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January 12, 2024 | Craig Singleton |

Democracy’s high stakes in Taiwan’s vote  

Taiwan’s upcoming election stands as a litmus test of the Chinese Communist Party’s political warfare strategy, specifically whether disinformation and military drills alone can bend Taipei’s...

October 10, 2023 | Mark Dubowitz |

It’s the hidden hand of Khamenei’s regime in Iran that set the Middle East ablaze — and will trigger all-out war.

Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei has once again set the Middle East on fire. For as the world watches videos and reads reports of savage Hamas terrorists murdering, raping and kidnapping Israeli civilians,...

July 25, 2023 | John Hardie |

More Evidence That Russia’s Making Iranian Drones

Ukrainian outlet Defense Express last week published photos of what appears to be a Russian-made version of Iran’s Shahed-136 one-way attack drone. This revelation builds on recent evidence, highlighted by FDD’s...

September 11, 2022 | Joe Truzman |

Mounting Evidence of the PA’s Security Services Clashing With IDF Troops in the West Bank

Since last year, IDF troops have increasingly engaged in armed clashes with members of the Palestinian Authority Security Services (PSS) in the West Bank. In some cases, PSS members belonged to militant...

August 24, 2022 | |

Iran Deal Would Help Putin, Undermine Ukraine

“Russia plans to use Iran as a backdoor to circumvent international sanctions over Ukraine if Tehran’s nuclear accord with world powers comes back into force,” Politico reported on Tuesday. Trade, finance, and energy officials from both Tehran and Moscow have met in recent months to develop what Politico calls a “get-out-of-jail-free card” for Russia to evade Western sanctions. Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iran in July to strengthen ties between the two countries.

March 11, 2022 | Bradley Bowman, Ryan Brobst

While Others Debate No-Fly Zones, Take These Steps Now to Help Ukraine

Ukrainian forces are fighting hard to defend against the Russian invasion, but are slowly losing ground and cities in the face of a brutal Russian onslaught. As the debates in Washington over no-fly zones...

October 6, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

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September 17, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Treasury Sanctions Jihadist Financiers in Turkey for the Seventh Time Since 2019

The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated five Turkey-based individuals on Thursday for providing a range of financial and travel facilitation services to al-Qaeda. The new designations — the seventh...

February 25, 2021 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Alireza Nader

Biden’s Iran appeasement

Barack Obama’s controversial Iran policy centered on the nuclear deal, which failed to halt the clerical regime’s atomic ambitions and strengthened the Islamic Republic and its allies throughout the...

February 22, 2021 | Alireza Nader |

Secret recording shows Iran’s leaders are responsible for downed aircraft. Will Trudeau act now?

Trudeau has come to a critical juncture. He can either pursue friendly relations with the regime and hope for the best, or exert pressure on Tehran

January 19, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Treasury Sanctions Egyptian Terrorists Harbored by Turkey

The U.S. Department of the Treasury last Thursday designated two Egyptian terrorists based in Turkey for “being leaders of HASM,” the acronym for Harakat Sawa’d Misr (Arms of Egypt Movement), which...

November 21, 2020 | Bradley Bowman, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Successful SM-3 weapons test offers missile defense opportunity

[This article was published in Defense News on November 21, 2020. The version below contains the complete set of hyperlinks to sources referenced in the piece.] The United States this week successfully...

August 26, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir |

State Department Calls Out Erdogan’s Hosting of Hamas Terrorists

The State Department registered its strong objection yesterday to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s hosting of two Hamas leaders in Istanbul on August 22. This is the first time the State Department...

August 18, 2020 | LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster |

Lebanon’s government resigned after the Beirut port blast. Here’s what needs to happen now.

International aid must be contingent on the county's adopting a new system of government in which seats and positions aren't apportioned to religious factions.

October 30, 2019 | Samantha Ravich, Annie Fixler

The Economic Dimension of Great-Power Competition and the Role of Cyber as a Key Strategic Weapon

Excerpt Napoleon Bonaparte may have said that an army marches on its stomach, but it is perhaps even truer that a military force marches, sails, flies, and attacks on the back of its nation’s economy....

October 19, 2018 | Jonathan Schanzer |

The Experts Were Wrong About the Middle East

The killing of Jamal Khashoggi has upended Washington’s policy debates, as many reverse long-held views.

July 18, 2017 | Tyler Stapleton |

Congress and the Administration Need to Reinvigorate HIFPA

On December 18, 2015, the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act (HIFPA) was signed into law by President Obama after yea...

April 7, 2017 | Michael Ledeen |

The Real War in ‘Syria’ and the Strategy for Long-Term Victory

Of course I loathe Assad. And of course I despise the Obamans for that phony red line and the subsequent retreat-and-bogus-Russian-deal. But just carrying out vengeance against Assad isn’t...

April 3, 2017 | |

Severing China-North Korea Financial Links

Chinese companies and banks are complicit in Pyongyang’s efforts to evade financial sanctions. Washington should authorize the Treasury Department to impose fines against banks that aid Nor...

May 26, 2016 | David Daoud |

Iran and Hezbollah Avoid Blaming Israel for Terrorist Commander’s Death

Mustafa Badreddine, the head of Hezbollah’s military operations in Syria, was recently killed in an explosion near Damascus International Airport. Although the assassination bears some sign...