The Military’s Supply Chain Problem
American consumers love next-day shipping. Today, U.S. consumers can order nearly anything and have it delivered to their doors within hours. This expectation extends beyond consumer goods to U.S. military...
Volkswagen
Germany’s Faustian entanglement with China
Back in November, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) chairman Xi Jinping. His visit to China was the first by a G7 leader in three years. Facing heated domestic...
Op-eds
Mystery Cargo
Senior Iranian and Venezuelan officials are traveling around the world on a cargo plane. Argentina detained them. But what are they up to?
Op-eds
Russia sanctions grow faster, larger than South Africa sanctions in 1980s
When I lived in Moscow, I worked for Bloomberg, banked at Citibank, used my Visa card at Ikea, lunched at McDonald’s and flew home on Aeroflot to New York. As of this week, all that is over. As more than...
Op-eds
The Chinese Communist Party’s Human Hack of Western Companies
There may be a frightening number of potential CCP loyalists in Western companies and consulates around the globe.
Op-eds
U.S. ambassador and sanctions cause drop in German-Iran trade
9% drop in German exports to Iran.
Op-eds
Grenell: Volkswagen to comply with US sanctions on Iran
The US ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday that German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen will leave the Iranian market to comply with US sanctions on the Islam...
Op-eds
U.S. wants Germany to halt trade with Iran
Richard Grenell, the new U.S. ambassador to Berlin, came out swinging this week by reiterating the Trump administration’s position that European companies should stop working with the Islam...
Op-eds
Leveraging Blockchain Technology to Protect the National Security Industrial Base
FDD Research Memo
Memos
The threat to America’s national existence
President Obama judged the Islamic State the “JV team,” boasted that he’d set al Qaeda “on its heels” and implemented successful counterterrorism policies in Yemen....
Op-eds
European Companies: Enter The Iranian Market At Your Own Risk
With the signing of an Iranian nuclear agreement earlier this month, European companies along with leading politicians have moved at astonishingly fast pace to enter Iran’s markets. However...
Op-eds
German Minister Engulfed by Storm of Criticism for Iran Visit
German Vice Chancellor and Economic Minister Sigmar Gabriel’s three-day ...
Op-eds
Analysis: Why Germany is the Weakest Western Link in Nuclear Talks With Iran
With the Iran nuclear talks entering the final stretch in Vienna, Germany’s role in the negotiations to end Tehran’s illicit nuclear weapons program has largely escaped scrutiny....
Op-eds
Qatar Lite: The Mideast Maverick May Be Retreating
The Middle East’s most provocative, profligate microstate seems to be entering a more subdued stage. In a development Qatar’s neighbors should try to expand, the country’s new e...