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The Midway Measures Trap
Decades ago, Richard Bernstein opened Time magazine’s first bureau in Beijing. He was later New York Times bureau chief at the UN, in Paris, and in B…
4 years, 1 month ago
Turkey and America: Can This Marriage Be Saved?
Not so long ago, Turkey was widely regarded as the bridge between the Occident and the Orient, between Christian Europe and the Muslim Middle East. T…
4 years, 1 month ago
Nonproliferation, Biodefense, and National Security
Jackie Wolcott previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in Vienna and as U.S. representative to the International Atomic Energy…
4 years, 2 months ago
NATO and Its Discontents
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, better known by its acronym, NATO, was founded in 1949 to contain Soviet expansionism.
President Truman told …
4 years, 2 months ago
Deal or No Deal: Confronting the Islamic Republic of Iran the Reagan Way
FDD experts have worked for more than a decade on the threat posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
As part of a multi-pronged strategy, FDD has shar…
4 years, 2 months ago
Why They Fight
Russia's war in Ukraine underscores, among other things, the urgency of boosting Taiwan's military readiness. Meanwhile, many Americans remain bitter…
4 years, 3 months ago
An Israel Briefing
Russia ravages Ukraine. China eyes Taiwan. North Korea prepares a nuclear test. And negotiations for a new — and worse — iteration of President Obama…
4 years, 3 months ago
Why America Can’t Be Denmark
Can there be anyone not shocked and appalled by Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine – a war intended to extinguish Ukraine as an independent nation; a wa…
4 years, 3 months ago
Disinformation Wars
"A well-informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny." Thomas Jefferson said that or something close to it. But what happens when tyrants m…
4 years, 3 months ago
“Pivoting” and Other Foreign Policy Delusions
There’s a dangerous — even reckless — new Iran nuclear accord that appears to be nearing the finish line in Vienna. Meanwhile, the Biden White House …
4 years, 4 months ago