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The Evolution of Kim Jong Un’s ‘All-Purpose Sword’
The Weaponization of Capital
Strategic Implications of China’s Private Equity/Venture Capital Playbook
Memos
PGMs: Iran’s Precision-Guided Munitions Project in the Shadow of a Nuclear Deal
Memos
Avoiding empty cockpits: Addressing the Air Force’s pilot shortage problem
Fielding the best aircraft in the world won’t matter if the Air Force can’t retain enough well-trained pilots to fly them, argue FDD’s Bradley Bowman and Maj. Brian Leitzke.
Op-eds
Missing the Mark
Reassessing U.S. Military Aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces
Monographs
The White House Is Bending the Law on Syria Sanctions
Memos
Battle Force 2025
A Plan to Defend Taiwan Within the Decade
Memos
Biden Administration Creates Potential Sanctions Loophole for Assad
The Biden administration in late November lifted a longstanding rule that forbade non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from doing business with the regime of Syrian despot Bashar al-Assad, justifying the...
Policy Briefs
AUKUS: Good Goals, Bad Implementation
Now begins the real work for the United States and its democratic allies: cooperating to strengthen their eroding deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.
Op-eds
The Road To Damascus Is Paved With Good Intentions
Excerpt Carsten Wieland, Syria and the Neutrality Trap: The Dilemmas of Delivering Humanitarian Aid through Violent Regimes (Bloomsbury, 2021) Bashar al Assad relied on Russian warplanes to ensure his...
Op-eds
Behind the Black Bloc
An Overview of Militant Anarchism and Anti-Fascism
Monographs
Why America Should Hope the Regime in Iran Collapses
Advancing the collapse of the Islamic Republic will not bog the United States down into another Middle Eastern war or cost further blood and treasure. It can be done by maintaining sanctions on the Islamic Republic and its officials and by beginning a policy of maximum support of the Iranian people.
Op-eds
Iran Is More Than Persia
Ethnic Politics in the Islamic Republic