A national security and foreign policy podcast from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).
Yaya Fanusie is the director of analysis at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center on San
If the attacks of September 11, 2001 were a second Pearl Harbor, where are we in the war that began
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick was one of the visionaries who helped create the Foundation for the Defense of
Israel is a tiny country: its land area about a fourth the size of the United Arab Emirates, its pop
For seven long years, Syria has been engulfed in civil war. The death toll now exceeds a half millio
Kazakhstan is one of the ten largest countries in the world, yet most Americans couldn’t find it on
Syria has been at war for seven long years. More than a half million people have been killed. More t
Not so long ago, Turkey appeared to be the model: a Muslim-majority nation that was becoming free, d
Lebanon and Iraq both recently held elections, which is good news – or is it? Hezbollah, Iran's terr
A peril that may not be on your radar screen: Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare (CEEW). Computers and t
War will always be hell – but the laws of war were meant to make wars at least a little less hellish
It’s been eight years since what was called—with more hope than accuracy—the “Arab Spring.” Last mon
There are three views on the Iran nuclear weapons deal, more formally known as the Joint Comprehensi
Jihadists in Africa are not just spreading. They’re also learning and innovating. Al Qaeda and the
The offices of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is responsible for all the world’s refu
Using social media, tech platforms and cyber weapons, the Russian government is running a sophistica
Three years ago this month, Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found drugged, bludgeoned and sh
It was likely the largest sanctions-evasion scheme in modern history, involving top state officials
Protests have been shaking the Islamic Republic of Iran. Foreign Podicy host Cliff May is joined by
Iranian-backed Hezbollah has made common cause with Latin America’s drug cartels. Their growing netw
