Michael R. Gordon

March 28, 2025 | Jonathan Schanzer, Sinan Ciddi, Melissa Sacks, Michael Rubin

Hamas and Turkey: Partners in Terror

March 14, 2025 | Orde Kittrie, Andrea Stricker, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Iran’s Nuclear Disarmament

The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security

February 19, 2025 | Andrea Stricker |

Detecting and Halting an Iranian Weaponization Effort

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August 29, 2024 | Orde Kittrie, Bradley Bowman, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Deterring Iran’s Dash to the Bomb

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...

May 3, 2023 | John Hardie |

Advance U.S. Interests by Giving Ukraine the Weapons It Needs Now

April 28, 2023 | Bradley Bowman, Orde Kittrie, Ryan Brobst

The United States and Saudi Arabia: A Possible Path Forward

January 14, 2021 | David Maxwell, Mathew Ha

North Korea

January 14, 2021 | Eric S. Edelman, John Hardie

Russia

January 14, 2021 | Orde Kittrie |

International Law

November 15, 2019 | David Maxwell |

U.S.-ROK Relations

An Ironclad Alliance or a Transactional House of Cards?

June 18, 2019 | David Adesnik, LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Burning Bridge: The Iranian Land Corridor to the Mediterranean

January 31, 2019 | John Hannah |

Midterm Assessment: Iraq

January 31, 2019 | Aykan Erdemir, Merve Tahiroglu

Midterm Assessment: Turkey

June 27, 2016 |

National Security Correspondent Michael Gordon to Be Writer-in-Residence with FDD

Washington, DC, June 27, 2016 -- Michael R. Gordon will be a Writer-in-Residence with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the organization announced today. Gordo...

November 20, 2015 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Long War Continues

In many ways, the reaction to the horrific attacks in Paris has been familiar. There were the expressions of solidarity: flowers at French embassies; social media avatars changed from silly selfi...

September 19, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn |

They Have a Strategy

During a press conference on August 28, Barack Obama had a rare moment of candor. “We don’t have a strategy yet,” the president said in response to a question about the prospect...

January 14, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Know Your Enemy

In the summer of 2008, Barack Obama, senator and presidential candidate, toured the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq. Obama had endeared himself to the antiwar left by denouncing President Bush’s d...

November 14, 2012 | Lee Smith Tablet |

Losing Petraeus, Losing Iran

The general was one of few who understood that Iran was at war with the US, and no bargain could be struck

March 15, 2006 | Clifford D. May

Get Zarqawi

For a moment, focus on the present. Right now, there are three reasons the United States needs to be in Iraq. The most important: to fight al-Qaeda, the leader of the global Militant Islamist mov...