Webinars

Drones in Middle East Warfare & Beyond

https://youtu.be/UykRq9v8090 In light of the July 6th drone strike on an American military base in Iraq, Seth Frantzman provided a glimpse of how drone warfare will define future competition between the US, China, Israel, Iran, Turkey and other countries. Drones are everywhere today: Elon Musk has predicted the F-35 will become obsolete against a “drone […]

NO FEAR: Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People

On Sunday July 11 at 1pm ET in Washington, D.C, a diverse coalition of Jewish advocacy organizations are hosting “NO FEAR: A Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People.” The event will take place on the National Mall by the west entrance of the US Capitol Building. It is time for the Jewish people and […]

The Biden Administration’s Middle East Policy

Regarding the Abraham Accords, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said, “Aside from putting forward a peace proposal that was dead on arrival, we don’t think did anything constructive, really, to bring an end to the longstanding conflict in the Middle East.” That is not how Israel and her recently acquired Sunni Arab friends view […]

No Red Lines? America & the Iran Nuclear Talks

https://youtu.be/dRWxVtMiIBU On Tuesday, July 13, the Islamic Republic of Iran brazenly attempted to kidnap Iranian- American journalist Masih Alinejad from her home in Brooklyn and bolt back to Tehran via speedboats. An indictment unsealed from a federal court in New York indicates this plot was orchestrated directly by an Iranian intelligence network. This is on […]

Lebanon on the Brink of Collapse: What Should be Done?

https://youtu.be/8h-4yWyQg4g Lebanon is teetering on the brink of collapse. August 4th marks exactly one year since the deadly explosion in the Port of Beirut, which killed more than 200 people, wounded approximately 6,500 and caused the economy to plummet. The economic situation remains dire, with shortages in every field of life from food, medicine, baby […]

A Conversation With Middle East & Antisemitism Expert David Wurmser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdB3uFN78VA&t=1s About the speaker: Dr. David Wurmser is a senior analyst and director of the Project on Global anti-Semitism and the US-Israel Relationship at the Center for Security Policy, as well as being a senior fellow at the Kohelet Policy Forum. He also is the executive and founding member of the Delphi Global Analysis Group, […]

Special Emergency Webinar: The Fall of Afghanistan

https://youtu.be/4LVenElKDGE About the speaker: Thomas Joscelyn is a senior fellow at FDD and is senior editor of FDD’s Long War Journal, a widely read publication on counterterrorism and related issues. Much of his research focuses on how al-Qaeda and the Islamic State operate around the globe. He has served as a consultant for the FBI’s Counterterrorism […]

The Afghanistan Withdrawal Vis-a-Vis Hezbollah on Israel’s Northern Border

https://youtu.be/6fN32FXfnBg Nothing happens in a vacuum.  Unfortunately, many leaders of terrorist organizations were emboldened by America’s muddled and haphazard withdrawal from Afghanistan and the rapid takeover of the Taliban. According to a Times of Israel article from Wednesday, August 18, 2021, Hezbollah leader, Sheik Nasrallah, called the American behavior in Afghanistan, “the moral downfall of […]

America’s International Credibility Post Afghanistan

https://youtu.be/ojNxuayme1Y We have examined how the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan is perceived by our friends in the region, our enemies in the Middle East and throughout the world. But what do our Western allies think? Britain alone has lost at least 457 troops since entering Afghanistan in autumn 2001. Had the United States […]