Costa Rica

Can US Engagement Rescue the United Nations From Irrelevance?

The next UN leader will take office at a time when the international body is experiencing an unprecedented crisis of purpose.

A Gameplan for American Economic Security:

Supercharging U.S. Statecraft, from an Economic Pentagon to the Near-Global Economy

Will the Next UN Leader Be Good for America?

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s time in office is coming to an end, which raises the question: Who will lead the world’s most important multilateral body next? The 2026 secretary-general...

Costa Rica Designates IRGC and Iranian Proxies as Terrorist Groups

Costa Rica has announced the designation as terror groups of three of Iran’s key regional proxies as well as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the bedrock of the Tehran regime. President...

How to Tackle Venezuela’s (and the World’s) ‘Odious Debt’ Problem

Venezuela could be a test case for reforming international finance’s lending to authoritarian governments.

Russia Recruits Young Migrant Women from Latin America to Build Iranian Drones

Iran’s web of terror and propaganda: The case of Al Mustafa University

Last July, Israel’s ambassador to Argentina gave an interview to Latin America’s leading news platform, Infobae, where he named Edgardo Ruben (aka Suhail) Assad, Abdallah Cerrilla, and Abdul...

Shaping the Future of Cyber Diplomacy

Review for State Department Reauthorization

USAID Cuts Demolish Cyber Assistance to U.S. Allies and Partners  

When U.S. partners aren’t secure, America isn’t secure.

Building Partner Capabilities for Cyber Operations

FDD’s Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: The Year in Review

Soleimani U

A new academic center in Caracas named after the Iranian mass murderer is the latest node in Tehran’s soft power network in Latin America

Taiwan 194

Emulating the Palestinians to Advocate Internationally for Taiwan and to Counter China

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late June

Behind the Black Bloc

An Overview of Militant Anarchism and Anti-Fascism

‘Blue Homeland’ And The Irredentist Future Of Turkish Foreign Policy

Turkey and Greece, two NATO allies, nearly experienced a full-fledged military conflict in August. Two of their warships collided during a naval standoff over hydrocarbon exploration in the Eastern...

Re-Forge Strategic Alliances and Check China Abroad, Rebuild Economy at Home

The industrial heartlands of the U.S. and its European allies have become crucibles for the polarizing politics of neo-populism for a population left behind in the information age. Anxious and angry citizenry,...

COVID-19 in Latin America: Organized Crime Gains and States Weaken

COVID-19 cases in Latin America are surging as the region heads into the Southern Hemisphere winter. Across the region, the pandemic has created opportunities for organized crime to step into the void left...

The Trump plan for Afghanistan

The U.S. presence provides a better return on investment than most people realize

Why endless wars can’t be ended

There’s no chance America’s enemies will leave us in peace.