Hudson Institute
Is Esper’s New Plan For The Navy Enough For The Indo-Pacific?
Recent wargames suggest the U.S. Navy would have a hard time fighting China, but this might be nothing compared to infighting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and his successors will have to manage to build...
Op-eds
Guam needs Aegis Ashore
American military superiority compared to China has eroded in recent years. The frequent inability of Congress and the Pentagon to provide timely capabilities for combatant commanders represents an important...
Op-eds
Was Nixon Wrong About China?
It might be time to question the conventional wisdom.
Op-eds
How China Tries to Intimidate Its Dissidents Living Overseas
Explaining the CCP’s “Fox Hunt” program.
Op-eds
The war against Christians
It hit a peak in the last century but it's ongoing in the Middle East, Africa and Asia
Op-eds
Trump can get both Turkish and Kurdish support in Syria by negotiating peace deal
President Trump’s strategy of getting out of Syria but keeping the oil continues to stir up policy debates and emotions. Opponents of the U.S. withdrawal see this as a betrayal of the Syrian Kurds,...
Op-eds
Fraternal Islamists: Getting to Know the Muslim Brotherhood
Episode 38
Foreign Podicy
Burning Bridge: The Iranian Land Corridor to the Mediterranean
Monographs
China isn’t what it used to be
Presidential contender Joe Biden would benefit from an update
Op-eds
Why Kim Jong-un must feel ‘maximum pressure’
More flattery and sweet talk will get President Trump nowhere.
Op-eds
Trump Is Crude. But He’s Right About Saudi Arabia.
On the strategic questions that matter in the Middle East, the president is cleareyed.
Op-eds
Former Government Officials, Policy Experts Support SWIFT Sanctions on Iran
FDD scholars among 30 experts who urge removing Iranian banks from financial service
Press Releases
In the Shadow of the Pyramids: Egypt’s Past Glories and Future Perils
Episode 11
FDD's Foreign Podicy
Give anti-globalism a chance
“Globalism” is one of those Humpty Dumpty words that seems to mean whatever those using it “choose it to mean – neither more nor less.”...
Op-eds
Expert: Official Corruption in Wake of Nuclear Deal is Driving Iranian Protests
The recent protests against the Iranian regime have been fueled by the corruption of the government that has ruined Iran’s economy since the 2015 nuclear deal Lee Smith, a senior fello...
Op-eds
Does Al Jazeera deserve to die?
The Gulf Cooperation Council comprises six nations, all of them Arab, Muslim, ruled by royals, and fabulously wealthy thanks to vast reserves of petroleum. With so much in common, you might expec...
Op-eds
Leveraging Blockchain Technology to Protect the National Security Industrial Base
FDD Research Memo
Memos
The Qatar Ultimatum
In the aftermath of the terrorist atrocities of Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush drew a line in the sand. “Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make,” he annou...
Op-eds
Gates to be Keynote Speaker at FDD, Hudson, Center for Cyber & Homeland Security Event
Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will be the keynote speaker at an event jointly hosted by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Hudson Institute and the George Washington University...