Law and disorder
Interpol does the bidding of bad guys
India
Turkey still wants to join BRICS while pretending to be a NATO ally
Last year, Turkey took observers by surprise at the 2024 BRICS summit in Russia when it applied for full membership in an organization that seeks to challenge the Western-led liberal international order and is an adversarial alternative to NATO.
Op-eds
People vs CCP: Suidani and Talifilu fight the good fight
Fight for their families, faith, freedom—the things that make us human, and that build community. Beijing is terrified more people will understand that.
Op-eds
Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: July
Welcome back to the Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker. Once a month, we ask FDD’s experts and scholars to assess the administration’s foreign policy. They provide trendlines of very positive, positive, neutral, negative, or very negative for the areas they watch.
Policy Tracker
India Orders New Fighter Jets Equipped With Israeli Technology
Indian Fighter Jets Modernized With Israeli Tech: The Indian Air Force will take delivery of dozens of new fighter jets fitted with Israeli defense technology as it seeks to modernize...
Flash Briefs
Russia aims to ride the BRICS to AI victory
The United States must firm up its own coalition of AI collaborators.
Op-eds
Beyond the Bomb: Is Iran’s Diplomatic Pivot Changing Its Nuclear Calculus?
Iran is facing crunch time on its continued talks with the United States over a potential new deal regarding its nuclear program. Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi said on June 4...
Op-eds
At Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, China-Pacific Islands Relations Steam Ahead
While not groundbreaking, the meeting indicated steady progress towards China’s goal of a “shared future” with Pacific Island countries – including using them as strategic outposts.
Op-eds
FSM breaks ground on China-led airport reconstruction project in Woleai
Federated States of Micronesia President Wesley Simina officiated the May 26 groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction of the Woleai airport runway. ...
Op-eds
What Qatar wants, Qatar gets
How a tiny but extraordinarily wealthy emirate buys influence
Op-eds
5 Ways South Africa Undermines U.S. Interests — and What Must Change
The United States must increase pressure on South Africa to reverse five of its harmful policies. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s arrival in Washington this week to meet with President Donald Trump offers...
Insights
Lebanon Should Take a Cue from al-Sharaa – and Talk to Israel
A joke has it that Syria’s self-proclaimed president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, offered to build a Trump Tower in Damascus to make up for the two New York towers that Al-Qaeda, al-Sharaa former organization,...
Op-eds
Trump’s Russia Sanctions Toolkit
Options to Increase Leverage to End Putin’s War Against Ukraine
Memos
Trump halts the Indo-Pakistan conflict
The ceasefire is an achievement but don’t confuse that with peace
Op-eds
India Claims Elimination of Terrorist Involved in Abduction and Murder of American Journalist Daniel Pearl
Wanted Islamist Terrorist Killed: India announced on May 8 that its armed forces had eliminated Islamist terrorist Abdul Rauf Azhar, a co-conspirator in the 2002 abduction and murder...
Flash Briefs
India claims Jaish-e-Mohammad leader killed during airstrikes in Pakistan
The Indian government claimed that Abdul Rauf Azhar, a senior leader of the Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad and a brother of the group’s founder, Masood Azhar, was killed during India’s retaliatory airstrikes on Pakistan on May 7.
Op-eds
India and Pakistan exchange fire after Jammu and Kashmir terror attack
The Indian military launched a series of air and missile strikes overnight against what it described as nine terrorist training camps inside Pakistan. The operations were in response to the April 22 terrorist...
Op-eds
Lashkar-e Taiba front group claims responsibility for deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India
The Resistance Front, a cover organization of the Pakistan-supported Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group, claimed credit for the April 22 attack in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir that killed...
Op-eds
Truth matters: Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks now documented for history
Lord Roberts' parliamentary report combats denial with evidence
Op-eds
‘Valid for all countries except Israel’
Authorities in Bangladesh announced that they were reintroducing what is essentially a disclaimer on the passports issued to its citizens.