10 Things to Know About Hamas
What is Hamas? Hamas is an Iranian-backed Palestinian terrorist organization that controls the Gaza Strip. Hamas’ 1988 charter states: “Hamas rejects any alternative to the full and...
United States Agency for International Development
Turning Congressional Outrage Into Action: A U.S. Response to Hamas’ War Against Israel
A wheelchair-bound elderly woman is dragged through the streets. Young children are pulled from their beds away from their mothers. Music lovers are shot in cold blood at a peace concert. The horrific...
Memos
Dutch Authorities Catch Hamas Financier Red-Handed
Burying their heads in the sand is not an option for Europeans.
Op-eds
Building Partner Capabilities for Cyber Operations
Memos
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....
Flash Briefs
Ukraine’s Cyber Defense Offers Lessons for Taiwan
Washington should work with Taipei to stiffen the island's defenses against network attacks.
Op-eds
A Strategy to End the Systematic Theft of Humanitarian Aid in Syria
Memos
Turkey After Erdogan
Monographs
Delaying Turkey’s Elections is Unconstitutional
Under fire for his lackluster response to a massive earthquake on February 6, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is considering whether to delay presidential and parliamentary elections that, according to Turkish...
Policy Briefs
The U.S. is blocked from ports in PRC-Influenced Solomons, Vanuatu
PRC-linked actors attempting to politically take out Premier Daniel Suidani of Malaita.
Op-eds
Strategy for a New Comprehensive U.S. Policy on Iran
Monographs
Neither Here Nor There
Jordan and the Abraham Accords
Memos
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: December
Policy Tracker
Equipping U.S. Partners in Cyberspace is a Must
As the Russia-Ukraine war continues to rage, the resilience of the Ukrainian critical infrastructure in the face of Russian cyber assaults has been an unexpected bright spot. After the damage Russia has inflicted on...
Op-eds
Is Anyone Listening to the Pacific Islands?
What do people of the Pacific Islands think about China’s plans for the region and the U.S. response?
Op-eds
Taiwan needs joint exercises, missiles, right now
The most important thing is that you have to establish an effective partnership and build up that deterrent effect—or, if necessary, war winning capability—ahead of time: RADM (Retd) Mark Montgomery.
Op-eds
‘Indo-Pacific is a priority: Message from White House document’
Alexandria, VA.: In this edition of “Indo-Pacific: Behind the Headlines”, we speak with Col. David Maxwell (Ret.), a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C. about...
Op-eds
Elemental Strategy
Countering the Chinese Communist Party’s Efforts to Dominate the Rare Earth Industry
Memos
Biden Pays Army Salaries to Iranian Ally
An unprecedented new salary assistance program for the Lebanese military is ‘cleverly’ structured to evade U.S. law