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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 hosts a special FDD Morning Brief SITREP featuring FDD experts RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery and Jonathan Hessen.
They examine the tactical picture in Iran, the threat to the Strait of Hormuz, and what states could become key players in the conflict.
Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/
FDD Executive Director Jonathan Schanzer provides situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Einat Wilf, chair of the Knesset's Oz Party.
They assess public sentiment in Israel, the danger of leaving the Islamic Republic weakened but intact, and why the fight against the regime’s ideology could define the region’s future.
Learn more: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/
THE WAR IN IRAN IS TESTING THE GULF
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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer hosts a special SITREP episode of the FDD Morning Brief featuring Ebtesam AlKetbi of the Emirates Policy Center and FDD Senior International Fellow Eyal Hulata.
They examine how Operation Epic Fury is impacting Gulf countries.
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THE MILITARY PARTNERSHIPS FUELING EPIC FURY
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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer hosts a special SITREP featuring FDD experts Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus and Bradley Bowman. They examine the U.S.-Israel military synchronization powering Operation Epic Fury as it unfolds.
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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer hosts a special SITREP featuring FDD experts Janatan Sayeh and Cameron McMillan.
They provide timely situational updates and analysis on the evolving war with Iran and the military dimensions of Operation Epic Fury.
Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/
FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Israeli journalist Nadav Eyal.
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ERDOGAN'S NEO-OTTOMAN AMBITIONS
HEADLINE 1: The Palestinian Authority is still paying money to terrorists.
HEADLINE 2: The Trump administration continues to heap financial pressure on Iran.
HEADLINE 3: A construction project in Gaza seems to be in the works.
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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with FDD Turkey Program Senior Director Sinan Ciddi.
Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief
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Featured FDD Pieces:
"Georgia is becoming Iran’s sanctions evasion hub" - Keti Korkiya, The Hill
"The US should stop indulging Hungary and Slovakia" - Ivana Stradner and Dalibor Rohac, Washington Examiner
"Saving the European-American marriage" - Clifford D. May, The Washington Times
HEADLINE 1: Iran wants to buy anti-ship missiles from China.
HEADLINE 2: India's prime minister touched down in Israel today.
HEADLINE 3: In case you missed it, Syria recently transferred thousands of ISIS prisoners to Iraq.
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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Erin Molan, former television presenter for Sky News Australia and host of The Erin Molan Show.
Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief
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Featured FDD Pieces:
"What if the Iranian Regime Is Stronger Than Trump Thinks?" - Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh, The New York Times
"How Did the United States End Up on the Same Side as the Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen?" - Bridget Toomey, FDD Insight
"The Islamic Republic’s Weaponization of Global Terror" - Mark Dubowitz and Edmund Fitton-Brown, The Iran Breakdown
FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with FDD Chief Executive Mark Dubowitz.
Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief
AN ANCIENT CITY'S MODERN DIVIDE
HEADLINE 1: Iran and Russia held joint naval exercises in and around the Gulf of Oman.
HEADLINE 2: The European Union officially designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.
HEADLINE 3: Israel carried out a large counterterrorism operation in the town of Hebron this week.
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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Yishai Fleisher, who serves as the international spokesperson for the Jewish Community of Hebron.
Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief
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Featured FDD Pieces:
"Europe Looks to Israeli Tech to Defend Tanks" - Brad Bowman and Justin Leopold-Cohen, Real Clear Defense
"Free Jimmy Lai!" - Cliff May, The Washington Times
"Ukraine, four years in" - LinkedIn Newsletter: This Week at FDD
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