Israel’s Top General Meets With Arab Counterparts in Bahrain
The chief of the general staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Herzi Halevi, met with senior Arab generals in Bahrain this week, Axios reported on June 12. Generals from Bahrain,...
Working group
Rob Malley visits the Gulf, with a bucket of old formaldehyde
A senior US delegation, led by Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley and other counterterrorism and defense officials, traveled to Saudi Arabia recently to participate in the US-Gulf Cooperation Council...
Op-eds
Eyeing Tehran, U.S. and GCC Partners Seek to Develop Regional Security Architecture
Senior American government officials traveled to Saudi Arabia this week to participate in U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Working Group meetings focusing on integrated air and missile defense, maritime security, Iran, and counterterrorism. The Biden administration seeks to signal its continued commitment to the region and advance longstanding efforts to develop a Middle East security architecture. “There has been no other moment in time in which the prospect for meaningful integration is more real than today,” U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Dana Stroul said on Monday. That is because of a “shared assessment between the United States and the GCC of the threats that face us,” primarily those from Iran and its terror proxies.
Flash Briefs
AUKUS Special Operations Forces in Strategic Competition, Integrated Deterrence, and Campaigning: Resistance to Malign Activities
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...
Op-eds
Quad Economy & Technology Task Force: A Time For Concerted Action
Executive Summary The Quad Economy and Technology Task Force was conceived in 2020 to study promising areas for increased cooperation between the Quad countries of Australia, India, Japan and the United...
Memos
How Politics Has Poisoned the United Nations
At its core, the UN Human Rights Council is a political body, and no one should expect the Universal Periodic Review process to be immune.
Op-eds
How to Conduct the Biden Administration’s Korea Policy Review
The way ahead is deterrence, defense, denuclearization, human rights upfront, and solving the “Korea question” (e.g., unification) with the understanding that denuclearization of the north will only happen when we resolve that “Korea question.”
Op-eds
Congressional Momentum Builds to Establish U.S.-Israel Working Group
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) released its version of the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Tuesday, and it includes a provision to require the establishment of...
Insights
The problem with promoting democracy
In a better world, I’d be enthusiastically in favor of democracy promotion and even nation-building -- more correctly called state-building. But we don’t live in a better world....
Op-eds
The Egyptian riddle
With presidential elections coming up on March 26, Egypt’s capital is festooned with campaign billboards and posters. That’s an encouraging sight in the Middle East, and yet I sense t...
Op-eds
Iran’s Financial Rebranding Efforts and the FATF Plenary
The Plenary and Working Group of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – a global body for combatting money laundering and terror and proliferation finance – will meet from February...
Policy Briefs
The Iran Deal and its Impact on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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Congressional Testimonies
Way Down in Egypt’s Land
President Obama wants to keep aid to Egypt’s new military rulers flowing. So does Republican former ambassador John Bolton. Democratic (and Muslim) congressman Keith Ellison wants to cut ai...
Op-eds
Towards a Post-Assad Syria
Towards a Post-Assad Syria: Options for the United States and Like-Minded Nations to Further Assist the Anti-Regime Syrian Opposition A Discussion Paper Prepared by the Foreign...
Press Releases
FDD on New Congressional Iran Sanctions Working Group
Washington, D.C. (August 3, 2010) - Statement from Mark Dubowitz, FDD Executive Director and Director, Iran Energy Project: “The House of Representatives took the right step in cre...
Press Releases
Bipartisan Officials Urge Reauthorization of All Expiring Patriot Act Provisions
FDD Senior Fellow Andrew McCarthy says group's recommendations are a “fair compromise to uphold civil liberties and fight terrorism”...