Strategy

September 3, 2023 | Cleo Paskal |

Northern Mariana: Time to close China’s backdoor into the U.S.

‘The Northern Marianas economy continues to struggle, and the government remains in deep fiscal distress. These are conditions that make the commonwealth acutely vulnerable to CCP exploitation’.

March 22, 2023 | |

Nations Pledge $1 Billion of Post-Quake Assistance for Syria Despite History of Aid Theft

Latest Developments At a conference on Monday in Brussels, donor states pledged an additional $1 billion of humanitarian aid to help Syrians recover from a February 6 earthquake that took thousands of lives....

March 21, 2023 | |

Regime in Tehran May Be Facing Internal Instability

Latest Developments Two documents reportedly produced by the Islamic Republic of Iran and obtained by Iran International shed new light on the extent of the regime’s economic woes and internal instability....

March 16, 2017 | |

Saudi Arabia’s Charm Offensive with New U.S. President

Saudi Arabia’s most powerful prince, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, became the first Arab leader to meet in the White House on Tuesday with President Donald Trump, who was accompa...

June 28, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz |

Risky Business In Iran

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the intergovernmental organization that sets global standards to combat money laundering and finance for terrorism and proliferation, had a clear message f...

June 24, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz, Toby Dershowitz

Iran is Still a Business Risk: Implications of FATF’s Decision

Following its plenary meeting this week, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is set to...

February 3, 2016 | Boris Zilberman |

Nuclear Deal Paves Way for Iran-Russia Ballistic Missile Cooperation

Since the start of talks over Iran’s nuclear program over two years ago, Russia and Iran have moved towards deepening economic and strategic ties...

October 13, 2015 | Michael Ledeen |

The New Axis of Evil

Do you remember the Axis of Evil?  It was one of the major themes of President George W. Bush’s State of the Union speech in 2002, 4 months after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Unite...

November 14, 2014 | Tony Badran |

Iran Will Never Be The Capable Ally Obama Wants In The Fight Against ISIS

As we enter the critical stage of the P5+1's nuclear negotiations with Iran, we learn more and more about how much the deal means to President Barack Obama. In the White H...

October 11, 2013 | FDD Policy Brief |

Iran’s Central Bank Governor at the World Bank/IMF Summit

Valiollah Seif, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), will be in Washington, DC October 11-13 to attend the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International...

March 19, 2012 | Michael Ledeen Faster, Please! |

Iran and Syria are Getting Blown Up. And Sometimes Shot.

It’s all the rage. Literally. Two explosions at Iranian military/nuclear weapons sites. Four explosions in Syria, including three suicide bombers in Damascus on Saturday, two of which were...

June 15, 2011 | World Defense Review

Sudan: Looming Crises, Strategic Opportunities

While international attention remains riveted on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the western Darfur region – it has been less than two weeks since an Antonov transport belonging to the S...

June 14, 2011 | National Review Online

The Government’s Jihad on Jihad

Still lookin' for love in all the wrong places.

August 31, 2005 | Clifford D. May

Strategic Thinking

If American forces were not in Iraq, they'd have to be sent there.  At least that would be the case if Americans were serious about waging a war against militant Islamism. The...