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FDD Morning Brief

The FDD Morning Brief provides timely situational updates on contemporary events. Start your Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 8:30am (ET) with digestible analysis and the headlines our experts are watching. The FDD Morning Brief can be streamed on YouTube, X, and is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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20:21

FDD Morning Brief | feat. Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amir Eshel...

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/11/24

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Major General (ret.) Amir Eshel, former Director General of Israel's Ministry of Defense and former Commander of the Israeli Air Force.

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23:19

FDD Morning Brief | feat. Eyal Hulata (Nov. 22)

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/11/22

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with former Israeli National Security Advisor Eyal Hulata.

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18:10

FDD Morning Brief | feat. Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus...

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/11/20

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with IDF International Spokesperson, Lt. Col. (res.) Jonathan Conricus.

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76:09

Evolving Threats, Stagnant Policies: How to Secure...

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/11/13

Modern critical infrastructure – including access to safe water, energy, communications, and transportation systems – is vital to American security and prosperity. And yet the existing private-public partnership governing framework – Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD-21) – is a decade old. To address the rapidly emerging technological changes and increased threats to critical infrastructure, the Biden administration has indicated it is reviewing and revising PPD-21. What are the shortcomings of

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74:45

Mind the Gap: Federal Cybersecurity Workforce...

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2023/11/06

Protecting our government and private sector networks from state-backed hackers and cybercriminals is more important than ever and starts with having robust cybersecurity teams. However, as the demand for cybersecurity professionals rapidly grows, the supply has not matched pace, leading to hundreds of thousands of unfilled cybersecurity positions across the U.S. federal government and private sector. To address this gap, the Biden Administration released the National Cyber Workforce and Education

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90:59

Turkey at 100: Under the Grip of Authoritarian...

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/10/27

The Republic of Turkey as designed 100 years ago by Kemal Ataturk was intended to be a stalwart member of the Western alliance. A founding member of the United Nations, an early member of NATO, and a candidate for European Union membership, Turkey was a trusted and reliable U.S. ally committed to secular governance and rule of law. Unfortunately, it will mark its centennial under a radically different guise. The two-decade rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has transformed Turkey to be defined

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71:47

Intelligence Warfare: Targeting Tehran to Stop a...

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/10/24

To counter a well-funded, Iran-backed “axis of resistance” seeking its destruction, Israel has spent more than a decade waging a “campaign between wars” — an unconventional multi-front campaign against Iran and its proxies that entails air, naval, cyber, sabotage, and psychological operations. Sometimes in cooperation with the United States, Israel has struck a wide array of targets inside Iran, penetrating Tehran’s defenses almost at will. These achievements have left a deep impression on

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77:16

Xi and Biden’s Diplomatic Dance: APEC Summit and the...

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/10/18

China’s assertive moves in foreign policy, defense, economics, and human rights over the past year have reshaped geopolitics and international dialogue. With U.S.-China relations delicately at a crossroads, the upcoming meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Asia Pacific Economic Forum in San Francisco promises to be more than just a bilateral meeting and could be a defining moment for international diplomacy.FDD hosts a discussion to dissect China’s aggressive

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125:16

Terror, Sunsets, and Declining Pressure: Countering...

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/10/16

As key international restrictions on Iran’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs are set to expire this month, Tehran supports, sponsors, and coordinates with terrorist groups like Hamas — who just brutally murdered over 1,200 Israelis. The United States and its allies are assessing how best to respond to the indiscriminate attacks on Israel while also actively seeking to mitigate fatal flaws of the 2015 nuclear deal and associated UN Security Council Resolution 2231. While the US has

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61:38

Latin America’s China Challenge: A Conversation with...

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/10/11

Most Americans now recognize the serious threat the People’s Republic of China (PRC) poses to the United States. But many may not be aware of the comprehensive campaign Beijing is implementing in Latin America to advance the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) interests, undermine the United States, and put our homeland at risk.What is China doing in our hemisphere? Why does it matter? How is the United States responding? And what more can be done?FDD’s Center on Military and Political Power (CMPP)

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54:49

Israel Under Attack: Iran-backed Terrorists Launch...

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/10/07

On Saturday, October 7, 2023, Israelis awoke to a multi-front, Iran-backed attack on Israel’s southern border today. Dozens of Hamas terrorists infiltrated the border and invaded Israeli towns, going door to door killing Israelis and taking hostages back into Gaza to be held as bargaining chips. Simultaneously, terrorists fired thousands of rockets at Israel with Hamas claiming 5,000 rockets launched. Several hours into the attack, residents of southern Israel were still barricaded in their homes

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60:06

Bolstering American Economic Statecraft: A...

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/09/27

Congress has long been at the forefront of efforts to bolster America’s tools of economic statecraft. Parallel to the Biden administration’s long-awaited executive order on outbound investment, for example, the Senate recently passed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act proposing new powers and policies to further regulate the screening of outbound investment heading to China and other foreign adversaries.FDD’s Center on Economic and Financial Power (CEFP) hosts Sen. Bob Casey

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61:27

Extraordinary Threats and Opportunities: A...

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/09/21

China is sprinting to field military might that can defeat U.S. forces and conquer Taiwan. Putin continues to wage his brutal war against Ukraine – the largest invasion Europe has witnessed since World War II. The regime in Tehran continues to oppress the Iranian people, export terrorism, and inch toward a nuclear weapon capability, while building closer relationships with Moscow and Beijing. Nuclear-armed North Korea is strengthening its missile arsenal to threaten the United States, South Korea,

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61:57

Assessing America’s 2023 Cyber Resiliency: A...

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/09/19

Authoritarian regimes, cybercriminals, and state-backed hackers prey on American individuals and businesses to sow chaos, reap financial gain, and carry out ideological agendas. Three years ago, the congressionally mandated Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC) offered a new strategic approach to combat these threats and defend U.S. national security and economic interests in cyberspaceThe Commission’s groundbreaking report and white papers provided more than 116 concrete recommendations to reform

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60:18

Maximum Support for the People of Iran: Honoring...

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/09/14

There is an authentic Iranian revolution underway targeting the Islamic Republic that clings to power in Tehran. Iranians, especially courageous young women, have taken to the streets to speak out against the radical Islamist dictatorship that has ruled — and ruined — their lives. In the year since the murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini by Iran’s morality police for alleged improper headscarf wear, FDD has tracked more than 4,000 protests in Iran. The regime has responded brutally, resulting in more

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58:01

Cyber Catastrophe Recovery: A Critique of U.S....

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/09/13

The smooth function of America’s economy is critical for national security, military readiness, and geopolitical influence, making it a likely target for an adversary during a conflict. To quickly recover in the event of a widespread cyberattack on multiple industries, Congress directed the president to establish a Continuity of the Economy (COTE) plan. The Biden administration delivered its response to Congress in August 2023, but the final product provides no plan to ensure rapid economic

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73:29

Confronting Beijing’s Weaponized Economy

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/09/08

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has undertaken a decades-long quest for global dominance, leveraging a multi-faceted strategy to supplant the current world order. In the economic realm, the CCP bullies companies and governments to follow Beijing’s rules – which benefit China to the detriment of all others. To safeguard U.S. national security interests, global prosperity, and an international system that promises free trade, the West must find ways to resist their illiberal influence.Axios China

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69:08

Afghanistan in Peril: Two Years After the U.S....

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/08/15

Nearly two years after the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban regime has reconstituted its Islamic Emirate and returned to draconian policies that are in grave violation of fundamental human rights. While President Biden and the Taliban alike claim al-Qaeda is not active in Afghanistan, recent United Nations monitoring shows al-Qaeda leaders are embedded in key Afghan ministries, with the group running training camps, safe houses, and media operations across multiple Afghan

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59:32

Safety in Numbers: Improving Cyber Capacity Building

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/07/27

Ukraine’s effective cyber resilience – withstanding thousands of Russian attacks – is thanks in part to years-long cyber defense capacity building programs backed by both the U.S. government and industry. Washington’s robust efforts – if somewhat ad-hoc – help partners build cyber resilience, mature their law enforcement tools and techniques, improve information sharing, train cyber workforces, and deploy more secure and resilient information and communications technology networks. As attacks by

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73:57

Iran’s Terror Proxies on Israel’s Borders

FDD Morning Brief ·

2023/07/18

The Islamic Republic of Iran has spent the last four decades building a network of armed groups on Israel’s borders to create instability and foment terrorism. Thanks to funding, arms, training, and coordination from Tehran, a mosaic of at least nineteen terrorist organizations in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Syria continue to strike at Israel, blunting any hope for calm, let alone peace. What are the tactical and strategic trends exhibited by Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Hezbollah, and what might

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