To help protect the United States and its allies from the rising threat of missile and drone attacks, FDD is excited to inaugurate its new Air and Missile Defense Program, housed within the Center on Military and Political Power (CMPP). This state-of-the-art program conducts rigorous, timely research regarding the air and missile defense capabiliti…

The current economic “moment” is seeing a generational re-ordering of global trade, alliances, and capital. The Trump Administration is unleashing an unprecedented and muscular use of economic power, with tariffs on historical allies and adversaries alike, ramped up sanctions on Iran and Venezuela, new investment incentives and reviews, and willing…

SANCTIONS, TARIFFS, AND MORE HEADLINE 1: Turkish Intelligence Chief Ibrahim Kalin met with Hamas leaders over the weekend. HEADLINE 2: The U.S. and Iran held a second round of nuclear talks in Rome. HEADLINE 3: Hamas launched a deadly attack against Israeli troops in northern Gaza. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely updates and …

MORAL COURAGE IN THE WAKE OF OCTOBER 7 HEADLINE 1: Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani arrived in Moscow yesterday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. HEADLINE 2: Hamas is on the verge of bankruptcy. HEADLINE 3: The U.S. Treasury sanctioned the International Bank of Yemen. HEADLINE 4: Lebanese forces detained multiple people who…

The U.S. military has a vested interest in the security of the nation’s critical transportation infrastructure. During a conflict, America’s adversaries are likely to attack U.S. critical infrastructure in an attempt to constrain Washington’s policy options, including its capacity to mobilize the armed forces. Over the past year, the intelligence c…

CAN THE UNITED STATES SUSTAIN SIMULTANEOUS MILITARY SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL, UKRAINE, AND TAIWAN? HEADLINE 1: Jordan arrested 16 people linked to the Muslim Brotherhood who were involved in a plot to undermine Jordan with targeted attacks. HEADLINE 2: The European Union announced a new aid package for the Palestinian Authority. HEADLINE 3: Lebanese Pres…

IRAN, OMAN, AND THE UNITED STATES HEADLINE 1: The IDF struck a Hamas command center inside Gaza’s al-Ahli hospital. HEADLINE 2: Syrian President Abu Mohammed Al-Jolani was on a charm offensive this weekend. Yes, I still called him by the name he used when he was openly leading an Al-Qaeda affiliate group. HEADLINE 3: The U.S. and Saudi Arabia are r…

LEBANON, ISRAEL, AND THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST HEADLINE 1: The Trump administration rolled out another round of Iran sanctions. HEADLINE 2: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is a wanted man in Argentina. HEADLINE 3: Israeli and Turkish officials met in Azerbaijan to discuss Syria. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers time…

JERUSALEM, ANKARA, AND WASHINGTON HEADLINE 1: Hezbollah may be using maritime routes to smuggle weapons into Lebanon. HEADLINE 2: Iran has been recruiting Swedish criminal gangs to target Jews and Israelis. HEADLINE 3: Protests erupted in Egypt against President Trump’s plan to relocate Palestinians from Gaza. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer…

Iran’s nuclear program is escalating, its economy is worsening, and Tehran’s terror-regime ties with other authoritarians are tightening. As a result, the United States has an unparalleled opportunity to operationalize alternative policy options that marry maximum support for the Iranian people with maximum pressure against the Iranian regime. To a…

A VISION FOR YEMEN'S FUTURE HEADLINE 1: In June 2021, Hamas asked Iran for $500 million to help fund the destruction of Israel. HEADLINE 2: On Saturday, The Washington Post reported that the regime in Iran hired a Georgian drug trafficker to assassinate a rabbi in Azerbaijan. HEADLINE 3: The United States has sent another THAAD air defense system t…

MAXIMUM PRESSURE ON THE REGIME IN IRAN + MAXIMUM SUPPORT FOR THE IRANIAN PEOPLE HEADLINE 1: On Wednesday, the IDF struck what it described as “remaining military capabilities” that belonged to the former Bashar al-Assad regime. HEADLINE 2: The IDF is establishing a new security corridor in southern Gaza. HEADLINE 3: Russia and Iran’s deputy foreign…

Israel’s tech ecosystem plays a pivotal role in strengthening US-Israel relations, particularly collaborative innovations, economic partnerships, and geopolitical ties. These dynamics, notably in defense technology, align with U.S. national security interests and foster normalization with Gulf states by enhancing regional stability and economic res…

ISRAEL, QATAR, AND TURKEY HEADLINE 1: Israel eliminated a top Hezbollah terrorist in Beirut. HEADLINE 2: Israeli security forces foiled a terror cell in the West Bank city of Nablus. HEADLINE 3: The Houthis said they shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone. -- FDD Senior Research Analyst Natalie Ecanow provides timely situational updates and analys…

TURKEY, GAZA, AND IRAQ HEADLINE 1: Erdogan’s Hamas clients are also dealing with popular unrest. HEADLINE 2: The regime in Iran replied to President Trump’s letter to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. HEADLINE 3: The United States military continues to hammer the Houthis. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updat…

U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN MOUNTING GLOBAL THREATS HEADLINE 1: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unveiled another so-called missile city. HEADLINE 2: Those Houthi ballistic missile attacks keep on coming. HEADLINE 3: The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit for the forfeiture of $47 million in proceeds from the sale of Iranian oil. -- FDD Senior…

EXPOSING TWO-FACED QATAR HEADLINE 1: The U.S. Treasury Department issued another round of Iran sanctions. HEADLINE 2: The Trump administration handed Syria’s new rulers a list of conditions they must meet to finally see some of those sanctions lifted. HEADLINE 3: Anti-Hamas protests erupted in Gaza yesterday. -- FDD Senior Research Analyst Natalie …

TURKEY: AUTHORITARIANS, BAD ACTORS, AND PROTESTS HEADLINE 1: The U.S. military is beefing up its naval presence in the Middle East. HEADLINE 2: The debate over the credibility of the Lebanese government is heating up again. AND HEADLINE 3: Protests are still raging in Turkey following the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor last week – Turkey’s top oppositi…

REVERSING KISSINGER HEADLINE 1: The Trump administration issued a new round of Iran-related sanctions yesterday. HEADLINE 2: Hamas popped off a handful of rockets at Israel yesterday. HEADLINE 3: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei delivered a speech yesterday to mark the start of the Iranian New Year, Nowruz. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Sc…

THE SHIFTING DYNAMICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST: A SPECIAL SITREP EPISODE -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer is joined by former IDF International Spokesperson Jonathan Conricus and U.S. Middle East policy expert John Hannah for a special edition of the FDD Morning Brief. The two will provide Middle East situational updates and analyze the U.S. respon…

CHINA, RUSSIA, AND THE MIDDLE EAST HEADLINE 1: The Shin Bet and Israel police foiled a plot to carry out a terrorist attack in Jerusalem. HEADLINE 2: A former Islamic Revolutionary Guard from Iran gave a rare interview with Israeli media. HEADLINE 3: Former Israeli hostage Tal Shoham gave an exclusive interview to Fox News. BONUS HEADLINE 4: A Syri…

LEBANON, ISRAEL, AND THE GULF HEADLINE 1: The IDF carried out a strike in Damascus yesterday. HEADLINE 2: Qatar is preparing to supply natural gas to Syria. HEADLINE 3: The United Nations published a report accusing Israel of perpetrating “genocidal acts” in Gaza. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analys…

Cyber threats are evolving – but U.S. cyber policy coordination is still lagging behind. Four years after the establishment of the Office of the National Cyber Director, the Trump administration has a unique opportunity to establish stronger central coordination and drive meaningful improvements in how the federal government secures and defends cyb…

A SECURE FUTURE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST HEADLINE 1: The IDF conducted a series of strikes in Syria. HEADLINE 2: The IDF has been busy dismantling terrorist infrastructure in the West Bank city of Jenin. HEADLINE 3: Iran, Russia, and China conducted joint naval exercises. HEADLINE 4: Israel and Lebanon are launching a series of talks to resolve outstand…

THE REVERBERATING IMPACT OF THE 1929 HEBRON MASSACRE HEADLINE 1: Israel will allow Syrian Druze, along with Circassians – another ethnic minority in Syria – to work in the Israeli Golan Heights. HEADLINE 2: Recent meetings in Qatar between top Hamas terrorists and Adam Boehler, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, are focused th…

WHO ARE THE KURDS, AND HOW DO THEY FIT INTO THE MIDDLE EAST PUZZLE? HEADLINE 1: The U.S. Air Force conducted a joint exercise with the Israeli Air Force on Tuesday. HEADLINE 2: Clashes broke out in Syria between Assad loyalists and the new government’s security forces. HEADLINE 3: The Trump administration is getting creative with its maximum pressu…

CAMPUS ANTISEMITISM POST-OCTOBER 7 HEADLINE 1: The State Department designated the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. HEADLINE 2: Russian missile experts travelled to Iran twice last year. HEADLINE 3: Turkey and Iran are at loggerheads. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely updates and analysis, followed by a conversation…

Nations pursue access to reliable, sustainable, and affordable energy that will sustain their national security objectives. While the China-Russia led alliance continues to rely largely on fossil fuels, Western countries increasingly seek to replace these traditional energy sources with renewable offerings, leading to less reliable and more expensi…

TURKEY'S TIES TO SYRIA AND ERDOGAN'S DYNAMIC WITH TRUMP HEADLINE 1: The IDF says it is ready to defend an endangered Druze community in Syria. HEADLINE 2: Lebanese authorities detained a man at the airport in Beirut on Friday. HEADLINE 3: The Trump administration is expediting the delivery of some $4 billion in military aid to Israel. -- FDD Execut…

THE U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP FROM A DEFENSE PERSPECTIVE HEADLINE 1: The Iran sanctions keep on coming. HEADLINE 2: Israeli authorities arrested yet another Israeli citizen accused of spying for Iran. HEADLINE 3: A car-ramming attack unfolded at a bus stop near the Israeli city of Caesarea yesterday. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers t…

ANTISEMITISM AND A NEW MIDDLE EAST HEADLINE 1: The Trump administration escalated its maximum pressure campaign on Iran with a new round of sanctions. HEADLINE 2: Things are getting hairy between Syria’s new leadership and the Israeli government. HEADLINE 3: Speaking of Syria, an Israeli journalist uncovered troves of classified intelligence from t…

After nearly a year and half of war following Hamas’s brutal October 7 attacks, Israeli society has proven its resilience and strength. The IDF has had a series of military successes against Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and in Iran – though substantial challenges remain, in particular the return of all the hostages fro…

THE HOSTAGE CRISIS: THE STORY OF ALON OHEL HEADLINE 1: Israeli authorities have arrested 10 people suspected of smuggling arms from Jordan into Israel. HEADLINE 2: The IDF deployed tanks to the West Bank city of Jenin. HEADLINE 3: The IDF carried out a series of airstrikes in Lebanon ahead of Nasrallah’s funeral. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schan…

SOUTH AFRICA'S MALIGN TIES WITH AUTHORITARIANS HEADLINE 1: Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani was in Iran this week. HEADLINE 2: Arab leaders are meeting in Riyadh today to discuss alternatives to President Trump’s vision for Gaza. HEADLINE 3: Iran executed a record number of people in 2024. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers …

ABRAHAM ACCORDS, 10/7 WAR, IRAN HEADLINE 1: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff met with Saudi officials in Riyadh. HEADLINE 2: Israeli troops remain in "buffer zone" in Lebanon to enforce the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire. HEADLINE 3: The European Union plans to weigh in on the postw…

STARTUP NATION, ISRAEL AND THE GULF, AND THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS HEADLINE 1: Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in Israel over the weekend. HEADLINE 2: On Friday evening, Hezbollah supporters attacked a UN peacekeeping convoy. HEADLINE 3: The IDF was hard at work in Gaza over the weekend. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situation…

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation between Bradley Bowman, Senior Director of FDD's Center on Military & Political Power (CMPP), and IDF Major General (Ret.) Tal Kelman, who was tasked with overseeing Israel's "Iran file" during his service. Learn more at: https://fdd.org…

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Ed Husain, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a professor at Georgetown University. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbriefद्वारा FDD

Over the last two months, Turkey has thrown its weight behind Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the victorious Syrian rebel group who ousted Bashar al-Assad’s government from power. Westen countries have labeled HTS a terrorist organization – yet, despite HTS’s jihadi roots, Turkey has argued the group is capable of establishing a state that brings law a…

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Newsweek Senior Editor-at-Large Josh Hammer. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbriefद्वारा FDD

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL). Learn more at: https://fdd.org/fddmorningbriefद्वारा FDD

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Professor Eyal Zisser, Middle East expert and Vice Rector of Tel Aviv University. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbriefद्वारा FDD

Former IDF International Spokesperson and FDD Senior Fellow Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus delivers timely situational updates and analysis on headlines out of the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Rageh Omaar, ITV News' International Affairs Analyst. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/…

RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, senior director of FDD's Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, fills in for Jon Schanzer on the FDD Morning Brief. He delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with retired U.S. Air Force General Mike Minihan. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief…

FDD Senior Fellow David Daoud delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Seth Frantzman, Senior Middle East Correspondent and Analyst at The Jerusalem Post and an FDD adjunct fellow. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbriefद्वारा FDD

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Gidi Grinstein, founder and president of Reut Group and Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM). Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbriefद्वारा FDD

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, an author, Tel Aviv University professor, and one of the world's foremost experts on Turkey. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbriefद्वारा FDD

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Mouaz Moustafa, executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF). Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbriefद्वारा FDD

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Oded Ailam, former head of the Terrorism Division at Mossad. Learn more at: https://fdd.org/fddmorningbriefद्वारा FDD

FDD Senior Fellow and former IDF International Spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Brigadier General (Ret.) Amir Avivi. The pair discuss the emerging Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal and its implications for the wider region. Learn more at: https://fdd.org/fddmorningbr…