Hold Turkey Accountable for Its Actions
Turkey’s authoritarian leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan was premature in his optimism at the re-election of Donald Trump. Erdogan is convinced that his existing relationship with Trump, will...
Americas
Russia Provides Targeting Support to Houthi Attacks on Commercial Shipping
Latest Developments Houthi rebels in Yemen are receiving intelligence from Russia, assisting the Iran-backed terrorist group in targeting commercial shipping in the Red Sea, The Wall Street Journal...
Flash Briefs
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: August
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...
Policy Tracker
Germany Closes Islamic Center Due to Iran and Hezbollah Ties
Berlin shut down the Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) due to its ties with Iran and Hezbollah and its promotion of radical Islamism, the German Interior Ministry said on July 24. Acting...
Flash Briefs
Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba Exploit the U.S. Border Crisis
Latin America’s authoritarians are cooperating to increase illegal immigration to the United States.
Op-eds
What Is Hamas Hiding in Rafah, and Why Doesn’t Biden Want the IDF to Find It?
In the lead up to the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) operation to destroy Hamas and secure the release of over 100 hostages – including 8 Americas – believed to be in and around Rafah, leaders around...
Op-eds
Israel’s Tech Advantage Created Complacency
Hamas’ incursion into Israel shows that technology on its own is no guarantee of victory.
Op-eds
Iran Exports Crimes Against Humanity to Israel
Hamas spokesman Ghazi Hamad told the BBC on October 7 that his organization is receiving direct backing from Iran. The statement comes one day after Palestinian terrorists infiltrated...
Flash Briefs
Washington Needs a New Economic Security Framework for the Americas
Washington must bring powerful answers to pressing issues in the region: populism, political unrest, and disinformation; water and food insecurity; extreme weather; mass migration; the evolving drug trade; money laundering and corruption; and weakened democratic institutions.
Op-eds
Time for the Biden Administration to Clip the Wings of Iran’s Propaganda Machine
On December 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned Al Mustafa International University in Qom, Iran, the principal institution recruiting, indoctrinating, and training foreign converts...
Op-eds
Workforce ‘ally-shoring’ brings benefits across borders
Excerpt After a swing and a miss with the Summit of the Americas, President Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s recent meeting at the White House was a critical opportunity to...
Op-eds
Economic and human security in the Indo-Pacific
China has established a dominant presence in the Indo-Pacific through exploitative economic engagements. This has destabilised smaller nations in the region and made them dependent on Chinese support. For a free and open Indo-Pacific, India must press its advantage in human and economic capacity building.
Op-eds
How “Never again!” became “never mind”
To the fashionably woke, Uyghur lives don’t matter
Op-eds
The new conquistadores
U.S. adversaries are becoming South American hegemons
Op-eds
America Is Losing the Ball on White Supremacist Terror Groups
Other countries are taking the lead in cracking down on U.S.-based groups.
Op-eds
The problem with peacekeeping
The UN does it incompetently, corruptly, and criminally
Op-eds
Choosing defeat in Afghanistan
America’s many enemies will be encouraged and emboldened
Op-eds
How the Pacific Islands Forum Fell Apart
The decision by Micronesian countries to leave the PIF will have major strategic implications.
Op-eds
Is Iran Sending Weapons to Venezuela? And How Is the U.S. Responding?
An Iranian cargo plane gets stranded in Senegal on its way to Caracas.
Op-eds
The Emerging Sino-Russian Alliance
How the 'great powers' are reconfiguring their partnerships for a new era. Plus, why it matters that al-Qaeda’s media chief was killed in Taliban country.