Ukraine’s bold—and risky—gamble in Kursk
Now on its fourth day, Ukraine’s surprise offensive in Russia’s Kursk region is a daring gambit likely intended to divert Russian forces and snatch back the war’s momentum. But it also comes with...
Buk missile system
Russia’s Wagner Group to Transfer Air Defense System to Hezbollah, U.S. Intel Says
U.S. intelligence reportedly believes that Russia’s Wagner paramilitary organization plans to send Hezbollah a short-range air defense system that currently belongs to the Syrian military. Moscow may...
Policy Briefs
Can Russia’s New Guided Glide Bombs Help Blunt Ukraine’s Counteroffensive?
The Russian military on May 8 officially acknowledged that it had employed its new “Universal Gliding and Correction Module,” or UMPK, against Ukraine. Designed to turn a “dumb” bomb...
Op-eds
What Ukraine Still Needs to Win
As Kyiv gears up for its spring counteroffensive, some U.S. officials are privately casting doubt on what Ukraine can achieve. To be sure, the Ukrainian military will face serious hurdles in...
Op-eds
Iran Aids Russia’s Imperialist War Against Ukraine
Tehran has agreed to help Moscow produce hundreds or even thousands of Iranian drones in Russia, according to new intelligence reports cited by The Washington Post and CNN. This agreement could boost...
Op-eds
Biden Administration Should Stand With Israel Against Russia in Syria
In an unusual move, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of Russia’s Reconciliation Center for Syria, last month claimed that Syrian regime forces used Russian-made air defense systems to counter several...
Policy Briefs
U.S. Policy in Syria
Written Testimony for the Record Contributors to this testimony included: Mark Dubowitz (FDD), Reuel Marc Gerecht (FDD), Tony Badran (FDD), Ammar Abdulhamid (FDD), Jo...
Congressional Testimonies
Towards a Post-Assad Syria
Towards a Post-Assad Syria: Options for the United States and Like-Minded Nations to Further Assist the Anti-Regime Syrian Opposition A Discussion Paper Prepared by the Foreign...
Press Releases
From Russia with, Well … Not Much
Following Syrian President Bashar Assad's recent visit to Russia, and on the heels of the Russian military assault in Georgia, there was a flurry of commentary by regime-sanc...
Op-eds
Russian Weapons to Hezbollah?
You all read the news by now that Syria's dictator went to acquire certain types of weapons from the Russians, such as the Pantsyr-S1 air defense missile systems and the BUK-M1 surface-to-ai...