Christopher A. Wray

The Digital Battlefield

How Terrorists Use the Internet and Online Networks for Recruitment and Radicalization

America Resilient in the Face of Aggressive Foreign Malign Influence Targeting the 2024 U.S. Elections

Laser Focus: Countering China’s LiDAR Threat to U.S. Critical Infrastructure and Military Systems

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U.S. Charges Pakistani Man With Iran-Backed Plot to Assassinate Government Officials

The United States charged a Pakistani national with a thwarted Iran-backed plot to assassinate American government officials, the U.S. Justice Department disclosed on August 6. The...

U.S. Citizen Who Attempted to Assassinate Salman Rushdie Charged with Aiding Hezbollah

Latest Developments Federal prosecutors charged the man who attempted to assassinate the celebrated author Salman Rushdie in 2022 with “attempting to provide material support” to Iranian-backed...

What could a Trump-Vance China policy look like?

Vance’s focus on China is not surprising. In his personal and professional life he’s seen the way People’s Republic of China actions have affected the lives of Americans.

Islamic State operatives arrested after illegally crossing the US border

On June 11, eight Tajik nationals with ties to the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP), the terrorist group’s branch in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia, were arrested in New York,...

Security Risk

The Unprecedented Surge in Chinese Illegal Immigration

FBI Director Warns of Increased Risk of Iranian Cyberattacks 

Latest Developments  FBI Director Christopher Wray said on October 31 that Iran is likely to pose an increased cyber threat to U.S. critical infrastructure as the war between Israel and Hamas continues....

Composite Violent Extremism: Conceptualizing Attackers Who Increasingly Challenge Traditional Categories of Terrorism

Excerpt Counterterrorism practitioners have increasingly drawn attention to acts of violent extremism which, in the words of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Christopher Wray, “don’t...

Xi’s struggle

China’s Communist ruler isn’t just playing games

Composite Violent Extremism: A Radicalization Pattern Changing the Face of Terrorism

Before opening fire in a Bend, Oregon, grocery store in August 2022, Ethan Miller expressed his hatred toward “EVERYONE & EVERYTHING.” Bearing this out, his rambling online posts displayed racial...

Will ‘Salad Bar Extremism’ Replace ‘Old-School World’ Terrorism?

Will ‘Salad Bar Extremism’ Replace ‘Old-School World’ Terrorism?

What China’s rulers want

The FBI director understands; many business leaders do not

Justice Department Disrupts Russian Malware With Help from Private Sector

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Wednesday it had detected and preemptively disabled Russian-installed malware on thousands of network devices in the United States and around the world. The...

Universities Maintain Ties to Malign Chinese Entities Following Confucius Institute Closures

The University of Central Arkansas (UCA) announced the closure of its Confucius Institute (CI) in early July, ending the university’s 14-year involvement in a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) program aimed...

The US Needs to Impose Costs on China for Its Economic Warfare

The linchpin of a more effective deterrence is developing a more effective way to hurt the Chinese Communist Party if it will not stop hurting the United States.

Yes, Virginia, the Trump Administration Does Have a China Strategy

The administration is pursuing a whole-of-government approach to counter China’s concept of Comprehensive National Power.

How China Tries to Intimidate Its Dissidents Living Overseas

Explaining the CCP’s “Fox Hunt” program.