Arsenal of Democracy
Arming Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel While Strengthening the U.S. Industrial Base
United States Army
Army’s swamp tragedy shows America who our friends are
When four US soldiers were killed in Lithuania last week during a routine Army maintenance mission, we learned once again why America needs highly capable allies in Europe who share our values. Three...
Op-eds
How to Secure the Black Sea During a Russia-Ukrainian Ceasefire
After Ukraine and Russia’s agreement to a Black Sea ceasefire as part of broader talks being brokered by the United States in Saudi Arabia, the next step is to design a coalition maritime force...
Op-eds
Our Foes Would Fill Doran’s Mideast Vacuum
Michael Doran might be jumping the gun in claiming that Donald Trump is channeling Ronald Reagan in the Middle East (Letters, March 10). We don’t know yet whether the president...
Op-eds
US-backed Syrian Free Army continues to patrol Tanf area in southern Syria
On February 9, the Syrian Free Army (SFA) said in a post on social media that it provided medical services to more than 60 Bedouin patients in southern Syria as part of a mobile clinic. The Syrian...
Op-eds
Trump must counter Vladimir Putin’s coming deception games — here’s how
Vladimir Putin’s regime is readying a new bag of diplomatic tricks for the second Trump administration, as the Kremlin angles to lure Trump’s incoming national-security team into helping...
Op-eds
What’s being missed? Amnesty International, ICC, UN, and Israel
Media Calls
Laser Focus: Countering China’s LiDAR Threat to U.S. Critical Infrastructure and Military Systems
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Memos
Trump Can — and Should — Fully Fund Our Military
The Obama and Biden administrations failed to request from Congress sufficient resources for defense. Trump should not make the same mistake.
Op-eds
Bolster U.S. Military
As a new administration is poised to take charge in January 2025, it will face a markedly different threat landscape than its predecessor. The United States and its allies now confront an axis of authoritarians...
Op-eds
Turkish University Celebrates Hamas, October 7
A university in Istanbul convened an international conference last week where terrorist leaders, government officials, and academics praised Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre and called for the destruction...
Policy Briefs
The lights are still blinking red—Sunni Islamists and Iran are determined to attack the homeland
As the US election comes down the final stretch, the radical Islamic terrorism threat continues to metastasize—at home and abroad. On October 8, the FBI arrested an Afghan man who authorities...
Op-eds
Israel, Iran, and Lebanon: What’s Next?
Media Calls
Axis of Aggressors: H.R. McMaster on Defending America’s Interests
The members of this “axis of aggressors” are united in their determination to undermine the United States and counter its core interests. Though their methods may vary, these adversaries share a desire to sow chaos, erode the rule of law, and weaken the United States and its allies. To discuss the situations in Middle East, the Pacific, and Ukraine, as well as the path forward, FDD’s Center on Military and Political Power (CMPP) hosts CMPP Chairman LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster, a 34-year-veteran of the U.S. Army and a former U.S. National Security Advisor, in conversation with CMPP Senior Director Bradley Bowman.
Events
Israel SitRep: September 4, 2024
Today’s Issue: | Hezbollah Fires Some 65 Rockets at Israel, IAF Responds With Strikes in Southern Lebanon | IDF Arrests 14 in West Bank Overnight | IDF Troops in Rafah Eliminate More Than 200 Terrorists,...
Israel at War Situation Report
The rise and fall of the US-built floating Gaza pier
The construction of the pier off the Gazan coast coincided with the IDF's start of the Rafah operation.
Op-eds
Cognitive Combat
China, Russia, and Iran’s Information War Against Americans
Monographs
IDF increases naval strength with new logistics support vessel
The Israeli Navy received a new ship on June 16 with the arrival of the INS Komemiyut. It is the second of two new landing craft, known as logistics support vessels (LSV), that Israel has obtained in the...
Op-eds
5 Things to Know About Chinese Drone Company DJI
Chinese drone manufacturer Shenzhen DJI Innovation Technology Company Limited (known simply as DJI) controls over 70 percent of the global drone market, perfectly illustrating the fusion of China’s economic...
Insights
UN Secretary General Abuses His Authority
Along with ISIS, al-Qaeda and Boko Haram, Israel will be put on a UN blacklist