Congressional Research Service

May 24, 2024 | Antonette Bowman |

Antisemitism in Schools Shows Need for Stronger Enforcement of Title VI and Accountability Policies

A Jewish teacher hid in a locked classroom on May 16 when 400 anti-Israel student protesters rampaged through a Bronx high school campus, just one week after the House convened a hearing on K-12 antisemitism....

April 3, 2024 | |

U.S. Considering Major Military Package for Israel

The Biden administration has informally notified Congress of its desire to approve the sale to Israel of as many as 50 new F-15 fighter jets valued at $18 billion, according to media...

April 14, 2023 | Ryan Brobst, Bradley Bowman

Avoid Overconfidence When It Comes to Middle East Air and Missile Defense

After months of rising tensions, terrorists fired at least 30 rockets from southern Lebanon into northern Israel last Thursday, 25 of which were shot down, presumably by Iron Dome The rockets were allegedly...

April 14, 2023 | Frank Cilluffo, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Time to designate space systems as critical infrastructure

The bottom line? The Executive Branch must designate space systems as a critical infrastructure sector and Congress must provide the Sector Risk Management Agency (SRMA) with the resources needed to execute the mission.

April 14, 2023 | Frank Cilluffo, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Sharon Cardash, Kelsey Shields

Time to Designate Space Systems as Critical Infrastructure

After interviewing more than 30 industry and government experts, the authors have concluded that designating space systems as a U.S. critical infrastructure sector would close current gaps and signal both at home and abroad that space security and resilience is a top priority.

February 9, 2023 | Jiwon Ma, Elysse Gregor

Why Cybersecurity Decision-making Needs Better Statistics

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a report last month concluding that the lack of centralized, standardized, uniform data on cyberattacks “stymies public policy debates and action.”...

January 23, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Congress Questions Biden Plan to Sell F-16s to Turkey

The Biden administration informally notified Congress of its intention to sell 40 new F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, along with 79 upgrade kits to modernize the Turkish Air Force’s existing F-16 fleet....

January 20, 2023 | |

Pentagon Transfers Some Israel-based Artillery Shells to Support Ukraine

The Pentagon is reportedly using part of a military stockpile it has maintained in Israel for decades to send hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to help the Ukrainian military defeat the Russian invasion. According to the New York Times, the United States has transferred approximately half of an expected total of 300,000 rounds of 155mm howitzer shells to Ukraine. The move represents a notable use of the Israel-based stockpile to aid a partner outside the region and compensate for insufficient domestic munitions production capacity in the United States.

April 23, 2021 | Bradley Bowman, Maj Jared Thompson, Ryan Brobst

China’s surprising drone sales in the Middle East

The Biden administration plans to move forward with $23 billion in weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates, according to press reports published last week. The sales include F-35 aircraft, MQ-9B...

April 1, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

A Diplomat’s Trip to Taiwan Draws the Ire of the CCP

The Chinese foreign ministry has expressed outrage over an ambassador’s visit to discuss the pandemic.

January 29, 2021 | Mathew Ha |

Strengthening Alliance With Japan Is Critical for Biden’s Indo-Pacific Strategy

During his Senate confirmation hearing, Anthony Blinken, President Biden’s nominee for Secretary of State, called for Washington “to start approaching China from a position of strength, not weakness.”...

January 8, 2021 | Bradley Bowman |

U.S.-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group Authorization Provides Opportunity for Biden Administration

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021, which became law last week, includes a provision authorizing the establishment of a U.S.-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group (OTWG)....

May 27, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Understanding China’s Latest Move Against Hong Kong

The CCP is using the threat of a foreign bogeyman to encroach on residents' freedoms.

March 16, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Bernie Sanders Gets China’s Economy Exactly Wrong

The economic growth came from the kind of liberal reforms that he hates.

November 15, 2019 | David Maxwell |

U.S.-ROK Relations

An Ironclad Alliance or a Transactional House of Cards?

October 24, 2019 | Mathew Ha |

South Korea’s missile detection failure shows need for cooperation with Japan

On Oct. 11, Chong Jong-sup, an opposition member of South Korea’s National Assembly, revealed that South Korean naval vessels failed to detect numerous missiles launched from North Korea between May...

June 13, 2017 | Anthony Ruggiero |

A New North Korea Sanctions Approach

Download the full memo here.  Introduction...

April 12, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

We can’t punish Syria and ignore Iran: Assad’s allies have been complicit in his crimes

The Iranian regime’s role in enabling Syrian dictator Bashar Assad’s chemical attacks on civilians last week has sadly been ignored, in part because of Tehran’s accurate asserti...

March 8, 2017 | Anthony Ruggiero |

Gauging the North Korea-Iran Relationship

A new report alleges that North Korea is helping Iran continue development of a nuclear...

December 16, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iranian Kurds Join the Fight

Co-written by Jonathan Spyer The instability that has swept over the Middle East over the past half-decade has its winners and its losers. For the most part, the much-...