Capitol Hill

November 21, 2025 | Natalie Ecanow |

Inside Qatar’s $225 Million Effort to Court US Policymakers and Press

Qatar still thinks money can buy you love, and it has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in the United States to prove it. During the first Trump administration, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates,...

October 9, 2025 | Sophie McDowall |

Recipe for Success: Guidance Based on the Experience of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission

Guidance Based on the Experience of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission ...

May 5, 2025 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Matthew Zweig

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.

March 10, 2025 | Matthew Zweig, Elaine K. Dezenski

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...

October 4, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

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.

September 25, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

Iran on the March: Restoring Deterrence and Stability in the Middle East

A Response By Richard Goldberg

September 20, 2024 | David Adesnik, Matthew Zweig

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...

August 29, 2024 | Orde Kittrie, Bradley Bowman, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Deterring Iran’s Dash to the Bomb

August 7, 2024 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Elaine K. Dezenski, Craig Singleton, Joe Dougherty

Readout of FDD Expert’s Trip to Taiwan

August 6, 2024 | Natalie Ecanow |

How Qatar buys powerful friends in Washington

The case of Bob Menendez and others like him

May 11, 2024 | |

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...

April 5, 2024 | Alan Goldsmith |

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.

March 25, 2024 | Dr. Erica Lonergan, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

United States Cyber Force

A Defense Imperative

February 7, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

Close Down UNRWA

Western nations must not continue to contribute to a UN agency that is effectively controlled by a terrorist organization.

November 30, 2023 | Richard Goldberg |

Biden’s Imaginary Iran

Tehran’s hostility is clear, so why does the White House keep ignoring it?

November 16, 2023 | |

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...

November 15, 2023 | Jonathan Schanzer |

From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners

Investigating the Nexus Between Anti-Semitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing

November 15, 2023 | Richard Goldberg |

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. ...

October 23, 2023 | David Adesnik |

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...

October 10, 2023 | |

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...