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July 14, 2025 | |

Trump Threatens Severe Tariffs on Russia as U.S. Agrees To Make Critical Weapons Available to Ukraine Through NATO Allies

Trump Confronts Putin With Deadline: President Donald Trump gave Russian President Vladimir Putin 50 days to end the war in Ukraine or else face “very severe” secondary tariffs...

July 11, 2025 | |

‘NATO Is Paying For Those Weapons’: U.S. To Send Weapons to Ukraine Through NATO

Latest Developments Deal Struck for Weapons: President Donald Trump said on July 10 that the United States struck a deal with NATO to deliver U.S. weapons to Ukraine through the military alliance,...

July 10, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Maria Riofrio

USDA Releases Plan to Protect U.S. Agriculture From Cyber Threats and Chinese Intrusions

Washington is moving to block China and other adversaries from buying U.S. farmland and hacking our food supply. On July 8, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its National Farm Security...

July 10, 2025 | Jack Burnham |

Is Taiwan Preparing for the Wrong Kind of War as Communist China’s Threat of ‘Reunification’ Looms? 

With Beijing likely to rely on asymmetric capabilities rather than landing soldiers to invade, America can help siege-proof the island democracy.

July 10, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Craig Singleton

The Battle for Display Dominance

Chinese dominance in display technologies poses a critical national security threat, demanding urgent US action to secure supply chains.

July 9, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Law and disorder

Interpol does the bidding of bad guys

July 7, 2025 | Jack Burnham |

Countering China, Washington and Hanoi Sign Preliminary Trade Agreement

Fifty years after the last American forces left Saigon, the United States is expanding its ties — economic and military — with Vietnam. On July 2, President Donald Trump announced that the United States...

July 6, 2025 | Cleo Paskal |

People vs CCP: Suidani and Talifilu fight the good fight

Fight for their families, faith, freedom—the things that make us human, and that build community. Beijing is terrified more people will understand that.

July 3, 2025 | Cameron McMillan, Ryan Brobst

‘Only Encourage the Aggressor’: Trump Administration Pauses Critical Weapons Shipments to Ukraine

The Trump administration announced July 1 that it would pause the delivery of needed munitions to Ukraine as the beleaguered democracy continues to defend itself against Russian aggression. The White House...

July 3, 2025 | Lydia LaFavor, Jack Burnham, Natalie Ecanow

5 Things to Know About China-Iran Security Cooperation

China and Iran both seek to counter American influence in the Middle East and have long cooperated to further that shared goal. China provides Iran with inputs for its ballistic missile program, helps...

July 3, 2025 | John Hardie |

Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: July

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.

July 2, 2025 | |

Israeli Assessment of Recent Conflict With Iran Reveals 86 Percent Success Rate in Missile Interception

Billions of Dollars in Damage Prevented: The Israeli Defense Ministry reported that its aerial defenses successfully intercepted 86 percent of ballistic missiles launched by Iran...

July 2, 2025 | Bradley Bowman, Sinan Ciddi

S-400s or not, don’t give Turkey the F-35

Thomas Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey, suggested on Sunday that the impasse with Washington over Ankara’s procurement of the Russian S-400 air and missile defense system could be resolved...

June 30, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

An Urgent Call to Close the Loopholes on Chips and China

The core lessons from the Cold War should guide us as we face the new “Axis of Aggressors” today. First among these, is that we need to win the technology race. Advanced technology made in United...

June 30, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Johanna Yang

Chinese Scholars Probe for Weaknesses in Western Electricity Grids

Chinese academics are taking a keen interest in the vulnerabilities of America’s energy grid. On June 19, the Czech Technical University in Prague published a paper revealing that Chinese scholars are...

June 26, 2025 | Craig Singleton |

Where Was Xi Jinping in Iran’s Hour of Need?

Tehran expected a bulwark from Beijing. Instead it got a bystander.

June 25, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Miles Kershner

Japan, South Korea Abruptly Pull Out of NATO Summit

A subtle rift is emerging between NATO and some of its most trusted Asian partners. The leaders of Japan and South Korea, two of America’s closest treaty allies in the Indo-Pacific, abruptly canceled...

June 25, 2025 | Jack Burnham |

China Looks to Expand Its Access to London Infrastructure

A company with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wants to control what comes out of the faucets of millions of Londoners. CK Infrastructure Holdings (CKI), a subsidiary of firm CK Hutchison,...

June 25, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

The dagger in the Ayatollah’s cloak

President Trump decided to take it away from him

June 24, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

After the Ceasefire, Will Iran Abandon its ‘Axis of Resistance’?

The Decline of Iran’s Proxies: How Tehran’s Regional Power Crumbled ...