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March 21, 2023 | Annie Fixler, Elysse Gregor

Washington Steps Up Anti-Ransomware Efforts, Again

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced a new pilot program last week to warn critical infrastructure operators about vulnerabilities in their systems that ransomware actors...

March 16, 2023 | Lt Col James Hesson, Annie Fixler

Ukraine’s Cyber Defense Offers Lessons for Taiwan

Washington should work with Taipei to stiffen the island's defenses against network attacks.

March 9, 2023 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Emelie Chace-Donahue

The Order of Nine Angles: Cosmology, Practice & Movement

Excerpt In June 2020, authorities arrested U.S. Army private Ethan Melzer for conspiring to orchestrate a terrorist attack against his own unit, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, when it deployed to Turkey to...

March 8, 2023 | Jonathan Schanzer, Natalie Ecanow

Biden’s State Department ignores Iranian death plots inside America

It took quite a bit longer than it should have, but the State Department finally released its 2021 Country Reports on Terrorism. As ever, the document covers the countries that experienced attacks, those...

February 14, 2023 | Annie Fixler, John Hardie

Cyber Sanctions Are Nice; Digital Takedowns Are Better

The U.S. Treasury Department and several UK agencies announced sanctions on Thursday against seven members of a Russia-based cybercriminal group known as Trickbot. While these sanctions — the first UK...

February 1, 2023 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

A classified swamp

When Donald Trump won the presidency, an editor at a major liberal publication asked me if I would write a piece on why Trump should be denied access to the nation’s secrets . While I could sympathize...

January 31, 2023 | |

DOJ Reveals New Iran-backed Assassination Attempt on Iranian American Journalist

Latest Developments  The Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed on Friday that the FBI disrupted another plot to assassinate Brooklyn-based Iranian -American journalist Masih Alinejad. A federal court in...

January 26, 2023 | |

EU and UK Impose Human Rights Sanction on Iran, but Not on Its President and Supreme Leader

Latest Developments  The European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States rolled out coordinated sanctions against elements of the Islamic Republic’s security apparatus on Monday, citing the...

December 19, 2022 | Samantha Ravich, Sergio Rodriguera Jr.

FTX’s Collapse Is a Win for National Security

The collapse of cryptocurrency giant FTX is a net positive for U.S. national security. While we should applaud innovation and encourage responsible risk-taking, the rapid rise of barely regulated currencies...

December 7, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Xi’s struggle

China’s Communist ruler isn’t just playing games

November 26, 2022 | Cleo Paskal |

‘PRC’s political warfare is total war without fighting major kinetic wars’

Kerry Gershaneck, a former US Marine officer and a university professor, speaks to The Sunday Guardian.

November 23, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Why sic the FBI on the IDF?

The shut-and-open case of Shireen Abu Akleh

November 22, 2022 | Tony Badran |

Biden Trashes the Abraham Accords

Bibi wants peace with Saudi Arabia. The Saudis probably want it, too. But the White House has other ideas.

November 22, 2022 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Andrew Zammit, Emelie Chace-Donahue, Madison Urban

Composite Violent Extremism: A Radicalization Pattern Changing the Face of Terrorism

Before opening fire in a Bend, Oregon, grocery store in August 2022, Ethan Miller expressed his hatred toward “EVERYONE & EVERYTHING.” Bearing this out, his rambling online posts displayed racial...

November 8, 2022 | Ivana Stradner, Jack Sullivan

Russia seeking to poison American political discourse leading up to midterm elections

Right now, the eyes of the world are focused on Russian aggression in Ukraine and escalating threats from Vladimir Putin. But Russia’s playbook goes well beyond Ukraine, including retaliation against...

October 19, 2022 | J. Pedro Zúquete |

In War on Terror 2.0, the Watchword Is: ‘Be Careful for What You Wish’

The narrative coming from the administration decries the threat of violence from only the right.

September 28, 2022 | Natalie Ecanow |

Trusting Iran Compromises Our National Security

Last month, the Department of Justice unsealed a case against an Iranian agent charged with plotting the assassination of former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton. In the alleged murder-for-hire...

September 19, 2022 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Michael Sugden

Iranian-backed attacks on Albania highlights need for Cyber Capacity Building

Albania, a NATO member state, cut diplomatic ties with Iran earlier this month after blaming Tehran for a cyberattack against Albanian government networks. It is an unprecedented response to a cyberattack...

September 2, 2022 | J. Pedro Zúquete |

After Mar-a-Lago Raid, Conspiracy Theories Rage on Left, Too

On the left, the most pervasive and potent conspiracy theory is that Trump is collaborating with hostile foreign powers to damage the United States.

August 4, 2022 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Varsha Koduvayur, Samuel Hodgson

Profit of Hate: How Domestic Extremists Are Embracing Cryptocurrency

Enticed by the relative anonymity of cryptocurrency and the need to circumvent a denial of service, domestic extremists have been able to raise millions.