FDD Launches Center on Economic and Financial Power, Names Former Treasury Advisor Eric B. Lorber as Senior Director
(Washington, D.C., January 9, 2019) – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) today unveiled its...
CSIF
David Asher Named Senior Fellow at Foundation for Defense of Democracies
David is an Expert on Countering Money Laundering and Terrorism Finance.
Press Releases
FDD Resource Guide Documents Risks Facing German Companies that Do Business with Iran
New Guide Helps Banks, Companies, Compliance Managers, and Policymakers Assess Hazards
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Retired Army Colonel David Maxwell Named Senior Fellow for North Korea Policy at FDD
FDD Press
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Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare: Assessing US Strategy
Trans-Pacific View author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia...
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
U.S. Designates Iranian Chief Justice
The U.S. Treasury Department designated Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani today under non-nuclear author...
Policy Briefs
Sanctions and Financial Pressure: Major National Security Tools
Download the full testimony here. Chairman Royce, Ranking Member...
Congressional Testimonies
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
Terror Finance Briefing Book Appendices
Each report in CSIF’s Terror Finance Briefing Book is published with an appendix, listing all of the entities and individuals affiliated with a given terrorist group who...
Despite Financial Strain, Rising Iranian Support Buoys Hezbollah, New FDD Study Finds
Washington, D.C., September 26, 2017 – As Congress prepares...
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Expelling Digital Demons from U.S. Sensitive Supply Chains
Co-authored by Michael Hsieh. If the U.S. Department of Defense were an economy unto itself, it would be the 20th largest in the world. Like any other advanced modern econo...
Op-eds
Al-Qaeda in the Arab Pen. Remains Well-Funded, Able to Continue Terror Activities, FDD Study Finds
Washington, D.C., July 31, 2017 – Al-Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula (AQAP), the Yemen-based terror group that claimed responsibility for the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, makes tens of...
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Treasury Dept. Can Play Critical Role in Helping Somalia Disrupt Al-Shabaab Fundraising
Washington, D.C., June 28, 2017 – The U.S. Treasury Department can play a critical role in helping Somalia – recently designated as an “area of hostilities” by President T...
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Will A New Generation of Terrorists Turn to Bitcoin?
The Cipher Brief: Is there significant evidence of terrorist groups turning to virtual currencies for funding? Why do you think that is? Yaya Fanusie: ...
Op-eds
Anti-Terror Collaboration with Gulf State Allies Can Begin with Targeting Al-Qaeda in Syria
Washington, D.C., June 2, 2017 – Following President Trump’s pledge to Arab Gulf State allies that the United States will help them disrupt terrorist funding, a new report from the Fo...
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New FDD Study: Securing American Interests: A New Era of Economic Power
(Washington, D.C., Feb. 6, 2017) – North Korea’s growing use of offensive cyber capabilities to t...
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U.S. Treasury Department Veteran Daniel Glaser Joins FDD’s Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance
(Washington, D.C., Feb. 6, 2017) – Daniel L. Glaser, a 20-year U.S. Treasury Department veteran who mos...
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FDD’s CSIF Initiates New Project to Study Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare
(Washington, D.C., Dec. 16 2016) – Recognizing the significant gap in U.S. strategic thinking about how adversaries may use cyberattacks to disrupt the U.S. economy and threaten its nationa...
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Iran Ready to Walk Away from Nuclear Deal with Its Own ‘Nuclear Snapback,’ New Study Finds
Iran has effectively neutralized America’s economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic’s non-nuclear malign activity by threatening to walk away from the Joint Comprehensive Plan...