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Three mornings a week, FDD Executive Director Jonathan Schanzer cuts through the noise with the experts who have spent their careers studying, shaping, and living the region’s most consequential moments. All before your morning coffee gets cold.
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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Ambassador Jeff Bartos, who serves as the U.S. Representative for UN Management and Reform.
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IS THE BONDI BEACH MASSACRE AUSTRALIA'S WAKE-UP CALL?
HEADLINE 1: The United States just slapped new sanctions on Iran’s shadow oil fleet.
HEADLINE 2: Israel, Greece, and Cyprus are mulling a military coalition to deter the Turks.
HEADLINE 3: U.S. MidEast envoy Steve Witkoff is heading to Gaza ceasefire talks…. In Miami.
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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Joel Burnie, executive manager of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council.
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Featured FDD Pieces:
"It’s time for Brussels to designate Yemen’s Houthis as a terrorist organization' - Behnam Ben Taleblu and Bridget Toomey, Euractiv
"Mostly quiet on the Gazan front" - Clifford D. May, The Washington Times
"How Turkey Props up Venezuela" - Sinan Ciddi and William Doran, The National Interest
HEADLINE 1: Qatar is once again pushing Washington to sell it F-35s.
HEADLINE 2: Israel facilitated the exit of more than 200 Palestinians from Gaza.
HEADLINE 3: Hamas is abusing Gazans. Again.
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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Miriam Haart, who starred in the hit Netflix TV series My Unorthodox Life.
Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief
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Featured FDD Pieces:
"Lebanon Must Pick the Abraham Accords over the Muslim Brotherhood" - Hussain Abdul-Hussain, This Is Beirut
"How to Finish off the Muslim Brotherhood" - Ahmad Sharawi, The National Interest
"Is Bondi Beach a sign that ISIS is making a comeback?" - Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post
FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with political satirist and "Oh My World" podcast host Hagar Chemali.
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SHOULD ISRAEL PARDON BIBI?
HEADLINE 1: The United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
HEADLINE 2: Israeli and Taiwanese officials recently conducted a series of secret meetings.
HEADLINE 3: The U.S. and Israel wrapped up joint naval exercises yesterday.
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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Aviva Klompas, co-founder and CEO of Boundless.
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Featured FDD Pieces:
"Trojan Horse: China's Auto Threat to America" - Elaine Dezenski, Congressional Testimony
"Fight To Keep China Out of U.S. K-12 Classrooms Comes to Congress" - Jennifer Richmond, FDD
"A Free Venezuela Elevates U.S. Energy Security" - Saeed Ghasseminejad, RealClearWorld
HEADLINE 1: After taking a beating during the 12-day war, Iran is back to building up its ballistic missile arsenal.
HEADLINE 2: Israeli authorities raided a vacant United Nations Relief and Works Agency facility in East Jerusalem.
HEADLINE 3: The IDF discovered three crude rockets in the West Bank city of Tulkarem.
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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with activist, actress, and New York Times bestselling author Noa Tishby.
Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief
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Featured FDD Pieces:
"The Widening Gulf Between Iran and the Gulf" - Behnam Ben Taleblu and Norman T. Roule, FDD's Foreign Podicy
"Al Jazeera’s Academic Arm Platforms Hamas Denialism and Anti-Israel Propaganda" - Toby Dershowitz, FDD Insight
"Anti-Israeli Countries’ Attempt To Ban Israel From Eurovision Song Contest Falls Flat — With Help From Germany, Austria" - David May, New York Sun
FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Michal Cotler-Wunsch, CEO of The International Legal Forum (ILF) and former Member of Israel's Knesset (Parliament).
Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief
HEADLINE 1: Yesterday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing will provide $100 million to help with reconstruction and ease the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
HEADLINE 2: The Pentagon deployed a new type of drone to the Middle East.
HEADLINE 3: Iraq added Hezbollah and the Houthis to its asset freeze list.
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FDD Senior Research Analyst Natalie Ecanow analyzes the latest headlines, followed by a pre-recorded conversation between Jon Schanzer and FDD Director of Impact and AI Research Fellow Leah Siskind.
Learn more at: https://fdd.org/fddmorningbrief
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Featured FDD Pieces:
"America needs to stop being naive in Gaza" - Bonnie Glick, Washington Reporter
"China’s Influence Operation in US Education Was Supposed To Be Shut Down, But Did Closing the Confucius Institutes Only Make It Stronger?" - Jennifer Richmond, The Washington Free Beacon
"Is Qatari Money Corrupting American Education?" - Natalie Ecanow, Townhall
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SOUTHERN YEMEN?
HEADLINE 1: Saudi Arabia is providing the Palestinian Authority with a $90 million grant.
HEADLINE 2: Three Israeli soldiers were wounded in two separate attacks yesterday.
HEADLINE 3: The IDF raided the offices in Ramallah and Hebron of an organization called the Union of Agricultural Work Committees.
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FDD Senior Research Analyst Natalie Ecanow, filling in for Jonathan Schanzer, provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Southern Transition Council Special Representative Amr Al-Bidh.
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Featured FDD Pieces:
"Trump is right to crack down on the Muslim Brotherhood" - Edmund Fitton-Brown, The Spectator
"Japan Has Changed How the World Must Think About Taiwan" - Craig Singleton, The New York Times
"Africa 2025: Things Fall Apart" - Clifford D. May, Foreign Podicy
Bradley Bowman, senior director of FDD's Center on Military and Political Power, provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Dana Stroul, who serves as Director of Research and Shelly and Michael Kassen Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief
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