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Experts
Jacob Breach
Senior Advisor
Ivana Stradner
Research Fellow
Max Lesser
CCTI Senior Analyst on Emerging Threats
RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery
CCTI Senior Director and Senior Fellow
Elaine K. Dezenski
CEFP Senior Director and Head
Bradley Bowman
CMPP Senior Director
Craig Singleton
China Program Senior Director and Senior Fellow
Annie Fixler
CCTI Director and Senior Fellow
Brandy Shufutinsky
Education and National Security Program Director
Leah Siskind
Director of Impact and AI Research Fellow
Natalie Ecanow
Senior Research Analyst
Jack Burnham
Senior Research Analyst
Toby Dershowitz
Senior Advisor
Matt Pottinger
China Program Chairman
Ari Ben Am
CCTI Adjunct Fellow
Nathan Picarsic
Senior Fellow
Emily de La Bruyère
Senior Fellow
Simone Weichselbaum
Research Fellow
About
FDD tracks how foreign actors such as China, Russia, Iran, Qatar, and the Muslim Brotherhood build influence in the United States and elsewhere to shape political attitudes and policy outcomes, while developing strategies to strengthen transparency and defend democratic institutions.
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Experts
Jacob Breach
Senior Advisor
Ivana Stradner
Research Fellow
Max Lesser
CCTI Senior Analyst on Emerging Threats
RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery
CCTI Senior Director and Senior Fellow
Elaine K. Dezenski
CEFP Senior Director and Head
Bradley Bowman
CMPP Senior Director
Craig Singleton
China Program Senior Director and Senior Fellow
Annie Fixler
CCTI Director and Senior Fellow
Brandy Shufutinsky
Education and National Security Program Director
Leah Siskind
Director of Impact and AI Research Fellow
Natalie Ecanow
Senior Research Analyst
Jack Burnham
Senior Research Analyst
Toby Dershowitz
Senior Advisor
Matt Pottinger
China Program Chairman
Ari Ben Am
CCTI Adjunct Fellow
Nathan Picarsic
Senior Fellow
Emily de La Bruyère
Senior Fellow
Simone Weichselbaum
Research Fellow