America Is Losing the Ball on White Supremacist Terror Groups
Other countries are taking the lead in cracking down on U.S.-based groups.
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
Behind the Black Bloc
An Overview of Militant Anarchism and Anti-Fascism
Monographs
Skinheads, Saints, and (National) Socialists
An Overview of the Transnational White Supremacist Extremist Movement
Monographs
Brothers in Arms
The Consolidation of the Turkey-Qatar Axis
Monographs
New FDD Report Assesses First Two Years of Trump Administration’s Foreign and National Security Policies
FDD Scholars Provide Nonpartisan Analysis of 21 Key Areas of Global and Regional Instability
Press Releases
Midterm Assessment: Sunni Jihadism
Analysis: New pattern of Iran-backed assassinations abroad?
Op-eds
The Demographics of Southeast Asian Jihadism
An excerpt from the op-ed follows: Shortly after sunrise on July 31, soldiers at a military checkpoint outside Lamitan City in the Philippines...
Op-eds
The Emigrant Sisters Return: The Growing Role of the Islamic State’s Women
In his latest op-ed for War on the Rocks, FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross details the roles of women throughout the timeline of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – high...
Op-eds
Africa’s Jihadist Frontiers
Episode 9
Foreign Podicy
Black lives in Africa
No nation in Africa is receiving more attention right now than Wakanda. And why not since, as Anthony Lane writes in The New Yorker, Wakanda is “a model of serenity,” that also is &ld...
Op-eds
Spike in African Terrorism Highlights the Importance of Jihadist Innovation
In War on the Rocks, FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross outlines how adaptability is crucial to the survival of jihadist groups in Africa. Although groups like Shabaab have increa...
Op-eds
Escalating Tensions Between U.S., Pakistan Risk Key Counterterrorism Alliance
Pakistan has said it is no longer allied with the United States after the Trump administration severed security-related aid to Islamabad over charges that the country is harboring militants, sign...
Op-eds
Experts Debate If Suspension of Aid to Pakistan Will Be Effective
After the Trump administration announced the suspension of up to $2 billion in U.S. aid to Pakistan last week over charges that the country harbors terrorists, experts are now debating whether th...
Op-eds
Tens of Thousands of Syrian Rebels Poised to Regroup
Al Qaeda’s role in the Syrian civil war drastically increased after the al Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) managed to take control of Syria&rsqu...
Op-eds
Save the Terrorism Prevention Toolkit
Co-authored by George Selim. The images from Charlottesville captured the nation’s attention. Cameras showed Nazi salutes, swastikas, and ...
Op-eds
No, the Obama administration didn’t invent the term ‘lone wolf’ for terrorists
Sebastian Gorka, a deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, is none too fond of the terrorism-fighting approach of former President Barack Obama. He made this clear during an Aug. 8 interview...
Op-eds
Will al Qaeda Make a Comeback?
Although the United States has focused its efforts on defeating the Islamic State (also known as ISIS), al Qaeda has quietly lingered on and is attempting to make a comeback. But whether it will...
Op-eds
The Manchester Attack Shows How Terrorists Learn
Yesterday’s terrorist attack that struck at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in Britain’s Manchester Arena—leaving 22 people dead and 59 injured, by the ...
Op-eds
AQIS Fits Into al Qaeda’s Global Strategy
While al Qaeda’s affiliate in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) may be regionally focused, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, says “...