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November 8, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir, Jonathan Schanzer

Turkish bank rulings should be a wakeup call for global financial institutions

Turkish banks are taking a beating in American courts. First, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) refused to dismiss an indictment accusing Halkbank, majority-owned by the Turkish...

August 14, 2020 | Alan Howard, Dr. Dan Nussbaum, Dr. Brenda Shaffer

The Beirut Disaster Is Part of a Larger Chain

This year will be remembered for many things. One of them will be the large number of attacks and explosions of critical infrastructure in several countries. The first was Iran’s attack on Abqaiq, Saudi...

July 29, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Was Nixon Wrong About China?

It might be time to question the conventional wisdom.

June 23, 2020 | David Kilcullen |

America in 2020: “Insurrection” or “Incipient Insurgency”?

In the two weeks of disorder that followed the death of George Floyd, 200 cities imposed curfews; 31 states and the District of Columbia called out the National Guard; active-duty U.S. troops deployed in...

June 23, 2020 | Maj. Liane “Trixie” Zivitski |

China wants to dominate space, and the US must take countermeasures

China is determined to replace the U.S. as the dominant power in space. While proclaiming its peaceful intentions, Beijing’s doctrine considers space a military domain, and it is investing heavily in...

June 21, 2020 | Mark Dubowitz, Jonathan Schanzer

Countering China Is for the BIRDs

In 1950, as Cold War tensions were on the rise, President Harry Truman asked allies to stand and be counted. Israel reflexively stepped up and backed the president who bravely supported the creation of...

June 17, 2020 | Samantha Ravich |

Hackers Threaten Our Water Supply

Iran has been accused of conducting a cyber campaign targeting Israeli water and sewage facilities in recent months. Reports started circulating  after the Israeli Water Authority ordered all personnel...

May 20, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Naval Air Station Pensacola Shooter Shows That Al-Qaeda Is Still a Significant Threat

We now know that Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani was working for AQAP.

May 18, 2020 | Juan C. Zarate, Tim Maurer

Protecting the financial system against the coming cyber storms

Excerpt Moving the U.S. Secret Service from the Department of Homeland Security back to the Department of the Treasury is critically important in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)...

April 29, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

How China’s Repressive Policies Could Fuel the Jihad

The CCP’s harsh treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang could very well drive more people into the arms of both al-Qaeda and ISIS.

September 10, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Global Terrorism: Threats to the Homeland

Editor’s note: Below is Thomas Joscelyn’s testimony before the House Committee on Homeland Security. Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Rogers, and other members of the committee, thank you for inviting...

November 29, 2018 | Samantha Ravich |

Where Are the Corporate Patriots?

Regarding China, U.S. companies should step up and do their part to protect national security.

December 22, 2017 | Boris Zilberman |

This Christmas, Remember Imprisoned Pastor Andrew Brunson

Pastor Andrew Brunson will be spending his second Christmas in a Turkish jail, unfairly held by the Erdogan government on...

August 4, 2017 | Clifford D. May

The American Press Is Afraid to Report on Anti-Semitism When It Comes from Muslims

Responding to Israel’s installation of metal detectors on the Temple Mount, the California imam Ammar Shahin gave a sermon in which he explained the duty of Muslims everywhere—“...

August 2, 2017 | Clifford D. May

Preaching violence from the pulpit

Imagine if a priest, minister or rabbi were to call for Muslims to be annihilated. It would be a scandal and it would spark a nation-wide controversy over Islamophobia, hate speech and incitement...

May 23, 2017 | Orde Kittrie |

Trump’s steps on Iran show cooperation with Congress is possible

On Wednesday, the Trump administration made clear that its Iran policy...

April 13, 2017 | Michael Ledeen

Reincarnation

There’s a fascinating story in the weekend&...

March 29, 2017 | Tzvi Kahn |

Congress Ups Ante with New Iran Sanctions

House and...

November 23, 2016 | Clifford D. May

These not-so-united states

The People’s Democratic Republic of Oregon. That has a kind of ring to it, don’t you think? The reason this phrase has crystalized in my mind: Just after it was confirmed that Donald...

November 9, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

The war against history

“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” This, as you may recall, was the slogan of the totalitarian state imagined by Georg...