Time For a New Policy Toward Erdogan
Turkey and Israel held talks last Wednesday aimed at avoiding a confrontation in Syria as Ankara continues to pursue greater influence in a post-Assad Syria, including through...
Helsinki
Finland Takes Step to Combat Antisemitism, But More Can Be Done
Finland’s scandal-ridden new government recently published a policy to combat racism and bigotry, including antisemitism and Holocaust denial. The government has dealt with numerous crises stemming...
Op-eds
Cloak and Swagger
REVIEW: ‘Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West’ by Calder Walton
Op-eds
Biden at the NATO Summit in Vilnius: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
When President Joe Biden entered office he was quick to declare that “America is back.” After his predecessor routinely expressed low regard for America’s European allies, Biden declared that...
Op-eds
Will Erdogan Finally Ratify Sweden’s NATO Accession? No One Knows.
It is now a waiting game—and that’s how it should be.
Op-eds
Advance U.S. Interests by Giving Ukraine the Weapons It Needs Now
Memos
The Strongman Cometh
Why Erdoğan suddenly has a problem with Finland and Sweden joining NATO.
Op-eds
Russia
Wiesenthal Center Urges Antisemitic Finnish MP To Resign
Al-Taee also compared Israel to the Islamic State and denigrated Sunni Muslims, gays, Somalis and other groups.
Op-eds
Finnish MP Under Fire For Comparing Israel To ISIS
Dr. Efraim Zuroff, the head of the Jerusalem office of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, told the Jerusalem Post on Sunday: “This guy [Hussein al-Taee] is obviously an antisemite.”
Op-eds
Helsinki summit an opportunity to win Russia’s support for constraining Iran in Syria
Leading up to his meeting with President Putin of Russia, President Trump must convince Russia to help constrain Iran’s growing presence in Syria, says FDD’s John Hannah in his most recent op-ed f...
Op-eds
Putin’s New Rules For the Golan Heights
At his joint press conference with US President Donald Trump following the summit in Helsinki last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a revealing comment about his intentions towards Isr...
Op-eds
Make NATO great again
NATO’s first Secretary General, Lord Hastings Lionel Ismay, articulated the military alliance’s mission succinctly: “Keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans...
Op-eds
Putin Needs Iran in Syria
Russia’s latest offensive proves the futility of depending on Putin to rein in Iran.
Op-eds
No Deal on Syria for Trump and Putin
Despite ...
Policy Briefs
Putin Sees Trump as an Easy Mark on Syria
As U.S. President Donald Trump approaches his July 16 summit in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin, there’s much speculation that Syria will be near the top of the agenda. Trump is repo...
Op-eds
FDD study: US Should Develop Syria Policy that Includes Syrian End State Devoid of Iran’s Influence
(Washington, D.C., July 11, 2018) – The Trump Administration should make it established U.S. policy to achieve an end state in Syria that is free of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...
Press Releases
U.S. Should Not Abandon Strategic Base Near Syrian Border
The White House announced yesterday that President Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir...
Policy Briefs
The Ron Paul Institute: Be Afraid, Very Afraid
In December 2011, when Ron Paul was leading the Republican presidential-primary pack in the Iowa caucuses, the former Texas congressman’s notorious newsletters resurfaced in the national de...
Op-eds
A Cure for the Clash?
Early in the final decade of the last century, Harvard professor Samuel Huntington offered what seemed an eccentric prediction. While others saw economic, political and ideological tempests ahead...