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Mapping Qatar’s $400 Billion Footprint in the United States

Iraqi security forces and politicians react to reports of ‘secret’ Israeli base

Iraqi politicians and security forces have responded to a May 9 report in The Wall Street Journal claiming that “Israel built and defended a secret Iran war base in Iraq.” The news provoked...

Can Syria’s New Leaders and U.S.-Backed Forces Unite to Defeat ISIS?

US Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a delegation to Syria that met with Syria’s transitional President, Ahmed al-Shara’a, on...

S-400s or not, don’t give Turkey the F-35

Thomas Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey, suggested on Sunday that the impasse with Washington over Ankara’s procurement of the Russian S-400 air and missile defense system could be resolved...

The clean energy revolution that didn’t happen

Cast your mind back to September 6, 2019, when presidential candidate Joe Biden, campaigning in New Hampshire, took the hand of a 24-year-old activist. “Kiddo,” he said, “look in my eyes. I...

The Trump Administration Acts to Arm Israel and Signals Desire to Reform U.S. Security Assistance

The Trump administration formally notified Congress on Friday that it plans to sell Israel over $8 billion in weapons, advancing sales that the Biden administration slow-rolled for months. The Trump administration’s...

Senate Unanimously Approves Lend-Lease Act to Expedite Aid to Ukraine

After months of delay, the Senate last Wednesday unanimously passed legislation to accelerate the delivery of defense equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries. However, the House has yet...

How China Is Trying to Turn the U.S. against Itself

Across the country, Beijing has worked to cultivate relationships with state and local governments and private businesses in an effort to advance its agenda.

Biden Must Stop Russia’s Illicit Procurement of Sensitive American Technologies

Investigations have exposed many Russian illicit procurement schemes in recent years, targeting items ranging from sensitive diving equipment to dual-use machine tools to components used in night-vision and thermal-imaging devices.

Biden Revives the Truman Doctrine

His call to wage a global war for freedom echoes the dawn of the Cold War.

Is Esper’s New Plan For The Navy Enough For The Indo-Pacific?

Recent wargames suggest the U.S. Navy would have a hard time fighting China, but this might be nothing compared to infighting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and his successors will have to manage to build...

The return of the Monroe Doctrine

Sanders aside, Trump finds bipartisan support for a pro-U.S. Venezuelan leader

FDD Launches New Center on Military and Political Power

Names H.R. McMaster as Chairman and Bradley Bowman as Senior Director

Turkish Court Takes a U-Turn, Releases American Pastor to House Arrest

In response to an appeal by U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson’s attorney, a Turkish court...

Turkey’s Refusal to Release American Pastor Elicits Strong Bipartisan Reaction

A Turkish court refused yesterday to release U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson, detained for 21 months on...

Turkey’s Case Against U.S. Pastor Gets Even More Bizarre

U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson had his second hearing before a Turkish court on Monday after sitting in a Turkish prison for the last 18 months...