Several members of Al Qaeda are serving as leaders and key functionaries within the Taliban’s government, which it calls the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Among them are two provincial governors, the...
Elected leaders need tabletop exercises, crisis simulations, and wargames to help them visualize and describe modern strategy. From questions about technology and intellectual property to food...
Latest Developments American cyber forces concluded a three-month deployment to Albania to aid its government after an Iranian cyberattack, U.S. Cyber Command announced on Thursday. At the request of its...
Excerpt In June 2020, authorities arrested U.S. Army private Ethan Melzer for conspiring to orchestrate a terrorist attack against his own unit, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, when it deployed to Turkey to...
Russia uses Iranian-made drones in Ukraine. Iran also backs Palestinian terror attacks against Israel, including killing Ukrainians. When Israel fights Palestinian terror, it defends Ukraine.
Earlier this month, Israel’s new finance minister Bezalel Smotrich withheld just under $40 million of tax revenue that Israel collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Smotrich told reporters...
Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi assumed command of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday, bringing both command experience and an intelligence analyst's caution to a role likely to be tested on multiple fronts against both the regime in Iran and those trying to thrust the IDF into domestic politics.
A group of Iranian-provided Shahed-136 drones struck Kyiv on October 17, reportedly killing at least four people, including a woman who was in a residential building and six months pregnant. About a week...
Citing Russia’s increasing use of Iranian-made drones to conduct attacks in Ukraine, Kyiv asked Israel last week to provide its highly-effective Iron Dome missile defense system (among other...
On September 15, 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States formed AUKUS(Open Link in new window), which is described as a trilateral security partnership designed to make it easier to...
That it’s considering buying additional missile systems from Russia highlights continued challenges for the United States and its NATO allies.
Fielding the best aircraft in the world won’t matter if the Air Force can’t retain enough well-trained pilots to fly them, argue FDD’s Bradley Bowman and Maj. Brian Leitzke.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the Gaza-based terrorist organization, repeatedly used civilians to shield its fighters and rockets from Israeli airstrikes during clashes earlier this month. The use of...
One year ago this month, President Biden told Americans that Al Qaeda was ‘gone’ from Afghanistan. On Monday, we learned that clearly was not the case. ‘We went to Afghanistan for the...
Decades of ignoring the menaces posed by Russia and China has led the West to a precipice.
Fielded combat capabilities — not arms sales announcements from Washington — are what help America’s beleaguered democratic partners such as Taiwan deter and defeat aggression. Despite this fact,...
To the families of those who have given their holy blood for our land, we all bow to you in reverence and to the souls of your loved ones.
Here's a two-stage plan to harden this crucial island base against China's burgeoning missile arsenal.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol began his five-year term on May 10 with a midnight security briefing from the ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff. This meeting, which precedes a May 21 summit between Yoon...
Iran’s rulers may be demanding too much even for Biden