Free Beacon David Adesnik

David Adesnik is a senior fellow and director of research at FDD. He is currently working on a coauthored book about the conflict between Israel and Iran.

George Kennan
National Security

Containing George Kennan

History: The flawed example of the late American diplomat

David Adesnik
October 29, 2014
Henry Kissinger
U.S. troops examine North Korean weapons picked up from enemy dead during heavy fighting the preceding night
National Security

The Lesson of Task Force Smith

History: When America draws down its defenses, threats multiply

David Adesnik
July 5, 2014
Ypres Cathedral in Ypres, Belgium, seen from the market square during World War I
National Security

War and Responsibility

History: The Great War happened because dangerous men wanted it to

David Adesnik
June 23, 2014
National Security

What Containment Really Is

Analysis: How a Cold War grand strategy became just another word for passivity

David Adesnik
April 24, 2014
National Security

U.S. Sanctions Did Not Provoke Pearl Harbor

Analysis: Sanctions were a response to Japanese aggression, not its cause, historical record shows

David Adesnik
April 3, 2014