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July 11, 2025 | |

‘NATO Is Paying For Those Weapons’: U.S. To Send Weapons to Ukraine Through NATO

Latest Developments Deal Struck for Weapons: President Donald Trump said on July 10 that the United States struck a deal with NATO to deliver U.S. weapons to Ukraine through the military alliance,...

July 8, 2025 | |

‘They Have to Be Able to Defend Themselves’: Trump Resumes Some Weapon Shipments to Ukraine

Trump Reverses Pentagon’s Pause: President Donald Trump has partially reversed the Defense Department’s decision to pause shipments of key munitions to Ukraine. “We’re going...

July 3, 2025 | Cameron McMillan, Ryan Brobst

‘Only Encourage the Aggressor’: Trump Administration Pauses Critical Weapons Shipments to Ukraine

The Trump administration announced July 1 that it would pause the delivery of needed munitions to Ukraine as the beleaguered democracy continues to defend itself against Russian aggression. The White House...

July 3, 2025 | John Hardie |

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.

July 2, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, John Hardie

Trump can’t let Pentagon meddlers derail ‘peace through strength’ for Ukraine

In a major policy reversal, the Pentagon has halted shipments of key munitions Ukraine needs to defend against Russia’s unprovoked aggression — a startling decision that runs counter to President...

June 24, 2025 | |

‘Even Ambulances Cannot Keep Up’: Russia Launches Deadly Attack on Ukraine, Killing and Wounding Civilians

Children Among Dead in Russian Strikes on Ukraine: Dozens of people were killed during Russian airstrikes in Ukraine, including a five-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl. According...

June 23, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Annie Fixler

NATO’s Critical 1.5 Percent

This week’s NATO Summit will focus on the proposal that each member raise its overall defense spending to 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). This makes absolute sense because the security...

June 20, 2025 | John Hardie |

Israel-Iran War is a Double-Edged Sword for Putin’s Russia

What Does Putin Really Want in the Israel-Iran Conflict? ...

June 18, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran ‘Sleepwalked’ Into a War with Israel It Can’t Win

In January 2024, Iran was riding high. Its proxies and allies in the region were fighting a multi-front war against Israel. Hamas in Gaza had carried out the worst mass terror attack against Israel in history just three months prior. Hezbollah was targeting Israel daily from Lebanon. The Houthis in Yemen were attacking ships and threatening to cut off Israel from the Red Sea. They were also attacking Israel with drones and missiles....

June 17, 2025 | |

Russia Attacks Kyiv With Deadly Drone and Missile Barrage as World’s Attention Focused on Iran

Russia Strikes Kyiv: As the world’s attention is focused on Iran, Russia conducted a deadly missile and drone attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on June 17. The strikes,...

June 6, 2025 | Jack Burnham |

Exporting AI is a Strategic Asset, Not a Risk

To counter China, the US should encourage AI proliferation — and set the terms for global growth.

June 4, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Assessing the Challenges Facing NATO

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June 2, 2025 | |

‘Brilliant Operation’: Ukraine Hammers Russian Bomber Fleet With Ambitious Drone Operation 

Ukraine’s Surprise Drone Strike: Ukraine claimed to have destroyed or damaged nearly a third of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet on June 1 in its largest drone operation within...

May 30, 2025 | Peter Doran |

Trump Sets Terms as Russia Offers to Talk — Again

After months of delay and posturing, Russia has responded to President Donald Trump’s two-week ultimatum for progress on peace talks with Ukraine. The Kremlin has agreed, once again, to meet with counterparts...

May 29, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Charles Corcoran

We’re training Ukraine’s brave F-16 pilots — here’s what they need to keep fighting

After years of delay, Ukraine’s Air Force is flying the F-16 fighter jets it’s received from NATO — and, during a training visit this month, we saw for ourselves how these “Vipers”...

May 17, 2025 | John Hardie |

Russian Ground Forces get new commander

Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on May 15 relieving General Oleg Salyukov, the aging commander of the Russian Ground Forces. He has been replaced by a younger officer with extensive...

May 9, 2025 | John Hardie |

Ukraine’s reintroduction of corps gathers steam

The Ukrainian military has recently unveiled several new army corps. The development is part of an ongoing reform in which Kyiv plans to replace problematic temporary command bodies with a host of permanent...

May 1, 2025 | Peter Doran |

Inside the secret genius of the Ukraine mineral deal

President Trump has just struck one big, beautiful deal with Ukraine — and its impact could reach far beyond rare earth minerals. Unveiled yesterday by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent,...

May 1, 2025 | |

Ukraine Signs Long-Awaited Minerals Deal With U.S.

Washington Gains Share of Revenue From Ukrainian Minerals: The United States and Ukraine signed a long-awaited agreement on April 30 that will channel half the Ukrainian government’s...

April 30, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Putin ‘has to be dealt with differently’

Trump’s new perspective is correct