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March 14, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

Biden continues Iran’s access to $10 billion just weeks after its proxy killed three American soldiers

Just six weeks after an Iran-backed drone strike killed three American soldiers in Jordan, President Biden has approved a sanctions waiver giving Tehran continued access to more than $10 billion...

March 4, 2024 | Cleo Paskal |

COFA and the politics of delay

Tony Zielinski is a regular American citizen, who was enjoying his life in Florida.  Then he read about the problems with the renewals of key elements of the Compacts of Free Association with Palau, the...

February 28, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

Putin’s defeat in Ukraine

That should be the goal of liberals and conservatives alike

February 23, 2024 | Bradley Bowman, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Supporting America’s Allies Puts America First

There’s plenty for MAGA Republicans to like in recent Senate-passed legislation to aid Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

February 23, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

Biden’s Hezbollah Plan Is a Win-Win—for the Terrorists

Israel faces a harsh reality in an election year for the United States.

February 22, 2024 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

What Biden must do to punish Putin for Navalny’s murder

Russian President Vladimir Putin has in the last two years caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people, from innocent civilians in Ukraine to the poorly trained conscripts he uses as cannon fodder...

February 5, 2024 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Bipartisan Coalitions Urge Biden to Resume Enforcement of Iran Oil Sanctions

Bipartisan coalitions in the House and Senate urged President Joe Biden on January 24 to enforce U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil. Biden’s deliberate non-enforcement of sanctions has enabled Iran to earn...

February 2, 2024 | John Hardie |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: February

Welcome back to the Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker. Once a month, we ask FDD’s experts and scholars to assess the administration’s foreign policy. They...

January 31, 2024 | Mark Dubowitz, Jonathan Schanzer

Biden needs to follow Trump’s lead on Iran

The death of three US service members in Jordan Sunday, along with more than 40 injured, is just the latest – and deadliest – example of Iranian-backed militias targeting American forces in the Middle...

January 30, 2024 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

How to hold Iran accountable for killing US troops

The death of three service members in the Jordanian desert Sunday night was inevitable. The Biden administration relied on fortune, not fortitude, and three families will bear the consequences...

January 30, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Does Iran expect US retaliation for drone killing in Jordan?

Iran’s calculations are based on years in which Iran has carried out attacks around the region and has never faced any retaliation.

January 26, 2024 | John Hardie |

Ronald Reagan Would Never Betray Ukraine

Neither should Congress.

January 24, 2024 | Bonnie Glick, Richard Goldberg

Cut funding to organizations that are empowering Hamas

As Congress mulls its next moves on big federal spending bills, members of both political parties are refusing to confront an elephant in the room: Billions of taxpayer dollars are being sent to international...

January 15, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

Pathetic: As Hamas plays sick games with hostages 100 days in, Biden whines he’s losing patience with Israel

One hundred days. That’s reportedly how long the world’s only Jewish state is allowed to fight for its survival against a barbaric, Iranian-backed terrorist organization before President Biden loses...

January 8, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

With Tehran closer to nukes, Congress must end Biden’s Iran appeasement before it’s too late 

President Biden’s three years of appeasing Iran has brought the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism closer than ever to developing a nuclear weapon.  While most Americans were...

January 8, 2024 | Tzvi Kahn, Toby Dershowitz

Canada Must Impose Consequences on Iran for Downing Flight PS752

Today marks the fourth anniversary of Iran’s downing of Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752, killing all 176 people on board, including 85 Canadian citizens and permanent residents. The milestone...

December 18, 2023 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Biden Should Get Tough on Tehran to Better Stand with Israel Against Hamas

he Biden administration’s Middle East policy exhibits a troublesome contradiction impeding both its credibility and effectiveness. Despite its continuing support for Israel,...

December 17, 2023 | Cleo Paskal, Col. Grant Newsham

In the Pacific, U.S. bureaucracy messes up against PRC influence operation

I have no idea what the U.S. State Department was thinking. But if the goal was to help honest people in a highly strategic country that is also a close ally protect themselves against Chinese influence...

November 30, 2023 | Richard Goldberg |

Biden’s Imaginary Iran

Tehran’s hostility is clear, so why does the White House keep ignoring it?

November 9, 2023 | Richard Goldberg, Enia Krivine

Stop the UN from enabling Hamas war crimes

Congress can avoid subsidizing Hamas war crimes by halting aid to UNRWA until it changes