If Putin Uses Nukes in Ukraine, the U.S. Must Respond with Military Force
Russia simply cannot be allowed to unleash nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
Leon Panetta
Building on Biden’s Israel Commitments Before It’s Too Late
During President Joe Biden’s trip to Israel last week, he and Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a landmark declaration that contains several important U.S. commitments, including on preventing Iran from...
Op-eds
Biden’s North Korea Policy Needs Rebooting
A series of missile tests make it plain that carrots don’t work without sticks.
Op-eds
Iran nuclear talks are restarting, but they’re pointless: Biden needs a bipartisan strategy
President Joe Biden’s Iran policy is failing, and the indirect negotiations restarting in Vienna Nov. 29 won’t yield a win. Biden assumed that goodwill gestures and proactive concessions would bring...
Op-eds
America’s Avengers
REVIEW: 'Countdown Bin Laden' by Chris Wallace with Mitch Weiss
Op-eds
Biden’s catastrophe
Responding to the disastrous fallout of his Afghanistan withdrawal, President Joe Biden declared that the “buck stops with me” — and then spent the rest of his first public address on the crisis...
Op-eds
Getting Out of Iran’s Way
The election of Ebrahim Raisi shows Iran's lack of interest in peace with the West—and the perils of pulling out of the Middle East altogether.
Op-eds
Leaving Afghanistan
There’s not much time left to mitigate the consequences
Op-eds
America’s mission in Afghanistan isn’t accomplished
The Taliban and al-Qaeda remain threats to the Afghan government — and to Americans.
Op-eds
What’s wrong with appeasement?
Only the fact that concessions don’t actually conciliate despots
Op-eds
Lieutenant General (Ret.) Edward C. Cardon Named to Board of Advisors of FDD’s Center on Military and Political Power
(Washington, D.C., March 29, 2019) – Lieutenant General (retired) Edward C. Cardon has joined the Board of Advisors for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ (FDD) Center on Military and Poli...
Press Releases
FDD Launches New Center on Military and Political Power
Names H.R. McMaster as Chairman and Bradley Bowman as Senior Director
Press Releases
Unfinished Business
Donald Trump is fond of claiming that his predecessor mismanaged America's role in the world. "And I have to just say that the world is a mess. I inherited a mess," the president noted durin...
Op-eds
Afghanistan’s Terrorist Resurgence: Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Beyond
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Congressional Testimonies
Al Qaeda is back
Don't call it a comeback. Al Qaeda, the group responsible for the worst terrorist attack in United States history, never really left. Instead, while news media coverage inordinately focused...
Op-eds
The Final Obama Scandal
Co-written by Stephen F. Hayes. Less than 24 hours before the official end of the Obama presidency, while White House staffers were pulling pictures off the walls and cle...
Op-eds
The New Bin Laden Documents
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released 98 additional items from Osama bin Laden's compound today. If the ODNI has its way, then these files will be th...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda Assessment Off the Mark
Throughout his two terms in office, President Barack Obama faced an array of challenges from both al Qaeda and ISIS. In an interview with The Cipher Brief, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Seni...
Op-eds
Underestimating al Qaeda
The United States and its allies are consumed by their battle with ISIS, but to many terrorism experts, al Qaeda remains a serious force to be reckoned with, one that is actually increasing i...
Op-eds
Curb your socialism
Groucho Marx famously said he wouldn’t join any club that would have him as a member. Bernie Sanders last week turned that on its head, saying he wouldn’t remain a member of...