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What could a Trump-Vance China policy look like?
Vance’s focus on China is not surprising. In his personal and professional life he’s seen the way People’s Republic of China actions have affected the lives of Americans.
Op-eds
Former President of Federated States of Micronesia David W. Panuelo Warns Country Could See Democratic Backsliding
New, exclusive interview with former President of Federated States of Micronesia, David W. Panuelo.
Insights
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.
Op-eds
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.
Memos
Partisan Bills Hurt Cybersecurity
Congress has had a spectacular three-year run developing and passing cybersecurity legislation that both protects our national critical infrastructure and secures our federal networks. On a bipartisan,...
Op-eds
Beneficial Ownership: Fighting Illicit International Financial Networks Through Transparency
Download the full testimony here. Chairman Grassley, Ranking Me...
Legislative Testimonies
Save the Terrorism Prevention Toolkit
Co-authored by George Selim. The images from Charlottesville captured the nation’s attention. Cameras showed Nazi salutes, swastikas, and ...
Op-eds
Proliferation Fallout from the Iran Deal: The South Korean Case Study
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Monographs
Evaluating the Security of the U.S. Financial Sector
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Legislative Testimonies
‘Dozens’ of Terrorists, Zero Protesters
During a conference call Tuesday evening, two State Department officials briefed reporters on the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012. Obama administra...
Op-eds
The Supreme Court Enters the Surveillance Debate
Since 2004, the Supreme Court’s transnational progressive bloc has forged a novel — and, in my view, a damaging — judicial oversight role in American national security. The whim...
Op-eds
U.S. Policy in Syria
Written Testimony for the Record Contributors to this testimony included: Mark Dubowitz (FDD), Reuel Marc Gerecht (FDD), Tony Badran (FDD), Ammar Abdulhamid (FDD), Jo...
Legislative Testimonies
Towards a Post-Assad Syria
Towards a Post-Assad Syria: Options for the United States and Like-Minded Nations to Further Assist the Anti-Regime Syrian Opposition A Discussion Paper Prepared by the Foreign...
Press Releases
The Assad Regime’s Continuing Mass Murder of Syrians
The Assad Regime’s Continuing Mass Murder of Syrians: Policy Options for U.S. Response A Joint Bulletin of the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI) and the Foundation...
Press Releases
FISA Reform: The Bad Bill that Beats No Bill
The Senate bill is bipartisan -- and that's nothing to celebrate.
Op-eds
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
On torture and executive power, Democrats sing a different tune when the president is … a Democrat.
Op-eds
Congress Fills the Void on Iran Policy
The Associated Press reports: Iran could face a new array of U.S. sanctions under proposed House legislation that's meant to force Tehran into international talks on its nuclear program....
Op-eds
House Goes First with New Iran Sanctions Bill
Both the House and Senate are preparing new legislation to increase pressure on Iran, but the House fired the opening salvo on Monday with a new bill authored by both heads of the Foreign Affairs C...
Op-eds
A Subtle, But Significant, Shift in U.S. Somali Policy Opens the Door to Realism
Last Friday, speaking in New York to reporters one day after attending a major meeting on Somalia chaired by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the margins of the 65th session the Un...