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July 10, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur |

Ezra Jin’s Release Is a Victory Washington Can Replicate

In the early hours of July 3, 2026, Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri was pulled from his jail cell in southern China. He assumed he was being transferred to another prison. Only when he arrived at the...

January 28, 2026 | Simone Weichselbaum |

Qatar Is Pushing for ‘Social Justice’ Lessons and Arabic Classes in US K-12 Schools

Federal legislation is needed to expose this influence operation

May 16, 2025 | Will Selber |

Former Michigan guardsmen detained for planning Islamic State-inspired attack on military base

On May 13, Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, 19, a former member of the Michigan Army National Guard, was detained for planning a mass casualty attack on the United States Army’s Tank-Automotive...

December 17, 2024 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

The Near Enemy: China’s Subnational Reach Into the United States

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November 5, 2024 | Anthony Ruggiero |

Chinese Money Launderers’ Guilty Pleas Highlight China’s Role in America’s Fentanyl Crisis

Two Chinese-born individuals pleaded guilty last week to laundering tens of millions of dollars of drug proceeds in coordination with individuals in China and other countries. The case highlights the role...

January 26, 2024 | Joe Truzman, Bill Roggio

Houthis attack U.S. warship, strike British tanker

The Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen continue to launch strikes against U.S. warships and commercial vessels in the Red Sea, Bab Al Mandeb Strait, and the Gulf of Aden despite American and British efforts...

July 26, 2023 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

What Happens When a Quran Is Burned Demonstrates a Government’s Capacity for Liberty

Current Iraqi rage against the burning of a Quran in Sweden and in Denmark violates both liberty and Islamic teachings — and shows that freedom of expression is sometimes globally curtailed for...

November 24, 2021 | Bradley Bowman, Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Ryan Brobst

Congress should support the Biden administration’s effort to sell defensive missiles to Saudi Arabia

A fight is brewing within the Democratic party over whether to permit the sale of defensive air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia. The Biden administration’s State Department approved the sale of 280 AIM-120C...

November 15, 2021 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

All Over the Map

The Chinese Communist Party’s Subnational Interests in the United States

October 27, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Gaza 2021: How Biden Handled His Far-Left Hamas Caucus Problem

In Gaza Conflict 2021, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Senior Vice President for Research Jonathan Schanzer provides the first in-depth look at the May 2021 war initiated by Hamas against Israel,...

June 1, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Underwriting Hezbollah Inc.

By funding the failed Lebanese state and lifting sanctions on Iran, the United States is partnering with the world’s deadliest crime syndicate

January 8, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Hezbollah: Narco-Terror and Crime in Latin America

Will the Biden administration go after Hezbollah’s drug trafficking and money laundering networks? Hezbollah’s direct involvement in the drug trade is well documented, ongoing, and a threat to U.S national...

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.

April 26, 2020 | Bradley Bowman, Maj. Liane “Trixie” Zivitski

America’s military goes to war against the coronavirus

U.S. service members and Department of Defense (DOD) civilians take an oath to defend America “against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” As America fights to defeat the novel coronavirus, U.S. soldiers,...

December 25, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Wiesenthal’s top ten list of antisemites includes Pittsburgh shooter

Swedish hospital, UK singer Roger Waters and German bank make the list.

July 18, 2017 |

Managing Terrorism Financing Risk in Remittances and Money Transfers

Download the full testimony here....

May 11, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

Deso Dogg, the rapper who cheated death, humiliated the Pentagon and seduced an FBI translator

A B-list German rapper who found stardom when he joined ISIS, cheated death and embarrassed the Pentagon topped himself when he got the girl – an FBI translator who set out to catch him and...

April 14, 2016 |

IRS, Energy and Homeland Security head to the Hill

DOJ: AUTO INDUSTRY CYBER THREAT OF FUTURE — John Carlin, assistant attorney general for national security, was in Detroit on Tuesday to talk to auto industry offici...

November 9, 2015 | Thomas Joscelyn

Not a Conspiracy

In May, the London Review of Books published a 10,000-word exposé by veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh on the killing of Osama bin Laden. It was widely read online, receiving...

January 12, 2015 | Bill Roggio Quoted by Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Al-Qaida in Yemen Urges Local and International Jihad

... Formed in 2009 as a merger between the terror group's Yemeni and Saudi branches, AQAP has been blamed for a string of unsuccessful bomb plots against American targets. Th...