Extremism

April 26, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German bank enabling ‘antisemitic BDS’ banned from business with Frankfurt

The Cologne-based Bank for Social Economy will be forbidden to conduct business with the city of Frankfurt – Germany’s financial capital – because of the bank’s accounts f...

September 27, 2017 | Clifford D. May

Latin America’s socialist-Islamist-narco-terrorist alliance

At the U.N. last week, President Trump had harsh words for the “socialist dictatorship” that has impoverished Venezuela. He railed against “Islamist extremism” and “...

June 9, 2017 | David Weinberg |

Qatar vs. Saudi Arabia: How Iran and the Brotherhood Tore the Gulf Apart

The Gulf monarchies face the most serious crisis in their history. It is largely being covered as a diplomatic spat, since several Arab nations terminated their relations with Qatar on Monday to...

March 29, 2017 | Clifford D. May

A bloody day in London town

“The Kafir’s Blood Is Halal For You, So Shed it.” That’s just one of the catchier headlines in a recent issue of ...

February 9, 2017 | Jonathan Schanzer

CIA Memo: Designating Muslim Brotherhood Could ‘Fuel Extremism’

Trump administration officials pushing to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization face at least one significant obstacle: analysts at the Central Intelligence Agency....

April 20, 2016 | David Daoud

Saudi Clerics’ Rhetoric — and Implications for Global Security

President Barack Obama’s meeting Wednesday with King Salman of Saudi Arabia...

January 19, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

The CIA’s Syria Program and the Perils of Proxies

Almost every aspect of the Obama administration’s policy toward Syria has been scrutinized, lambasted or praised in recent months, but one of the most significant facets, the CIA’s co...

November 20, 2015 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Long War Continues

In many ways, the reaction to the horrific attacks in Paris has been familiar. There were the expressions of solidarity: flowers at French embassies; social media avatars changed from silly selfi...

September 18, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Islamist Foreign Fighters Returning Home and the Threat to Europe

Chairman Rohrabacher, Ranking Member Keating and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by Islamist foreign fighters returning home to Europe....

September 18, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Islamist Foreign Fighters Returning Home and the Threat to Europe

Chairman Rohrabacher, Ranking Member Keating and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by Islamist foreign fighters returning home to Europe....

November 12, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

Questions They Won’t Answer

Co-authored by Stephen F. Hayes When South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham threatened last week to place a hold in the Senate on all Obama administration nominations until the p...

May 13, 2013 | Michael Ledeen

Self-Radicalization Chic

The president has described the Boston terrorists as “self-radicalized,” and his voice is but one in a great chorus insisting that we face a major threat from Americans gone bad, almo...

February 7, 2013 | Tony Badran |

Hollow Praise for the LAF

On Monday, the US ambassador to Lebanon, Maura Connelly, called the Commander of the Lebanese Armed Fo...

January 10, 2013 | Tony Badran |

Obama’s Flexible Red Lines

In response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s latest address, US officials and spokespersons have dismissively described the embattled dictator as someone “...

March 15, 2012 | Andrew McCarthy National Review Online |

Syria Debate: I Didn’t Miss the Totalitarian Angle; I Wrote the Book On It

There is not much with which to argue in Michael’s last salvo, but I do think I’m entitled to...

March 2, 2012 | Lee Smith The Weekly Standard |

Total Collapse

A number of recent articles make the case that...

September 13, 2011 |

Of Mafiosi and Mullahs

Intelligence is how you take down organized crime and organized terror.

September 6, 2011 |

How the NYPD Gets Jihad Right

In a world of wishful thinkers, Commissioner Kelly is a realist.

August 30, 2011 |

Losing Malmo

Do you remember the jihadist terror campaign that ravaged Malmo, Sweden’s third largest city? Do you recall the bombings, the suicide-hijackings, and the random assassinations that finally...

June 13, 2011 | National Review Online

State of Denial

Musharraf's latest move has transformed him into a liability.