The grave consequences of the UN’s failure in Lebanon
In a significant escalation, Hezbollah pummeled northern Israel on Wednesday with more than 200 rockets in the terror group’s largest single-day attack since the start of...
Robert Gates
Biden’s betrayal of Israel only means more civilians will die
A decade ago, former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates famously declared that Joe Biden has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four...
Op-eds
10 Things to Know About Hezbollah
1. Hezbollah is an Iran-backed Islamist terrorist organization Hezbollah (also spelled “Hizballah”) is a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization and a political party based in Lebanon. The...
Insights
American Military Aid to Israel Serves Both Countries Well
A response to a dangerous proposal
Op-eds
Developing a mastery of irregular warfare
Excerpt The U.S. military has failed to master irregular warfare above the tactical level. This is not a new problem, and it is one that has been recognized by leaders at the most senior echelons of government....
Op-eds
Iran nuclear talks are restarting, but they’re pointless: Biden needs a bipartisan strategy
President Joe Biden’s Iran policy is failing, and the indirect negotiations restarting in Vienna Nov. 29 won’t yield a win. Biden assumed that goodwill gestures and proactive concessions would bring...
Op-eds
The Afghan debacle will destroy the Biden presidency
Americans once supported military withdrawal, but they will punish a president who leads the US to defeat
Op-eds
Iron Dome developers set the record straight on its evolution
Marking 10 years since Iron Dome’s first operational interception, leading figures in developing the missile defense system set the record straight on its evolution
Op-eds
Once Upon a Time, U.S. Foreign Policy Worked
George H.W. Bush's administration was evidence of what the establishment was capable of.
Op-eds
Substitutes for victory in Afghanistan
President Trump might want to consider new and improved policy options.
Op-eds
Two Cheers for Rex
I rarely find myself thinking along similar lines as fellow Foreign Policy contributor Stephen Walt. Nevertheless, just as I was contemplating an article that would take note of a few o...
Op-eds
Trump and Moon must unite to send a tough message to North Korea
Co-written by Joshua Stanton. South Korea’s new president, Moon Jae In, ...
Op-eds
As pressure on IS grows, Western officials see terror threat ‘metastasizing’
As forces of an international coalition squeeze the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Western officials said they are bracing for a heightened terror threat by battle-hardened foreign fi...
Op-eds
Special Report with Bret Baier
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates discusses Arab Countries Response to Terrorism at FDD's event on Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood. ...
Op-eds
The Qatar Ultimatum
In the aftermath of the terrorist atrocities of Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush drew a line in the sand. “Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make,” he annou...
Op-eds
Happening Now
Gillian Turner discusses the comments by Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates at FDD's recent event. ...
Op-eds
The battles of Britain and Egypt
The slaughter of 22 concertgoers in Manchester last week was followed four days later by the murder of 29 Christians traveling by bus to a monastery in the desert south of Cairo. The Is...
Op-eds
Gates to be Keynote Speaker at FDD, Hudson, Center for Cyber & Homeland Security Event
Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will be the keynote speaker at an event jointly hosted by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Hudson Institute and the George Washington University...
Press Releases
Obama’s Failed Command
However hard President Barack Obama tries on Tuesday night to convince the American people that his seven years of wartime leadership have left the country safer and stronger, I’d venture t...
Op-eds
Khamenei Spits in Our Face Again—and We Pay for the Pleasure
He did it again, as we should have expected. Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei walked us right up to the finish line, spat on us, and walked away. Months and months of secret an...