How to Disrupt the China-Iran Oil Trade
To squeeze the Islamic Republic’s oil revenues, U.S. policy must understand that no Chinese company is too big to sanction.
Capitol Hill
Trump wants to go after criminal networks. A new approach to sanctions is needed.
Excerpt During his address to a joint session of Congress, President Trump made a powerful declaration: “Two weeks ago, I officially designated [Tren de Aragua] — along with MS-13 and the ruthless...
Op-eds
Israel’s Victory Will Be a Success for American Grand Strategy
The U.S. has an opportunity to fundamentally reshape global relations in our favor and to benefit the West. We should seize the moment.
Op-eds
Iran on the March: Restoring Deterrence and Stability in the Middle East
A Response By Richard Goldberg
Op-eds
Senate Moves to Extend and Toughen Caesar Act Sanctions on Syrian Regime
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), proposed a late amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act on September 11 that includes a four-year extension of...
Policy Briefs
Deterring Iran’s Dash to the Bomb
Monographs
Readout of FDD Expert’s Trip to Taiwan
Media Calls
How Qatar buys powerful friends in Washington
The case of Bob Menendez and others like him
Op-eds
Biden Faces Bipartisan Criticism for Withholding Key Arms from Israel
Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill expressed disapproval throughout the week regarding President Joe Biden’s decision to withhold key munitions from Israel. Biden admitted...
Flash Briefs
The Urgent Need for UN Reform
The UN’s response to October 7 makes reform more urgent than ever. UN reform used to be a bipartisan priority — it must now be again.
Memos
United States Cyber Force
A Defense Imperative
Monographs
Close Down UNRWA
Western nations must not continue to contribute to a UN agency that is effectively controlled by a terrorist organization.
Op-eds
Biden’s Imaginary Iran
Tehran’s hostility is clear, so why does the White House keep ignoring it?
Op-eds
French Court Issues International Arrest Warrant for Syria’s Assad
French judges issued an international arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad on November 15, citing his use of chemical weapons against Syrian civilians. The court also issued warrants...
Flash Briefs
From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners
Investigating the Nexus Between Anti-Semitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing
Congressional Testimonies
Congress Should Take Away Iran’s $10 Billion Sanctions Relief
Just five weeks after the Hamas October 7 massacre, the State Department re-issued a sanctions waiver on November 14 enabling Hamas’s terror sponsor, Iran, to use more than $10 billion in previously inaccessible funds held in Iraq. ...
Policy Briefs
Biden must take Iran threat seriously — and wage economic war
Iran-backed militias are shooting at American troops in Iraq and Syria and getting away with it. On Monday morning, the militias targeted US bases with attack drones for the third time in a week. The...
Op-eds
Army Secretary Calls on Congress to Ensure Pentagon Can Aid Israel, Ukraine
Latest Developments U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth on October 9 urged Congress to ensure the Pentagon has adequate resources to provide military aid to both Israel and Ukraine. The Pentagon...
Flash Briefs
How Congress Can Fix Biden’s Failed U.N. Strategy
Countries from around the world gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, over the past week for the World Health Organization’s annual assembly, but Taiwan was not among them. Pressure from Beijing thwarted requests...
Op-eds
The Road to Israel-Saudi Normalization Runs Through Washington
Open ties between the two nations are in everyone’s interest, but it will take serious intent and deft maneuvering from America to get there. Is the administration up to it?