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May 30, 2024 | |

Maryland Court Issues Restraining Order Against U.S.-Based Iranian Diplomat

A Maryland court issued a temporary restraining order on May 28 against an employee of Iran’s Interests Section in Washington — the Islamic Republic’s de facto consular office...

April 17, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

Listening to our enemies

Our intelligence agencies must be allowed to do that

April 7, 2024 | Cleo Paskal |

‘U.S. threat assessment report has several blind spots’

The challenge is that the report needs more strategic and integrated intelligence to appropriately describe today’s threats to the United States and its partners and allies, says Jack Gaines.

March 29, 2024 | Jiwon Ma, Sophie McDowall

Arming Consumers With Cybersecurity Data Can Protect U.S. Critical Infrastructure

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) earlier this month approved the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program, a voluntary cybersecurity labeling initiative for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This much-needed...

March 8, 2024 | Annie Fixler, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Iran has upped its cyberattacks: It’s time for Biden to strike back

Iran has dramatically stepped up its cyberattacks against the United States since Oct. 7, prompting little to no response from the White House. Like the rockets, drones and anti-ship missiles from Tehran’s...

March 5, 2024 | |

Jordan Asks Israel to Extend Water-for-Energy Deal

Jordan asked Israel on March 3 to extend a water-for-energy deal by an additional year that the two countries signed in 2021. Brokered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the agreement...

February 7, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

Close Down UNRWA

Western nations must not continue to contribute to a UN agency that is effectively controlled by a terrorist organization.

November 27, 2023 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Annie Fixler

Cyber Command Should Tap on Iran’s Windows

The Biden administration wants to avoid the Israel-Hamas war sparking a wider regional conflict, but Iran hasn’t gotten the message. While U.S. intelligence claims Iran wants to avoid a larger...

November 3, 2023 | |

Israel SitRep: Nov. 3, 2023

Today’s Issue: Hezbollah Intensifies Attacks Ahead of Nasrallah Speech Hezbollah Intensifies Attacks Ahead of Nasrallah Speech Hezbollah claimed on November 2 that it launched two explosives-laden...

November 2, 2023 | |

FBI Director Warns of Increased Risk of Iranian Cyberattacks 

Latest Developments  FBI Director Christopher Wray said on October 31 that Iran is likely to pose an increased cyber threat to U.S. critical infrastructure as the war between Israel and Hamas continues....

October 18, 2023 | Matt Pottinger |

Remarks by Matt Pottinger at Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation’s China Forum 2023

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September 20, 2023 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Thomas Plant

An Evolving Threat Landscape: Composite Violent Extremism and Prevention Efforts

Excerpt Introduction A year before William Atchison carried out the 2017 Aztec High School shooting in New Mexico, killing two people before taking his own life, the FBI had investigated him for...

September 5, 2023 | David Panuelo, Richard Clark

Former President of Federated States of Micronesia David W. Panuelo Warns Country Could See Democratic Backsliding

New, exclusive interview with former President of Federated States of Micronesia, David W. Panuelo.

September 3, 2023 | Cleo Paskal |

Northern Mariana: Time to close China’s backdoor into the U.S.

‘The Northern Marianas economy continues to struggle, and the government remains in deep fiscal distress. These are conditions that make the commonwealth acutely vulnerable to CCP exploitation’.

July 9, 2023 | Cleo Paskal, Col. Grant Newsham

U.S. fighting China on the wrong battlefield

While the U.S. has been focused on preparing for the kinetic warfare battlefield, China has been registering big wins on the political warfare battlefield. You can see it all over the Pacific Islands.

June 26, 2023 | Annie Fixler, Sae Furukawa

U.S.-South Korean Cyber Cooperation Can Combat North Korean Threats

Washington and Seoul held a high-level cybersecurity meeting over the course of three days last week as a follow-up to a joint pledge in April to increase cyber defense collaboration. This type of dialogue...

May 19, 2023 | Thomas Plant |

America Needs a New Protocol for Handling Shooter Manifestos

It did not take long for the online profiles of the Allen, Texas, mass shooter to go viral. Misogynistic rants, Nazi tattoos, and expressions of frustration at the shooter’s own ethnicity remain accessible even...

May 8, 2023 | |

Jordanian MP Who Smuggled Weapons into West Bank Repatriated by Israel

Israel handed over a Jordanian member of parliament to Jordanian authorities on May 7 to face trial for attempting to smuggle weapons into the West Bank. Israel had arrested Imad...

March 31, 2023 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Andrew Zammit, Emelie Chace-Donahue, Madison Urban

Composite Violent Extremism: Conceptualizing Attackers Who Increasingly Challenge Traditional Categories of Terrorism

Excerpt Counterterrorism practitioners have increasingly drawn attention to acts of violent extremism which, in the words of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Christopher Wray, “don’t...

March 27, 2023 | |

U.S. Helps NATO Ally Albania Combat Iranian Cyberattacks

Latest Developments American cyber forces concluded a three-month deployment to Albania to aid its government after an Iranian cyberattack, U.S. Cyber Command announced on Thursday. At the request of its...