Punish Putin?
Sending armed troops into a foreign country for the purpose of seizing territory is an act of war, and a line not often crossed in recent decades. But it’s what President Vladimir Putin has...
Jon Kyl
The Return of Missile Defense
Thirty years ago, President Reagan realized that MAD was not the best we could do. Do Obama and Hagel now agree?
Op-eds
Missile Defense Is For Wimps
When it comes to national security, there’s no time like mañana.
Op-eds
Obama Broke Promise to Senate on Defense Spending
In selling his New START treaty with Russia, President Obama promised senators he was committed to improving U.S. missile defenses and modernizing America's aging nuclear arsenal. E...
Op-eds
Hillary’s Misguided Space Arms Control
Pact could undermine American security in the name of cooperation.
Op-eds
Can EU Oil Sanctions Create a Turning Point in Iran?
The significance of international sanctions on Iran took on new prominence this week, after a group of US senators sent a letter on Tuesday to Catherine Ashton, the EU's c...
Op-eds
Mastermind of Deadly Raid on American Soldiers Coordinated Plot Against Saudi Ambassador
The US Treasury Department has designated five individuals involved in an alleged plot to assassinate Saudi Ara...
Op-eds
More on Iran’s Brazen Terrorist Plots
Yesterday, I noted that the criminal complaint filed in the case of an Iranian plot to assassinate Saudi A...
Op-eds
Monsters’ Ball
Last week, a senior Russian official met two Republican senators and came away warning that the GOP would drive Washington’s relations with Moscow into the ground if they came back to power...
Op-eds
Por Qué Luchamos
Esta semana en el Christian Science Monitor, el teniente coronel Chris Brady argumenta que Estados Unidos debería “seguir luchando por el progreso” en Irak donde está ac...
Op-eds
Why We Fight
In the Christian Science Monitor this week, Lt. Col. Chris Brady argues that America should “keep fighting for progress” in Iraq where he is currently serving a tour of duty. “A...
Op-eds
FDD Congratulates Bipartisan Group of Senators for Iran Sanctions Bill
Calls on Administration for More Sanctions Against Iran's Energy Partners and Human Rights Abusers Washington, D.C. (May 25, 2011) - FDD congratulates a bipartisan group of Senato...
Press Releases
House Goes First with New Iran Sanctions Bill
Both the House and Senate are preparing new legislation to increase pressure on Iran, but the House fired the opening salvo on Monday with a new bill authored by both heads of the Foreign Affairs C...
Op-eds
Will the Treasury Department Go After Iran’s Banking Friends?
Seven Republican senators are demanding that the Obama administration take tougher measures to punish banks still doing business in Iran, and they are threatening to stall the nomination of a top...
Op-eds
Senators Criticize Draft Rule On Iran Sanctions
A group of Republican senators slammed bank reporting requirements proposed by the U.S. Treasury, saying they fall short of the comprehensive Iran sanctions intended by Congress. The draft r...
Op-eds
How the Obama Administration Can Get Serious About Iran Sanctions
The Obama administration made the correct decision earlier this week to impose sanctions on Belarusneft, a subsidiary of the Belarusian petrochemical company Belneftekhim, for doing business with...
Op-eds
How the Obama Administration Can Get Serious About Iran Sanctions
The Obama administration made the correct decision earlier this week to impose sanctions on Belarusneft, a subsidiary of the Belarusian petrochemical company Belneftekhim, for doing business with I...
Op-eds
State Department Sanctions Belarus Firm for Doing Business with Iran; GOP Not Satisfied
The State Department announced on Tuesday that it has decided to apply the recently passed Iran sanctions legislation to the Belarusian company Belorusneft. But GOP senators monitoring the implemen...
Op-eds
Lawmakers Question Use of Iran Sanctions Law
The Obama administration on Tuesday said it would blacklist a Belarusian firm under an Iran sanctions law enacted last year, but Republican senators called the move an insufficient application of l...
Op-eds
Analysis: Germany’s Erratic Course with Israel
BERLIN – The social and political unrest unfolding in Egypt overshadowed German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit last week to Israel. While in Israel as part of a joint German- Israeli cabinet se...