Stalin in the subway
What a statue tells us – and should tell President Trump – about Vladimir Putin
Oval Office
Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: June
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.
Policy Tracker
Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense is costly, ambitious — and necessary
President Donald Trump this week took important steps to advance his “Golden Dome” missile-defense system — and not a moment too soon. For years, administrations of both parties...
Op-eds
‘Hello and Goodbye — You Can Choose’: Trump Delivers New Ultimatum to Hamas to Release Israeli Hostages
No Hamas Member Safe: President Donald Trump issued a “final warning” to the Iran-backed Hamas terrorist group and allied organizations holding Israeli hostages in Gaza. “‘Shalom...
Flash Briefs
What the suspension of US aid means for Ukrainian forces
On Monday, the Trump administration announced it was “pausing and reviewing” military aid for Ukraine following the contentious Oval Office meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr...
Op-eds
By halting Ukraine aid, Trump courts personal defeat
There’s still time to avoid emboldening America’s enemies—and a humiliation that dwarfs his predecessor’s Afghanistan withdrawal.
Op-eds
U.S. digital disarmament gives Russia free rein in cyberspace. Bad idea.
In cyberspace, as in other domains, peace comes through strength.
Op-eds
Small thanks and a little grace can repair that disastrous Ukraine meeting
High-stakes diplomatic negotiations almost never play out in view of the public. During Friday’s charged White House meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump,...
Op-eds
The major opportunity Trump is giving Israel? Not what you think
It is no coincidence that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz clarified that the US does not intend to use military force in Gaza and does not support the forced removal of the Gazan population.
Op-eds
Netanyahu must push Trump to take real action on Iran
Any resolution must address all three components of Iran’s nuclear program: fissile materials, weaponization, and delivery systems.
Op-eds
Winners and losers in the Middle East: The story so far
For Turkey and Qatar, net gains. For Iran, and its Palestinian and Lebanese proxies, net losses. For Israel, the jury is out.
Op-eds
North Korean Troops in Ukraine: Are We on the Path to World War III?
A new version of the defunct Warsaw Pact is emerging in front of our eyes. With Russia and China as its two major driving forces, joined by regional powers such as North Korea and Iran, that brings with it its proxy terror organizations.
Op-eds
McMaster and commander
Thirteen months as President Trump’s national security advisor
Op-eds
America’s ‘self-defeat’ in Afghanistan
Three years after the U.S. withdrawal, lessons should have been learned
Op-eds
Putin’s defeat in Ukraine
That should be the goal of liberals and conservatives alike
Op-eds
Biden must take Iran threat seriously — and wage economic war
Iran-backed militias are shooting at American troops in Iraq and Syria and getting away with it. On Monday morning, the militias targeted US bases with attack drones for the third time in a week. The...
Op-eds
No normalization at any price
Biden pursues peace between Israel and Saudia Arabia as he prepares to betray both.
Op-eds
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: May
Welcome back to the Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker. Once a month, we ask FDD’s experts and scholars to assess the administration’s foreign policy.
Policy Tracker
Patriot Missiles to Ukraine: Will Israel’s Iron Dome Follow?
The war in Ukraine has forced countries to clearly identify their national interests.
Op-eds
Half baked
Climate change is not a national security emergency