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Kim Jong Un’s European front

North Korea is learning modern warfare on Ukrainian ground—and Russia is paying the tuition

Hezbollah Is Using FPV Drones Attached to Fiber Optic Cables That Are Impossible to Jam to Attack Israeli Soldiers

The Israeli Air Force struck a Hezbollah drone launch position in Lebanon on May 9. Hezbollah is using First Person View (FPV) drones attached to fiber optic cables to attack Israeli soldiers. Fiber-optic...

Can the NPT Survive Amid Global Disorder? 

The 2026 NPT Review Conference is unfolding against a backdrop of geopolitical upheaval. Absent strong U.S. leadership inside and outside the conference, even modest success appears remote.

A Gameplan for American Economic Security:

Supercharging U.S. Statecraft, from an Economic Pentagon to the Near-Global Economy

Commerce Department Seeks To Undercut Chinese AI Sector by Targeting Chipmakers

Washington is looking to choke off China’s advanced chip sector. As reported by Reuters on April 28, the Commerce Department sent letters to several major American chipmaking firms immediately banning...

Readout of meetings with senior defense officials in Taiwan, Japan

Federal Acquisition Regulation: Prohibition on Certain Semiconductor Products and Services

Congress Targets Advanced Chip-Making Equipment To Stifle Chinese Progress in AI Race

Congress is seeking to lock China out of the global advanced chip-making market. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Andy Kim (D-NJ), along with Representative Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), introduced a...

Will Trump Finish the Job in Iran?

The Islamic Republic has been severely degraded, but it will continue to pose a threat to the Gulf.

Trump could be missing the opportunity to rebuild the Navy efficiently and quickly

On Friday the White House released its new Maritime Access Plan, laying out a comprehensive strategy for addressing shortfalls in the maritime-industrial base. The plan highlights a number of innovative...

Winning the AI Arms Race Against the Chinese Communist Party

Japan Has Changed How the World Must Think About Taiwan

A single word can crack the facade of a great power’s confidence. That’s what happened last month when Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan told lawmakers in Tokyo that a...

North Korean workers to make Russian drones, Ukrainian intel says

In addition to supplying munitions and troops to aid Russia’s war effort, North Korea is now providing thousands of workers to help Russia produce long-range one-way attack drones, Ukrainian military...

China’s Military Parade Showcases Advanced Weapons and Growing Ties With Russia, Iran, and North Korea

Tiananmen Square shuddered as advanced Chinese military hardware rolled past the leaders of the Axis of Aggressors — Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un. Wednesday’s parade, attended by about two dozen foreign leaders, was intended to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II — despite the limited role the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) played in that conflict.

‘Axis of Aggressors’ Leaders Unite at Military Parade Showcasing Chinese Prowess

Defiant Against the West: Chinese President Xi Jinping stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un at a military parade...

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. ...

My Friend Yaron

Yaron Lischinsky was murdered Wednesday night in Washington, D.C., by an anti-Israel militant. I knew him. Let me tell you who he was.

Examining the Threats to America’s Critical Minerals Supply Chain

FDD Uncovers Likely Chinese Intelligence Operation Targeting Recently Laid-Off U.S. Government Employees

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Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Ingredients