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March 3, 2023
Book Chapter — Using Law as a Weapon Against Nonproliferation and Terrorism: The U.S. Government’s Financial Lawfare Against Iran
In December 2022, Oxford University Press published a chapter by Orde titled, “Using Law as a Weapon Against Nonproliferation and Terrorism: The U.S. Government’s Financial Lawfare Against Iran.” ...
August 29, 2022
Countering the Financing of Terrorism: Law and Policy
Foreword Since 9/11, countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) has been a focus of U.S. and international security policy, and an evolving feature of the regulatory and risk environment for authorities...
November 10, 2021
Gaza Conflict 2021
July 8, 2018
Reactor-Grade Plutonium and Nuclear Weapons: Exploding the Myths
July 17, 2017
A Return to Transparent Safeguards Reporting
This paper reviews changes introduced in recent years by the Secretariat to the Safeguards Implementation Report (SIR) in providing less information about inspection g...
July 1, 2017
The Last Palestinian: The Rise and Reign of Mahmoud Abbas
Mahmoud Abbas rose to prominence as a top Palestinian negotiator, became the leader of his nation, and then tragically failed to negotiate a peace agreement. This is the first book in English that foc...
January 1, 2016
Lawfare: Law as a Weapon
In Lawfare, author Orde Kittrie draws on his experiences as a lawfare practitioner, US State Department attorney, and international law scholar in analyzing the theory and practice of lawfare. Kittrie...
May 1, 2014
Allies, Adversaries and Enemies: America’s Increasingly Complex Alliances
This volume examines the growing problem of American allies that simultaneously act as Washington’s adversaries or even enemies. This phenomenon, which has markedly grown in recent decades, can be d...
October 29, 2013
State of Failure: Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Unmaking of the Palestinian State
In September 2011, president Mahmoud Abbas stood before the United Nations General Assembly and dramatically announced his intention to achieve recognition of Palestinian statehood. The United States...
August 1, 2012
Terror in the Peaceable Kingdom
Edited by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Senator Linda Frum Download Publication...
May 12, 2012
Facebook Fatwa: Saudi Clerics, Wahhabi Islam and Social Media
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has released the first-ever study of what radical Saudi Wahhabists are preaching to their followers about the United States and non-Muslims on social media si...
September 3, 2011
The Pasdaran: Inside Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enqelab-e Eslami) is more commonly known as Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), or the Pasadran. Sworn by an oath...
August 30, 2011
Bin Laden’s Legacy: Why We’re Still Losing the War on Terror
In the decade since 9/11, the United States has grown weaker: It has been bogged down by costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It has spent billions of dollars on security to protect air travel and oth...
June 1, 2011
The Wave: Man, God, and the Ballot Box in the Middle East
The promise of democracy for Muslims offers something historically unparalleled. Where Islamist groups once dreamed of revolution, quietly developed paramilitary cells, and assassinated their secular...
May 17, 2011
Among the Truthers: A Journey Through America’s Growing Conspiracist Underground
From left-wing 9/11 conspiracy theorists to right-wing Obama-hating "birthers"—a sobering, eyewitness look at how America's marketplace of ideas is fracturing into a multitude of tiny, radicalized b...
November 16, 2010
Iran: The Looming Crisis
Since Iran's illicit nuclear program was first exposed to a stunned world in 2002, Tehran has defied the international community and continued to pursue its nuclear goals. What drives this seemingly a...
October 19, 2010
Palestinian Pulse: What Policymakers Can Learn From Palestinian Social Media
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) has released the first-ever study mining the Arabic-language Palestinian social media environment to determine Palestinian public sentiment and its pote...
May 20, 2010
The Afghanistan-Pakistan Theater: Militant Islam, Security & Stability
What is the optimal strategy for the United States and its allies to pursue in Afghanistan? Observers across the political spectrum agree that military operations alone are not enough to secure Afghan...
October 16, 2009
Accomplice to Evil: Iran and the War Against the West
From Accomplice to Evil: “The world is simmering in the familiar rhetoric and actions of movements and regimes—from Hezbollah and al Qaeda to the Iranian Khomeinists and the Saudi Wahhabis—who s...
November 11, 2008
Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle For Palestine
In June 2007 civil war broke out in the Gaza Strip between two rival Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah. Western peace efforts in the region always focused on reconciling two opposing fronts: Israe...
September 19, 2008
From Energy Crisis To Energy Security
American dependence on oil sends hundreds of billions of dollars overseas every year, forces the U.S. to put its troops in harm's way, and undermines American diplomatic efforts. As the United States...
February 16, 2007
My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir
My Year Inside Radical Islam is a memoir of first a spiritual and then a political seduction. Raised in liberal Ashland, Oregon, by parents who were Jewish by birth but dismissive of strict...
September 1, 2003
The War Against the Terror Masters
The War Against the Terror Masters is a must-read guide to the terrorist crisis. Michael A. Ledeen explains in startling detail how and why the United States was so unprepared for the September 11th c...