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October 6, 2023 | Michael Sugden |

Ransomware Attack on Hospitals Highlights Need to Ensure Continuity of Patient Care

McLaren Health Care, one of Michigan’s largest hospital systems, is still recovering from a ransomware attack last week that caused outages in patient care services. This is yet another in a series of...

August 15, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer, Bill Roggio

What Qatar Owes Afghanistan’s Refugees

Doha was instrumental in the Taliban’s return to power. It has the means to house many who fled.

April 18, 2022 | Dr. Erica Lonergan, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

What is the Future of Cyber Deterrence?

Excerpt Scholars and practitioners alike have debated the feasibility of applying deterrence models to cyberspace. Advocates of “cyber persistence theory,” for instance, posit that deterrence strategies...

November 20, 2021 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Lebanon Loses a Pillar of Independent Journalism

The Daily Star’s demise is the story of Lebanon, reduced from promising country to failed state.

April 8, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

A world gone viral

Pathogens still have the power to change the course of history

August 22, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Academic organization votes to reject BDS

Supporters claim Palestinian's rights "to education and academic freedom, have been denied for decades under Israel’s military occupation and racist policies.”

April 23, 2018 | Alexandra N. Gutowski

The Senate’s Blind Spot on Terrorism in Yemen

On Tuesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee pressed hard on top administration officials to justif...

June 14, 2017 | Clifford D. May

The Qatar Ultimatum

In the aftermath of the terrorist atrocities of Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush drew a line in the sand. “Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make,” he annou...

August 19, 2015 |

Analysis: Qatar Still Negligent on Terror Finance

The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on August 5 against two Qatari nationals accused of prov...

February 27, 2015 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

Violent Extremist vs. Holy Warrior

Is Barack Hussein Obama wrong to avoid appending “Islamic,” “Muslim,” “Islamist,” or even “jihadist” to the terrorism that has struck the West with...

May 7, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Christians Persecuted at Alarming Rate in Iran, Arab World, US Report Says

Christians are under siege in the Middle East, and the Obama administration is not doing enough to stop religious persecution by its allies, according to a new report from a bipartisan federal co...

January 23, 2013 |

The Last Liberal: The Legacy of Joe Lieberman

In January 2004, the New Republic endorsed Joe Lieberman for president. By this time, recriminations against Democrats who had supported the Iraq War (or, in the parlance of the American...

January 2, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Joe Lieberman’s Legacy: The Battle Against Hezbollah

European officials can and must do more to root out the terrorist group.

July 30, 2012 |

Some Questionable State Department Actions

Prepared by staff at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies 1) Global Counterterrorism Conference Without Israel The Global Counterterrorism Forum w...

December 29, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Cannot Rely on Pakistan for Counterterrorism Operations

Co-authored by Chris Radin In CJ Radin's recent Threat Matrix...

November 22, 2011 | Clifford D. May |

What Would the Gipper Do?

An American president in the 21st century would do well to study the Reagan Doctrine of the 20th century.

September 30, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn The Weekly Standard

Awlaki’s Death a Delayed Counterterrorism Success

Anwar al Awlaki has reportedly been killed in an airstrike in Yemen, bringing an end to the life of one of al Qaeda’s most effective recruiters. Awlaki had an especially s...

September 14, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer Middle East Quarterly

Early Warnings Ignored

September 11: A Decade Later

August 4, 2011 | |

As Assad’s Crackdown Continues, the West Needs to Do More Than Just Watch

If the American and European posture toward Bashar Assad’s brutal crackdown on the Syrian people could be summarized in a single phrase, U.N. high commissioner for human rights Navi Pillay...

June 13, 2011 | National Review Online

Let’s Have a FISA Fight

Here’s something I never thought I’d say: Three cheers for Chris Dodd! With his bid for the Democrats’ presidential nomination canceled for lack of interest, Connecticu...