Not So Fast
On January 19, the Pentagon released its new National Defense Strategy. The second paragraph of the 14-page declassified summary painted a dire picture. “Today, we are emerging from a perio...
Central Intelligence Agency
Russia’s disinformation offensive
Just so there’s no confusion: This column is not about Americans conspiring or colluding or coordinating with Russians. That’s a separate controversy about which I don’t have a...
Op-eds
Trump doesn’t know it, but Iranians are the Norwegians he’s been looking for
The White House wants to keep Iranians out of the United States. Special circumstances will allow entrance to a lucky few, but standard non-immigrant and immigrant admiss...
Op-eds
It’s Time for the Justice Department to Hold Hezbollah Accountable
Last month, a Politico investigation ignited a firestorm by chargi...
Op-eds
New Study Finds Patterns in Money Laundering through Bitcoin
Washington, D.C., January 12, 2018 – Bitcoin gambling sites, “mixers” and European Bitcoin exchange may be the destinations of choice for criminals looking to launder bitcoins, according to a ...
Press Releases
The Worst Thing for Iran’s Protesters? U.S. Silence
We are now six days into the Iran protests, and the questions that seized Washington during the 2009 pro-...
Op-eds
Terrorist Networks Eye Bitcoin as Cryptocurrency’s Price Rises
Although paper money remains the preference of terrorist organizations, some are setting their sights on cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin transactions move directly between users without any government...
Op-eds
Deceptive Deja Vu
In France, all right-thinking people know instinctively what the pensée unique is—the socially acceptable view on any subject that ensures a Parisian won’t get axed from the be...
Op-eds
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Relies On Drugs, Human Trafficking to Fund Terror Activities
Washington, D.C., December 7, 2017 – As the Trump Administration...
Press Releases
FDD launches national security and foreign policy podcast “Foreign Podicy”
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 21, 2017 – Focused on the most consequential foreign policy and national security issues facing the United States today, Foundation for Def...
Press Releases
Osama bin Laden’s secret diary
On May 2, 2011, a Navy SEAL team made a brief stop in Abbottabad, Pakistan where they terminated Osama bin Laden’s life...
Op-eds
Documenting al Qaeda’s Durability
More than 16 years after the September 11, 2001, hijackings, America remains at war with jihadist groups around the globe. From South Asia through the heart of the Middle East and into West Afric...
Op-eds
FDD Scholars Secure an Advance Look at bin Laden Documents Released Today by the CIA
Washington, D.C., Nov. 1, 2017 – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has obtained the first-ever images of an adult Hamza bin Laden, the son of Osama bin Laden, who i...
Press Releases
The Unthinkable
On an unseasonably warm October day recently, Donald Trump’s CIA director and national-security adviser appeared one after another at a conference in the nation’s capital. They soberl...
Op-eds
The Contradiction at the Core of Trump’s North Korea Strategy
In a joint appearance at a security conference on Thursday, CIA Director Mike Pompeo and National-Security Adviser H.R. McMaster exposed a central tension in the Trump administration’s effo...
Op-eds
State Department: ‘Not aware’ of Iranian coordination with Iraq
The State Department on Thursday cast doubt on reports that Iranian military forces have cooperated with Iraq in a brewing fight with a key U.S. partner in the country. "I'm not awa...
Op-eds
Trump throws a Hail Mary pass against Iran
President Trump has finally decertified his predecessor's nuclear agreement with Iran. Twice before, in April and July, Trump certified, per the requirement in the 2015 Iran Nuclear Review A...
Op-eds
Despite Financial Strain, Rising Iranian Support Buoys Hezbollah, New FDD Study Finds
Washington, D.C., September 26, 2017 – As Congress prepares...
Press Releases
Regulators Struggling to Handle Illicit Finance Risks of Fintech Innovation
Earlier this month, China’s financial aut...
Policy Briefs
Perfect Partners
When he won the election, Donald Trump—along with his national security adviser Michael Flynn, his all-purpose counselor Stephen Bannon, and, perhaps, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner—wa...