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June 15, 2023 | |

U.S. Deploys F-22s to Syria to Deter ‘Unprofessional Behavior’ by Russia

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on June 14 the deployment of advanced fighter jets, F-22 Raptors, to the Middle East to deter dangerous and provocative behavior by Russian aircraft in the...

June 8, 2023 | |

Israeli Defense Minister: Israel Can Defend Against Iran’s Alleged Hypersonic Missile

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on June 6 that Israel had ways to counter the alleged hypersonic missile unveiled by Iran earlier that day. “I hear our enemies boasting about weapons they...

March 8, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

China’s global supremacists

The Communists in Beijing have grand ambitions

January 16, 2023 | |

Halevi Takes Charge of IDF With An Eye on Iran and Domestic Politics

Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi assumed command of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday, bringing both command experience and an intelligence analyst's caution to a role likely to be tested on multiple fronts against both the regime in Iran and those trying to thrust the IDF into domestic politics.

January 2, 2023 | |

Netanyahu Signals Israel Will Press Syria Strikes

Latest Developments Syria said Israel attacked Damascus International Airport today, briefly putting the site out of service. According to preliminary media reports, the target was a position run by the...

October 5, 2020 | Bradley Bowman, LTG (Ret.) Ben Hodges

Worth Preserving: US Military Posture in Germany

Any adjustments to U.S. force posture in Europe should focus first and foremost on sustaining or strengthening readiness.

September 2, 2020 | Cleo Paskal |

Protection from China’s Comprehensive National Power Requires Comprehensive National Defense

Those trying to describe China’s strategy often invoke the two-thousand-five-hundred-year-old Art of War. But some more recent sources might be helpful as well – in particular documents looking at...

March 29, 2019 | LTG (Ret.) Ed Cardon |

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...

June 3, 2015 | Thomas Joscelyn

Slow Release

A few more documents from the bin Laden raid are finally revealed. They do not flatter the judgment of the Obama administration.

July 28, 2011 |

The Way Ahead in Afghanistan

On Wednesday July 27th, 2011 the House Armed Service held a hearing featuring witnesses General John Keane USA (ret.), Lt General David W. Barno USA (ret.) and FDD advisor The Honorable Francis J...