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4 days ago | 
fdd.org | Krystal Bermudez |Bill Roggio |Joe Truzman
Tehran launched missiles toward a US air base in Qatar in response to US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites last weekend.
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1 week ago | 
fdd.org | Krystal Bermudez |Eric Edelman |Reuel Marc Gerecht |Ray Takeyh
There are many paths to regime change in Iran. In 2020, two of us (Edelman and Takeyh) wrote an essay in Foreign Affairs in which we outlined a way to topple the Islamic Republic. At that time, we assumed that the use of force was off the table and that outside powers could only gradually erode the regime’s sources of strength. Israel’s attack on Iran this month has introduced a new and volatile element into the mix, but the underlying logic remains the same.
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1 week ago | 
fdd.org | Krystal Bermudez |John Hardie
As President Donald Trump weighs whether to join Israel’s military operation against Iran, Russia hopes to broker a diplomatic off-ramp. While the conflict presents some opportunities for Russia, it also carries serious risks. But Moscow finds itself with few good options to shape US and Israeli decision-making.
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1 month ago | 
fdd.org | Krystal Bermudez |Ivana Stradner
Last week, the Moscow metro installed a statue honoring Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. A replica of a monument removed during the 1960’s de-Stalinization, the piece reflects the resurgence of Stalin imagery in public spaces under President Vladimir Putin. By venerating the legacy of a man who inflicted massive attacks on his own people, sent millions of people to Gulag labor camps, the Kremlin is intending to rewrite and weaponize history to legitimize its present-day invasion of Ukraine.
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1 month ago | 
fdd.org | Krystal Bermudez |Craig Singleton |Jack Burnham |Leah Siskind
Download Full Public Comment To the United States Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security IntroductionAmerica’s strategic rivalry with China will increasingly hinge on each country’s success in translating scientific and technological innovation into military and economic supremacy — a race which now firmly centers on artificial intelligence (AI).
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
fdd.org | Krystal Bermudez |Craig Singleton
IntroductionChinese Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping has declared technological innovation the “main battlefield” in China’s quest for global preeminence.[1] For Xi, Chinese-style modernization is not merely an economic goal — it is a historic mandate with global implications.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
fdd.org | Krystal Bermudez |Craig Singleton |Johanna Yang |Jack Burnham
Department of CommerceBureau of Industry and SecurityDocket No. [BIS-2024-0058]Public Comment on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain: Unmanned Aircraft SystemsAs part of its bid to supplant the United States as the world’s leading power, the People’s Republic of China has pursued dominance within a great number of emerging technologies, including the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) sector.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
fdd.org | Krystal Bermudez |Joe Truzman
On January 30, Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida stated that Israel killed seven of the group’s senior leaders during the recent war that began with Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The group’s acknowledgment breaks more than 15 months of silence on the whereabouts of several individuals Israel had claimed it eliminated.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
fdd.org | Krystal Bermudez |Hussain Abdul-Hussain
Israel is perhaps the most muscular and influential power in the Middle East today. When Israel changes its defense ideology, as per the Nagel Committee Report released last week, the region must take notice. Under the new doctrine, Israel will not wait for its enemies to build lethal capabilities but will preemptively deny them the pathway to becoming a threat. Islamist Iran and what is left of its proxies remain the top threat to the Jewish State. Turkey is on its watch list.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
fdd.org | Krystal Bermudez |Mark Dubowitz |Elaine Dezenski
When people think of South Africa, they likely think of Nelson Mandela’s legacy of equality and democracy. But today the country is veering dangerously off course. Three decades of African National Congress rule have delivered corruption, economic collapse and an alarming alignment with America’s enemies—China, Russia, Iran and even Hamas.
