Foreign policy

June 5, 2025 | Ivana Stradner, Emily Hester

Russia aims to ride the BRICS to AI victory

The United States must firm up its own coalition of AI collaborators.

April 29, 2025 | Annie Fixler |

Shaping the Future of Cyber Diplomacy

Review for State Department Reauthorization

April 14, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Craig Singleton, Jack Burnham, Annie Fixler

Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Rules and Procedures To Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks; Schedule of Application Fees

March 28, 2025 | Jonathan Schanzer, Sinan Ciddi, Melissa Sacks, Michael Rubin

Hamas and Turkey: Partners in Terror

March 5, 2025 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Bridging the Gap

Turkey Between East and West

March 4, 2025 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Blackout

International Energy Policies Threaten U.S. National Security

February 25, 2025 | Craig Singleton |

Missed Milestones

Evaluating The Last Four Years in the EAP Region and Unseized Opportunities Under President Trump

February 12, 2025 | Bradley Bowman |

The Trump Administration Acts to Arm Israel and Signals Desire to Reform U.S. Security Assistance

The Trump administration formally notified Congress on Friday that it plans to sell Israel over $8 billion in weapons, advancing sales that the Biden administration slow-rolled for months. The Trump administration’s...

February 10, 2025 | Bradley Bowman, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Trump is Right to Prioritize Homeland Missile Defense

President Trump issued an executive order, “The Iron Dome for America,” on January 27, jumpstarting a major effort to deploy and maintain a “next generation” missile shield to better...

January 15, 2025 | Craig Singleton |

Biotech Battlefield

Weaponizing Innovation in the Age of Genomics

December 20, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey’s Overreach in Syria: Erdogan Is ‘Playing with Fire’

In a recent Foreign Policy article, Steven Cook and I highlighted how Turkey may be overplaying its hand in Syria. With events evolving rapidly, it seems that Turkish President Recep...

December 9, 2024 | Steven A. Cook, Sinan Ciddi

Erdogan Gets His ‘Leader of the Muslim World’ Moment

Syria's change of leadership has given Turkey’s president the regional influence he has always wanted.

October 30, 2024 | Bradley Bowman |

How America benefits from its security partnership with Israel

Anyone who has spent time on a playground knows it is good to have friends when bullies come along. That also holds true in international relations. China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are...

September 16, 2024 | |

Axis of Aggressors: H.R. McMaster on Defending America’s Interests

The members of this “axis of aggressors” are united in their determination to undermine the United States and counter its core interests. Though their methods may vary, these adversaries share a desire to sow chaos, erode the rule of law, and weaken the United States and its allies. To discuss the situations in Middle East, the Pacific, and Ukraine, as well as the path forward, FDD’s Center on Military and Political Power (CMPP) hosts CMPP Chairman LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster, a 34-year-veteran of the U.S. Army and a former U.S. National Security Advisor, in conversation with CMPP Senior Director Bradley Bowman.

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

June 28, 2024 | Bradley Bowman |

Cognitive Combat

China, Russia, and Iran’s Information War Against Americans

June 26, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

Would Trump re-establish peace through strength?

As should be clear by now, the alternative is war through weakness

May 16, 2024 | Craig Singleton |

Security Risk

The Unprecedented Surge in Chinese Illegal Immigration

April 22, 2024 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Bradley Bowman, John Hardie, Joe Dougherty

Update on Russia-Ukraine War – status, next steps