United States Foreign Military Financing

September 25, 2024 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Mariam Wahba

How the State Department Circumvented US Law

The U.S. decision to grant Egypt its full allotment of $1.3 billion in military aid, despite Egypt’s ongoing human rights abuses, represents a troubling circumvention of U.S. law. Of this sum, $320...

June 5, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Amidst Gaza tensions, Israel signs F-35 deal with US for 25 more warplanes

"At [a] time when some of our adversaries aim to undermine our ties with our greatest ally, we only further strengthen our alliance,” Israel’s Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant said of signing the $3 billion deal.

March 22, 2024 | John Hardie, Bradley Bowman

Ukraine Needs More Drones. Here’s One Way Washington Can Help.

Ukraine could double its annual production of drones if it had more funding, a Ukrainian official told The Guardian in an interview published on Wednesday. In addition to encouraging our European allies...

October 23, 2023 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Bradley Bowman

Here’s how to fix the supplemental’s shortcomings on Taiwan

The White House submitted a $105 billion supplemental spending package to Congress on Friday. The proposal seeks to help three beleaguered democracies — Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan —...

June 2, 2023 | Natalie Ecanow |

Meet the U.S.-Funded Force Behind Lebanon’s Refugee Crackdown

The Biden administration’s Lebanon policy ends up propping up the very order it claims to oppose.

December 19, 2022 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Bradley Bowman

Washington is waking up on weapons for Taiwan

The U.S. Senate voted 83-11 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2023 after the U.S. House of Representatives advanced the same legislation in a resounding 350-80...

September 22, 2022 | Ryan Brobst, Jonathan Schanzer, Bradley Bowman

Lifting the arms embargo on Cyprus is a major opportunity to aid Ukraine

The Biden administration announced on Friday a decision to lift the decades-old arms embargo on Cyprus for the coming fiscal year. This laudable step recognizes Nicosia’s progress related to financial...

September 19, 2022 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Michael Sugden

Iranian-backed attacks on Albania highlights need for Cyber Capacity Building

Albania, a NATO member state, cut diplomatic ties with Iran earlier this month after blaming Tehran for a cyberattack against Albanian government networks. It is an unprecedented response to a cyberattack...

September 7, 2022 | Tony Badran |

America’s Regional Integration Scheme Benefits Iran

The Obama-Biden doctrine means that our Mideast allies don’t have to like the Iran deal. They just have to pay for it.

July 11, 2022 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Jiwon Ma

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...

April 1, 2022 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Congress Invests in National Cyber Resilience but Misses Important Opportunities in the Consolidated Appropriations Act

Congress’s newly completed annual appropriations bill provides significant funding increases for a number of critical cybersecurity programs, including for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...

February 9, 2022 | Tony Badran |

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

August 24, 2021 | Morgan Lorraine Viña |

UN Peacekeeping in Cyprus: So Much for Deterrence

In Hans Christian Anderson’s children’s classic The Emperor’s New Clothes, the unfortunate emperor parades around the streets in his birthday suit, confident that his fine garments are seen by everyone...

November 12, 2019 | Jacob Nagel |

The U.S.-Israel Military Partnership Should Remain Outside Presidential Politics

The risks are rising that U.S. military assistance to Israel will become an important issue in the Democratic presidential primaries. On October 19, Senator Elizabeth Warren suggested that aid should be...

July 3, 2013 | Boris Zilberman FDD Policy Brief

How Egypt’s Coup Could Impact U.S. Foreign Assistance

The Egyptian military coup against President Mohammad Morsi could lead to the suspension of Washington’s assistance to Cairo. According to Section 7008 of the FY2012 Consolidated A...