Terrorist Financing and the Implications for Canada
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al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
“Terrorism in Africa: The Imminent Threat to the United States”
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Congressional Testimonies
FDD’s Schanzer and Zarate Testify about Terror Finance Threats
WASHINGTON, DC – As Congress and the administration explore ways to stem the threat of terrorists destabilizing important regions and attacking U.S. interests and those of its allies, Dr. J...
Press Releases
A Survey of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financing
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Congressional Testimonies
Did the Islamic State Exaggerate Its Role in the Bardo Museum Attack?
The Tunisian government’s investigation of the devastating March 18 Bardo museum attack in Tunis yielded a surprising result. While the Islamic State (IS) quickly...
Policy Briefs
The Islamic State’s African Long Con
In the long run, Boko Haram’s decision to pledge its allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) — and the IS’s subsequent ...
Op-eds
How America Was Misled on al Qaeda’s Demise
Co-authored by Stephen F. Hayes In the early-morning hours of May 2, 2011, a small team of American military and intelligence professionals landed inside the high white walls of...
Op-eds
Libyan Ansar al-Sharia Leader Gets Medical Treatment in Turkey
Ansar al-Sharia Libya confirmed this weekend that its leader, Mohamed al-Zahawi, had passed away from wounds sustained last year. Ansar al-Sharia is a jihadist group best-known outside of Libya f...
Policy Briefs
Former U.S. Marine Killed by Islamic State’s Tripoli ‘Province’
Two gunmen entered the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli Tuesday morning. When their shooting rampage was over, ...
Op-eds
Boko Haram Overruns Multinational Joint Task Force Base
Boko Haram overwhelmed Nigerian and allied troops and overran the Multinational Joint Task Force base in northeastern Nigeria yesterday. At around 5 a.m. yes...
Op-eds
The Benghazi Report
Co-authored by Stephen F. Hayes After a long day on November 13, 2013, Speaker of the House John Boehner walked down the marble hallways of the Longworth House Office Building t...
Op-eds
Giving Peace a Chance
Rarely do so many distinguished members of the foreign policy community gather in a single room. But this was the Great Hall of the United States Institute of Peace: a Washington “instituti...
Op-eds
Misunderstanding al Qaeda
On Tuesday, September 23, the U.S. government announced that a new bombing campaign was under way in Syria. The Obama administration had been building the case for airstrikes for weeks. The presi...
Op-eds
Thank You for Bombing
Washington says its air war on the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Sy...
Op-eds
The Islamic State’s Vulnerability
As the U.S. military joins with its allies and temporarily-aligned enemies to fulfill President Obama’s promise to “...
Op-eds
Zawahiri’s Revenge
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham -- which has now rebranded itself "the Islamic State" (IS) -- is trying to position itself as the new leader of the global jihadist movement. After being...
Op-eds
The Jihadist Governance Dilemma
Co-authored by Amichai Magen After making astounding territorial gains in its war against the Iraqi government, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – which has refash...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda’s Nigeria Franchise
When Hillary Clinton tweeted her support for the more than 200 Nigerian girls held by the extremist group Boko Haram, she probably did not expect that her tenure as secretary of state would soon...
Op-eds
A Road Map To Get To The Bottom Of Benghazi
CNN President Jeff Zucker says his network may not bother to report on the House...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda In Afghanistan And Pakistan: An Enduring Threat
Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Sherman and members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the enduring threat posed by al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is wide...