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September 6, 2022 | Dr. Georgianna Shea, Matthew Brockie

Washington must act to build capable federal cybersecurity workforce

With the U.S. facing a reported cybersecurity personnel shortage of at least 700,000 workers, the White House’s July workforce summit set the appropriately ambitious goal of filling those vacancies. The...

May 28, 2020 | Andrea Stricker, Maj. Liane “Trixie” Zivitski

COVID-19 and the U.S. Air Force

COVID-19 is testing every aspect of U.S. national defense readiness and mission execution. The Air Force is preparing for what the chief of staff, General David Goldfein, termed a “reset,” requiring...

May 12, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US politicians blast Algeria for church closures

Algerian authorities shut one church because it ‘celebrates non-Muslim worship’

April 2, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Austrian bank in Iran freezes business fearing U.S. sanctions

Austria’s Oberbank, which, as a result of the 2015 nuclear deal became the first European bank to enter Iran’s financial system, announced it has not moved forward with business trans...

December 26, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

New Jersey Bans Business with Danish Bank for Israel Boycott

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced on Wednesday at a menorah-lighting ceremony that the state has divested all of its investments from the Danish bank Danske due to its boycott of Israe...

November 30, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Marxist-Leninist Party Sues German Banks Over BDS Account Closures

The Marxist-Leninist Party in Germany filed a lawsuit against the Deutsche Bank and the Postbank on Wednesday in the West German city of Essen, claiming the closure of the party's bank accou...

October 2, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

NY State Probes Deutsche Bank For Link To Palestinian Terrorist Group

The Office of the New York State Comptroller on Friday opened an investigation into accounts Deutsche Bank holds for a German political party that allegedly provides organizational support to the...

September 26, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Colorado Sanctions Danish Bank for BDS Activity Against Israel Companies

Colorado has added Danish banking giant Danske to a blacklist for its anti-Israel business activities. Danske Bank has faced criticism and economic penalties for barring two Israeli defe...

September 21, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

New Jersey Fails to Enforce Anti-BDS Law with Danish Bank

The State of New Jersey has come under fire for allegedly not punishing a giant Danish bank that engages in anti-Israel economic activity. Danske Bank, the largest bank in the Scan...

May 17, 2017 | Clifford D. May

Border security and immigration made simple

The nation-state is a relatively new idea -- scholars generally trace it back to the 17th century. It has its flaws but has anyone come up with a better approach to world order? A nation-state en...

September 14, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

President Obama’s last to-do list

Barack Obama is now in his final days as president but, as he made clear on his visit to Asia last week, there are goals he still hopes to achieve before leaving office. Closing the dete...

June 15, 2016 | Clifford D. May

Terrorism and economic warfare

Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market bills itself as the “heartbeat of Israeli culinary art.” Dozens of small restaurants and shops offer cheese, wine, bread, fish, olives, pasta, burgers &...

July 22, 2015 |

Heading Toward An EMP Catastrophe

For over a decade now, since the Congressional EMP Commission delivered its first report to Congress eleven years ago in July of 2004, various Senate and House committees have heard from numerous scie...

January 20, 2015 | David Weinberg The Long War Journal

Analysis: Former al Qaeda Operative Freed, Sent Home to Qatar

Editor's Note: For more on Qatar's track record in fighting terrorism, see Dr. Weinberg's report for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies&#...

October 27, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

What Does the Recent Spate of Lone Wolf Terrorist Attacks Mean?

North American interest in lone-wolf terrorism is at an all-time high following several high-profile incidents. Two ...

October 18, 2013 | |

Moscow’s American Uranium

By Matt Baker The state-owned Russian nuclear energy company that built Iran’s nuclear reactor in Bushehr is about to finalize a transaction that will give Russia absolute...

November 13, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gunpowder & Lead

Petraeus and Schadenfreude

Back in 2006, I was asked to deliver a series of lectures at Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto. At the time, the Ted Haggard scandal had just become big news in the U.S. Haggard...

November 5, 2012 | Claudia Rosett The Rosett Report

Benghazi and the Missing Obama 9/11 Timeline

The story of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi has been evolving for more than seven weeks now, in its many and oft conflicting variants, and the questions keep multiplying. Amid the offi...

July 27, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gunpowder & Lead

Terrorism, Economics, and the London Olympics

On July 25, I spoke on a panel at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies on the topic of Combating Olympic Terrorism (video of which can be found...

March 15, 2012 | Claudia Rosett Denver Council on Foreign Relations |

Gaming and the U.N. System, for Tyranny, Terror, and Profit

February 15th, 2012 Ms. Claudia Rosett, Journalist-in-residence with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Member, The Wall Street Journal editorial board 1...