Christopher A. Wray

August 7, 2024 | |

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...

July 26, 2024 | |

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...

July 21, 2024 | Cleo Paskal |

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.

June 12, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

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,...

November 2, 2023 | |

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....

March 31, 2023 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Andrew Zammit, Emelie Chace-Donahue, Madison Urban

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...

December 7, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Xi’s struggle

China’s Communist ruler isn’t just playing games

November 22, 2022 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Andrew Zammit, Emelie Chace-Donahue, Madison Urban

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...

July 14, 2022 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Emelie Chace-Donahue, Madison Urban, Matt Chauvin

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

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

July 13, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

What China’s rulers want

The FBI director understands; many business leaders do not

April 12, 2022 | Annie Fixler, Graham Kennis

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...

August 2, 2021 | Craig Singleton |

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...

May 8, 2021 | Maj Jared Thompson, Annie Fixler

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.

October 23, 2020 | Cleo Paskal |

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.

July 8, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

How China Tries to Intimidate Its Dissidents Living Overseas

Explaining the CCP’s “Fox Hunt” program.

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.