Analysis & Commentary
Podcast: Of Strikes and Strategy: U.S. Policy in Syria
Foreign Podicy host Clifford D. May is joined by John Hannah, senior counselor at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, who has served on the national security teams of both democratic and republican administrations, to discuss the ongoing crises and potential ways forward in Syria and...
German CEO: Israel should no longer rely on Germany for its existence
In an eye-popping commentary in the Die Welt newspaper last week, Mathias Döpfner, the pro-Israel CEO of the Axel Springer media conglomerate in Berlin, wrote that the Jewish state should no longer depend on Germany if it is attacked and its existence is on the line.
Iran spreads lies claiming America supports terrorists after US-led attack on Syria
Iran has been filling the airwaves and the Internet with anti-American lies, slander and ridiculous conspiracy theories since the U.S., Britain and France launched missile strikes on Syria April 14 in response to dictator Bashar Assad’s use of chemical weapons to kill his own citizens
The Senate’s Blind Spot on Terrorism in Yemen
On Tuesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee pressed hard on top administration officials to justify U.S. support for the Saudi war effort in Yemen, where hunger and cholera cause tremendous suffering. Senators certainly should be asking these tough questions, yet their narrow focus...
How Macron can win over Trump on Iran
French President Emmanuel Macron comes to Washington this week with two important items on his agenda: keep American troops in Syria and keep U.S. President Donald Trump in the Iran nuclear deal. Macron will have a tough sell to an American president who’s made clear he wants out of both....
Trump shouldn’t give in to Macron’s Iran deal request
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Washington Monday with a seemingly innocuous request for President Trump: Let Europe keep doing business with Iran. But unless Trump wants to make a bad nuclear deal even worse, he should flatly reject Macron’s request.
Cavuto: Coast to Coast
FDD senior counselor John Hannah joins Cavuto: Coast to Coast on Fox Business to discuss North Korea's announcement that it will suspend its nuclear program ahead of the U.S.-North Korea summit planned for next month.
Turkey’s Snap Elections: Erdogan’s Improvised Gambit
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called snap elections on Wednesday, bringing forward parliamentary and presidential elections to June 24, almost 17 months earlier than scheduled. Erdogan was once a sworn enemy of early elections, referring to them previously as “a sign of...
German LGBT group closes bank account to protest BDS activity
The Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation – named after a gay German-Jewish scientist who was persecuted by the Nazis – has terminated its account with the Bank for Social Economy over the financial institution’s enabling of organizations that advocate a boycott of Israel.
In Helmand, Taliban dominates security situation
The Taliban currently controls seven of Helmand's 13 districts and contests the other six, according to date compiled by LWJ.
Lou Dobbs Tonight
FDD Senior Counselor John Hannah joins Lou Dobbs Tonight to discuss Pompeo's meeting with Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang and the subsequent announcement that North Korea will suspend its nuclear program.
U.S. Personnel Embedded With Lebanese Forces, Raising Concern Of Hezbollah Penetration
A senior U.S. official disclosed this week that American personnel have been stationed in the Lebanese Armed Forces, or LAF, a contested fighting force that is closely aligned with the Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah, according to testimony this week that has caused alarm in Congress...
Erdogan ‘needs every vote’ and is looking to Turks in U.S. for support
A year after his bodyguards brawled with protesters on a Washington street, Turkey's strongman president is bringing his ruling party to the United States in what observers say is a campaign to improve its battered reputation.
U.S., UK Act to Block Chinese Technology Threat
This week, the U.S. and UK governments took steps to combat key national security threats posed by two Chinese telecommunications companies. On Monday, the U.S. Commerce Department banned all U.S. sales to ZTE, a Chinese telecommunications company that violated export controls.
The John Batchelor Show
FDD's Behnam Ben Taleblu joins the John Batchelor show to discuss the fate of the JCPOA deal.
Bitcoin Is Wrongly Linked To Mass Money-Laundering, Says Canadian Chief Scientist
One reason for bitcoin’s image problem is the pseudonymity that cryptocurrency transactions afford because the ecosystem is decentralized and largely unregulated. But transactions are not completely anonymous, according to Quebec’s Chief Scientist Office.
Is an AKP victory inevitable in upcoming Turkish polls?
As the shock of early elections announced yesterday begins to recede, a sense of inevitability is seizing Turkey. No matter what, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will emerge victorious, or so groupthink has it.
Taliban forces hundreds of schools in Kunduz to close
The closure of the schools highlights the Taliban's grip on the province, where all of the districts are currently contested.
After the US-UK-French attack in Syria
As reader are undoubtedly aware, on Saturday, 105 missiles were fired by American, British and French military units at Syrian chemical weapons research and storage sites, in punishment for the latest Assad regime chemical weapons attack in Douma on April 7, which killed at least 75 people....
Israel sees an Iranian ‘air force’ assembling in Syria — and looks ready to deal it a knockout blow
Israel's military on Tuesday apparently let leak a series of news reports indicating that it sees an Iranian air force forming in Syria and hinting that it may be willing to deal it a knockout blow.
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