FDD Morning Brief

Senior Director of FDD's Israel Program Enia Krivine delivers timely situational updates and analysis on Israel and the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Amit Segal, chief political correspondent and commentator for Channel 12 News, Israel's most popular and influential news outlet, and for Yediot Achronot, the country’s best selling newspaper. He joins from outside the Knesset...

Former IDF Spokesperson and FDD Senior Fellow Lt. Col. (Res.) Jonathan Conricus delivers timely situational updates and analysis on headlines of the Middle East, followed by a conversation with journalist and content creator Emily Schrader who has been working on the frontlines of the media battle since 10/7 to expose the disinformation campaign waged against Israel and bring accurate reporting to...

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on the war in the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Rebeccah Heinrichs, Director and Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on the war in the Middle East, followed by a conversation with John Podhoretz, Editor of Commentary Magazine. Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on the war in the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Roi Kais, Arab Affairs correspondent for Channel 11/Kan News. Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on the war in the Middle East and Israel's operations in Gaza, followed by a conversation with Jason Brodsky, Policy Director of United Against Nuclear Iran. Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Aaron MacLean, FDD senior fellow, Marine, and host of "School of War," a podcast that analyzes current foreign policy and strategy through the lens of military history. Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Sinan Ciddi, FDD non-resident senior fellow and expert on Turkish politics. Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on headlines of the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Senior Director of FDD's Center on Cyber and Technological Innovation. Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Ambassador Michael Oren, prolific historian who served as Israeli ambassador to the US, and Knesset member. Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Rep. Ritchie Torres, Democrat Congressman of New York's 15th District and staunch supporter of Israel. Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on headlines of the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Fleur Hassan Nahoum, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, Israel's Special Envoy for Innovation, and co-founder of the UAE-Israel Business Council. Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on headlines of the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus - FDD Senior Fellow who served numerous years in the IDF, including as former International Spokesperson and a combat commander. They discuss the IDF operations in Gaza, what to watch on Israel's northern bord...

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on headlines of the Middle East, followed by a conversation with author and journalist Matti Friedman, whose work has been central to exposing ways in which terrorists, including Hamas, have coopted the information space and weaponized the mainstream media against Israel. Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbr...

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Abdulaziz Alkhamis, Saudi journalist and political commentator, who sheds like on perspectives of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states regarding the Israel-Hamas war, the greater threat posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the prospects for Saudi-Israel normalization. Learn mo...

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Joe Truzman, Senior Research Analyst at FDD's Long War Journal. They discuss Iran-backed terror groups on Israel's borders. Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on the war in the Middle East, followed by a conversation with author and political analyst Benjamin Weingarten to discuss the role of Qatar on the Israel-Hamas war. Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the war in the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Haviv Rettig Gur, senior analyst at the Times of Israel. Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

FDD Senior Advisor Richard Goldberg delivers timely situational updates and analysis on the latest headlines and developments in Israel, Lebanon, and beyond, followed by a conversation with IDF Lt. Col. (Res.) Sarit Zehavi, President and Founder of Alma Research and Education Center. Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Bradley Bowman, Senior Director of FDD's Center on Military and Political Power. They discuss beleaguered democracies - including Israel and Ukraine - and the defense strategies, policies, and capabilities necessary to deter and defeat threats to the freedom, security, and p...

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Ways and Means Committee, who recently returned from a trip to Israel where he visited sites attacked by Hamas on October 7 and met with Israeli hostage families and survivors. Learn more at: www...

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Major General (Ret.) Amos Yadlin, former Head of Israel Defense Intelligence and former IAF combat fighter pilot. Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point, to discuss Hamas's tunnel networks in Gaza. Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Cliff May, FDD's Founder and President, discussing the role of Russia and Iran in continued Middle East tensions and escalating violence. Learn more at: www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/ Check out Cliff's podcast, Foreign Podicy, here: www.fdd.org/category/analysis/podcasts/f...