Oval Office

America’s ‘self-defeat’ in Afghanistan

Three years after the U.S. withdrawal, lessons should have been learned

Putin’s defeat in Ukraine

That should be the goal of liberals and conservatives alike

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...

No normalization at any price

Biden pursues peace between Israel and Saudia Arabia as he prepares to betray both.

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.

Patriot Missiles to Ukraine: Will Israel’s Iron Dome Follow?

The war in Ukraine has forced countries to clearly identify their national interests.

Half baked

Climate change is not a national security emergency

President Biden had options

He chose the worst of them

US investigates Qatar over claims that it finances Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps

The State Department has opened an inquiry into an Israeli government report that Qatar’s monarchy funded Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. “We...

Are there pieces of Trump’s foreign policy worth keeping?

The shock of the Jan. 6 mob assault on the Congress and the stain on the image of American democracy will not wear off anytime soon. This moment has amplified the impulse to reject the vestiges of Trump...

Latin America

The Time Is Now for Saudi Arabia To Normalize Relations With Israel

Here’s a news flash for Saudi Arabia: Presumptive President-elect Joe Biden is looking to fundamentally restructure the U.S.-Saudi relationship. The only way for Riyadh to stop what’s coming...

Bipartisan strategy for countering China’s challenge to international order

Excerpt John Bolton’s new book describes President Trump alternately bashing and begging China’s leadership, all driven by shifting electoral considerations. If Bolton’s description is correct,...

Towards A Bipartisan Iran Protest Policy Playbook

Once again, Iranians have taken to the streets. Spurred initially by cuts in gas subsidies and an increase in petrol prices, up to 100 cities experienced protests, and over 100 people have been killed....

Erdoğan’s Undeserving and Underwhelming Visit to DC

Trump’s ongoing bromance with Turkey’s authoritarian leader notwithstanding, Congress and the Administration must act to make clear that the United States isn’t giving Erdoğan a blank check to act in the Middle East.

John Bolton would counsel against appeasement

In response to Tehran’s latest attack on Saudi Arabia and threats against the U.S.

The imperative of deterrence

We invite aggression if our enemies believe “America cannot do a damn thing”

Midterm Assessment: Saudi Arabia

President Trump’s first two years

His national security policies began well but ended confusingly.

Once Upon a Time, U.S. Foreign Policy Worked

George H.W. Bush's administration was evidence of what the establishment was capable of.