Twenty Years of Israel-U.S. Air Defense Investment Pays Off
Israel’s successful interception of Iran’s massive drone and missile attack underscores the success of military cooperation between Washington and Jerusalem.
Gulf War
United States Cyber Force
A Defense Imperative
Monographs
US presence in the Middle East at a critical junction
The United States has provided a critical military presence in the region throughout the decades.
Op-eds
Deploy the Precision Strike Missile to the Middle East
The US Army is about to get its hands on a brand new long-range strike capability. In this op-ed, two FDD analysts have ideas about where it's desperately needed.
Op-eds
Three Weeks of Ground War in Gaza
On Saturday, November 18, Israel’s war in Gaza reached its 43rd day and the ground offensive in Gaza has now reached its three-week mark. This war, Israel’s leaders say, is going to be long....
Op-eds
Ukraine Might Finally Get ATACMS. Here’s What That Means.
Media reports suggest Washington may soon grant Kyiv’s longstanding request for the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS. While not a silver bullet, ATACMS would provide Ukraine with valuable...
Op-eds
Israel Missed Its Moment
It might have had a chance to stop Iran’s nuclear ambitions a few years ago, but the Middle East has changed.
Op-eds
The Road to Israel-Saudi Normalization Runs Through Washington
Open ties between the two nations are in everyone’s interest, but it will take serious intent and deft maneuvering from America to get there. Is the administration up to it?
Op-eds
Will Bibi Make the Left’s Nightmares Come True? It’s Never Happened Before
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Op-eds
Cold War II and the new “new world order”
Unless we mobilize, expect no good outcome
Op-eds
Collusion or Collision?
Turkey-Russia Relations Under Erdogan and Putin
Monographs
Preserving the Warrior Ethos
It is corroded, and the necessary restorative work belongs to us all
Op-eds
Beijing’s American Hustle
How Chinese Grand Strategy Exploits U.S. Power
Op-eds
Blinken Should Invite Kuwait to Join Abraham Accords
If the Biden administration is serious about expanding the Abraham Accords, it has to show countries like Kuwait that peace is still one of Washington’s top priorities.
Op-eds
Defending Forward in the Cyber Domain
The Retrenchment Syndrome
A Response to “Come Home, America?”
The End of Arab Nationalism
How the Abraham Accords put the final nail in the coffin of a bad idea.
Op-eds
Great Power Competition Comes Home to America
Our leaders’ efforts to heal divisions among our fellow citizens are key to national defense.
Op-eds
Joe Biden Will Be America’s Most Pro-Kurdish President
The real test of Biden’s pro-Kurdish sentiments will be whether the need to maintain pragmatic cooperation with Ankara and Baghdad will ultimately force him to temper his commitment to the Kurds that the mountains are not their only friends.
Op-eds
America’s Soldiers: A Conversation with the Sergeant Major of the Army
Episode 58