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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...

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...

Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba Exploit the U.S. Border Crisis

Latin America’s authoritarians are cooperating to increase illegal immigration to the United States.

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...

The US is failing to quickly field hypersonic missile defense

The Pentagon warned in its annual report to Congress last year that China already possesses “the world’s leading hypersonic arsenal” and is sprinting to field even more advanced offensive...

India can unite Global South with developed world

Delhi has closer Africa connection than Washington, is less vulnerable to ‘predatory lending’ charge than Beijing

Israel’s Tech Advantage Created Complacency

Hamas’ incursion into Israel shows that technology on its own is no guarantee of victory.

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...

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.

Countering Threats Posed by Nation-State Actors in Latin America to U.S. Homeland Security

Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence

Preserving U.S. Interests in the Indo-Pacific

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The United States and Saudi Arabia: A Possible Path Forward

Ruble Rumble

Offensive and Defensive Measures to Defeat Russia in the Economic Domain

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...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: December

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...

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.

Taiwan 194

Emulating the Palestinians to Advocate Internationally for Taiwan and to Counter China

How “Never again!” became “never mind”

To the fashionably woke, Uyghur lives don’t matter

The new conquistadores

U.S. adversaries are becoming South American hegemons