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Andrea Stricker
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Behnam Ben Taleblu
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Juan C. Zarate
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About
FDD analyzes how adversary nations and terrorist organizations exploit the global financial system, tracking sanctions evasion, money laundering, and illicit finance networks while developing strategies to strengthen U.S. economic statecraft and deny rogue regimes access to the international financial system.
FDD Analysis
Jordan’s Crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood Is Far From Over
Policy Brief
A Ban on Georgia’s Opposition Would Complete Georgian Dream’s Capture of the State
Policy Brief
Iran is not bowing to pressure
Even with inflation soaring and its economy cracking, Tehran strategy remains the same.
The Washington Post
U.S. Must Cut Off Chinese Firms That Profit From Stolen American AI
Policy Brief
A Buyout for Iran’s ‘Shadow Fleet’
The U.S. can exploit sanctions to suppress the black market.
The Wall Street Journal
Experts
Toby Dershowitz
Senior Advisor
Elaine K. Dezenski
CEFP Senior Director and Head
Mark Dubowitz
Chief Executive
Aykan Erdemir
Turkey Program Board of Advisors
Yaya J. Fanusie
Adjunct Fellow
Annie Fixler
CCTI Director and Senior Fellow
Daniel Glaser
CEFP Senior Advisor
Richard Goldberg
Senior Advisor
Mathew Ha
CCTI Adjunct Fellow
Angela Howard
CEFP Research Analyst
Tzvi Kahn
Research Fellow and Senior Editor
Orde Kittrie
Senior Fellow
Eric B. Lorber
CEFP Senior Advisor
Miad Maleki
Senior Fellow
Clifford D. May
Founder & President
David May
Research Manager and Senior Research Analyst
Max Meizlish
CEFP Deputy Director
Emanuele Ottolenghi
Senior Fellow
Chip Poncy
CEFP Senior Advisor
Samantha Ravich
Distinguished Fellow and Advisor
Samuel Ben-Ur
Research Analyst
Jonathan Schanzer
Executive Director
Susan Soh
CEFP Research Associate
Andrea Stricker
Nonproliferation Program Deputy Director and Research Fellow
Behnam Ben Taleblu
Iran Program Senior Director and Senior Fellow
Juan C. Zarate
CEFP Chairman
Jacob Breach
Senior Advisor
In The News
The Week In Russia: Tensions, Talks, And 'Terror'
Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Liberty
U.S. moves to restrict investment in rival nations' technology
Fox News
‘Pandora’s box has been opened’: How foreign funding has flooded into American K-12 education
Heartlander News
Is Ukraine Winning or Losing Its Fight Against Corruption?
New York Sun
Dismantling shadow fleets through market incentives
The John Batchelor Show
Events
EVENT: AI on the Front Line: Lessons from the Iran Conflict
May 6, 2026 | 6:30