Anti-Americanism

January 25, 2023 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

How human rights activists chased off Venezuela’s strongman

The strongman leader of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, was due to attend a heads of state summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in Buenos Aires on Monday. Maduro planned to hold important...

December 16, 2022 | David Adesnik, John Hardie

FDD’s Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: The Year in Review

December 12, 2022 | |

Biden Administration Refuses to Rule Out Sanctions Relief for Iran

When asked last week whether nuclear negotiations with Iran were still ongoing, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, “We continue to believe that ultimately diplomacy is the most...

December 6, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

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...

December 5, 2022 | Richard Goldberg |

No, Iran didn’t ban morality police — it duped press, and Biden administration

For a few hours this past weekend, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism pulled off a global disinformation operation to undermine a popular revolt, falsely suggesting the regime in Tehran had...

December 1, 2022 | David Adesnik, John Hardie

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: December

November 16, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

The president’s speech

The one he should give (but don’t hold your breath)

November 2, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Dead letter

The left’s having second – and third – thoughts on Putin’s war

October 28, 2022 | Annie Fixler |

The Dangers of Iran’s Cyber Ambitions

September 23, 2022 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Biden’s Iran Policy After the Protests

The recent wave of unrest is an opportunity to reset America’s approach to the Islamic Republic.

September 7, 2022 | David Shedd, Ivana Stradner

Waging Psychological War Against Russia

The U.S. has a real opportunity to erode Putin’s propaganda.

September 3, 2022 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

Waiting for Thermidor: America’s Foreign Policy Towards Iran

The Islamic Republic of Iran may be on an accelerated schedule for revolutionary decay, at least if compared to the USSR.

August 7, 2022 | David May, Richard Goldberg

With Israel under attack, Biden must fight UN anti-Semitism

As the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad lobbed hundreds of rockets at Israel this weekend, a UN Human Rights Council official took to Twitter to denounce the Jewish state, labeling Israeli acts...

July 28, 2022 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

Tehran, the Day After

What might happen in Iran if America or Israel bombed the nuclear sites?

July 27, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Half baked

Climate change is not a national security emergency

July 6, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Mystery Cargo

Senior Iranian and Venezuelan officials are traveling around the world on a cargo plane. Argentina detained them. But what are they up to?

May 18, 2022 | Eric S. Edelman |

The Strongman Cometh

Why Erdoğan suddenly has a problem with Finland and Sweden joining NATO.

May 5, 2022 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Can the Intelligence Community Tell What’s Brewing in Afghanistan?

Excerpt Whenever the United States gets traumatized by the unexpected abroad, discussions inevitably start about the inadequacy of American intelligence collection and analysis. There is truth behind this...

May 2, 2022 | David Adesnik, John Hardie

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: May

April 4, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

The Kremlin’s Latin American Echo Chamber

A trio of Spanish language media networks controlled by Iran, Russia, and Venezuela push out propaganda and disinformation to demonize the West.