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February 12, 2021 | Bradley Bowman, Jacob Nagel

Taking a closer look at Israel’s weapons wish list

Eyeing Iran and its terrorist proxies in Syria and Lebanon, Israel’s Cabinet approved on Feb. 7 an Israeli Air Force request to use U.S. foreign military financing and loans to fund approximately $9...

December 16, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Chinese Communist Party’s Human Hack of Western Companies

There may be a frightening number of potential CCP loyalists in Western companies and consulates around the globe.

July 15, 2020 | Alireza Nader |

Why won’t Trudeau demand more from Iran?

The Islamic Republic in Iran is about to execute three young Iranian men for their participation in the November 2019 popular uprising against the regime. But Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is no...

March 25, 2020 | Bradley Bowman, Mikhael Smits , Maj. Liane “Trixie” Zivitski

As U.S. Struggles with Coronavirus, Moscow Probes American Defenses

As the Coronavirus crisis escalated earlier this month in the United States, Moscow repeatedly sent Tu-142 long-range reconnaissance aircraft to probe America’s homeland defenses. The incursions into...

March 5, 2020 | Bradley Bowman, Cleo Paskal, Maj. Liane “Trixie” Zivitski

US-India helicopter deal deepens vital partnership

Due to American and Indian negotiators’ failure to reach a trade agreement, some media reports panned President Donald Trump’s visit last week to India as more show than substance. Yet a closer look...

June 18, 2019 | David Adesnik, LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Burning Bridge: The Iranian Land Corridor to the Mediterranean

January 31, 2019 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Tony Badran

Midterm Assessment: Hezbollah

November 6, 2018 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

New Treasury Sanctions Target Iran Air

In its largest ever single-day action against Iran, the U.S. Treasury designated...

August 10, 2018 | Boris Zilberman |

The Noose Tightens on Moscow

Two new sanctions initiatives are about to hammer an already battered Russian economy. The first is the bipartisan congressional momentum this fall for new Russia sanctions legislation, and the s...

July 6, 2018 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

The Rial’s Fall Shakes Tehran

A small number of merchants in Tehran on June 24 protested against the rapid depreciation of the rial, the Iranian currency. One day later, that small protest turned into the largest demonstratio...

May 9, 2018 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Deal or no deal, Trump should punish Iran’s aviation sector

The decision on whether or not Boeing should sell passenger aircraft to Iran should not be made by Boeing, but by President Trump, says FDD’s Emanuele Ottolenghi in his latest piece for...

March 2, 2018 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

Trump Should Block Iran’s Air Corridor to Syria

Last month, an Iranian drone reportedly violated Israeli airspace after taking off from a base i...

January 16, 2018 | Orde Kittrie

What’s the Matter With Norway?

President Trump reportedly touted Norway last week, comparing it favorably with Haiti and other countries he described in scatological terms. Though there are surely wonderful Norwegians, the gov...

October 16, 2017 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Trump throws a Hail Mary pass against Iran

President Trump has finally decertified his predecessor's nuclear agreement with Iran. Twice before, in April and July, Trump certified, per the requirement in the 2015 Iran Nuclear Review A...

October 6, 2017 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

No Easy Way Out

By October 15, Donald Trump must decide what to do with his predecessor’s nuclear agreement with Iran. He has felt obliged, against his instincts, to recertify the deal every 90 days, per t...

August 31, 2017 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

The nuclear deal is on a knife-edge…but Iran is thriving

The Iran nuclear deal, otherwise known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), that was implemented in January 2016 has emboldened Iran and given its leaders additional resources to pu...

August 16, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Report: Iran And Russia Violated UN Weapons Sanctions

The Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia used a smuggling route to transport offensive weapons, allegedly in violation of UN Resolution 2231, Germany’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported on...

August 2, 2017 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Iran Ramps Up Purchases of Commercial Aircraft from U.S. and Europe

Last June, a trio of Iranian airlines announced plans to purchase a total of 83 new planes from Airbus an...

July 21, 2017 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

The Iranian Express

On November 30, 2016, Syria watcher Tobias Schneider tweeted out pictures of an Iraqi Shia militiaman boarding an Iranian commercial airliner en route to Damascus. One selfie taken on the plane s...

July 18, 2017 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, John Hannah

If Trump Is Serious About Curbing Iran, He’ll Kill Boeing’s Plan to Sell It Planes

You may have missed it, but there was big news on the Iran front earlier this month. After much hesitation, Total, the French energy giant, plunged back into the Iranian...