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April 26, 2023 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

What Is Venezuela Flying to Moscow?

Iran is a willing accomplice in the rape of Ukraine. Iranian drones have helped Russia sustain its terror attacks against Ukrainian civilian targets and infrastructure even as Russia’s arsenal became...

May 28, 2022 | James Brooke |

Ukraine: Peace Through Victory

Russia’s modern day foreign ministry seems to follow the old Soviet negotiating precept: What is mine is mine, what is yours is up for negotiation.

January 8, 2022 | Cleo Paskal |

‘It’s time for an Indo-Pacific charter’

Common cause, common challenge, common values, common charter: Paul Giarra

May 13, 2021 | Bradley Bowman |

We Should Not Underestimate China’s Military Ambitions

Suggestions that the People’s Republic is a ‘paper dragon’ are ill-informed and misleading.

February 9, 2021 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Andrea Stricker

Shining a Light on the Iran Deal’s Sunset Problem

If the new administration is serious about reinvigorated diplomacy, it must resist Iran’s nuclear extortion and forgo the temptation of re-joining the JCPOA. Breathing life into an expiring accord will not help dampen the Islamic Republic’s nuclear, missile, and military threats.

December 16, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Reading foreign policy tea leaves

Actually, we can’t predict what presidential advisors will advise

December 9, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Joe Biden’s Curious Defense of Gen. Lloyd Austin

In The Atlantic, the president-elect touts his nominee's handling of the Iraq withdrawal and is notably silent on China.

March 18, 2020 | Richard Goldberg |

If Trump Hates Obama’s Nuclear Deal, Why Is He Letting Up on Iran?

Iran is stockpiling enriched uranium and may soon receive advanced weapons from Russia. Trump has an easy way to tighten the screws.

December 7, 2019 | Bradley Bowman, LTG (ret.) Ben Hodges

Six Reasons Why NATO’s London Declaration Matters

Vladimir Putin wishes he had an alliance like NATO. The alliance provides a remarkably resilient framework in which nations and leaders who share common values can pursue collective security interests yet...

December 13, 2018 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

As Europe Dithers, Iran’s Arsenal Gets More Deadly

This week Iran ...

June 13, 2018 | Clifford D. May

Ronald Reagan’s freedom agenda

Ronald Reagan was tough on totalitarians. On March 8, 1983 -- and to the chagrin of many of his advisors – he disparaged the Soviet Union as an...

May 10, 2018 | Jonathan Schanzer, Varsha Koduvayur

The delicate balance of the US-Saudi relationship

Since Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s rise to power, major reforms have swept the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. But FDD’s Jonathan Schanzer and Varsha Koduvayur argue in The Hill...

April 19, 2018 | Mark Dubowitz, Richard Goldberg

Use Iran Sanctions to Stop Assad

Since the weekend military strike against chemical-weapons sites in Syria, the debate in Washington has centered on whether the strike went far enough. But policy makers should consider another q...

October 31, 2016 | Tony Badran Quoted by Lee Smith - Tablet Magazine |

Assad Regime’s Grotesque PR Conference in Damascus Uses Reporters to Whitewash War Crimes

Bashar al-Assad’s regime has pulled off a grotesque PR coup by corralling a number of prominent American journalists from outlets like The New York Times, National Public Radio, The Washing...

August 4, 2016 |

Clifford D. May Appointed to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on August 2, 2016 appointed Clifford D. May to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). “USCIRF...

July 8, 2016 | Aykan Erdemir |

Erdogan’s Weathervane Foreign Policy

On June 27, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey would be normalizing relations with ...

May 17, 2016 | John Hannah |

For Middle East Peace, Look to Israel’s Arab Partners

Speculation is rife that President Barack Obama will make one final stab at putting his mark on the Middle East peace process before he leaves office. One theory has...

April 14, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

Can America change course?

As you watch the circus that is the 2016 presidential campaign, which candidate strikes you as having a coherent vision of national security for the post-Obama era? Who has told you what he (or s...

March 30, 2016 | Clifford D. May

Our Man in Havana

“I have come here to bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas.” That was Barack Obama’s “historic” announcement in Cuba last week. But was it true? What...

February 15, 2016 | Oren Kessler |

The Middle East’s Conflicts Are About Religion

A meme is gaining traction within American government and media, and it goes like this: The conflicts of the Middle East aren’t about religion. Jihadist violence? Garden-variety ...