Freedom House

June 4, 2026 | Natalie Ecanow |

6 Reasons Why Qatar’s U.S. Financial Footprint Warrants Scrutiny

Qatar, a Persian Gulf emirate roughly the size of Connecticut, possesses outsized wealth by sitting atop the world’s largest natural gas reservoir. FDD has meticulously documented that this tiny country...

June 3, 2026 | Natalie Ecanow |

Mapping Qatar’s $400 Billion Footprint in the United States

April 29, 2026 | Ivana Stradner, Elaine K. Dezenski, Angela Howard

China’s beachhead in the Balkans

Serbia is playing a dangerous game with the West. While the European Union and the United States are pursuing a partnership with and EU membership for Serbia, Serbia is cultivating a rapidly...

April 27, 2026 | Ari Ben Am |

Qatar Influence Operations: Unmasking a Suspected Network

March 23, 2026 | Tzvi Kahn |

Global Impact of Transnational Repression

March 3, 2026 | Leah Siskind |

AI-Amplified Narratives: Measuring Propaganda in LLM Citations

February 11, 2026 | Toby Dershowitz, Eitan Fischberger

Al Jazeera Centre for Studies: Academic Veneer Normalizing Terrorism

Is Al Jazeera  using its “academic” arm, the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (AJCS), to normalize Hamas’s atrocities, while hiding behind the veneer of a purportedly rigorous research institution?...

December 8, 2025 | Toby Dershowitz, Asher Boiskin

Al Jazeera’s Academic Arm Platforms Hamas Denialism and Anti-Israel Propaganda

Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, the research arm of Qatar’s state-backed media giant, co-hosted an academic conference last week in Qatar’s Education City that whitewashed Hamas’s October 7, 2023,...

September 18, 2025 | Orde Kittrie |

British and French Recognition of Palestine Will Reward Terrorism, Endanger European Security

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron are reportedly poised to recognize Palestine as a state within the coming days.  If they do so, they will regrettably...

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

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

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December 13, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

Turning human rights upside down

A new era might could see authoritarian states like China and Iran hauling liberal democratic nations before the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.

December 12, 2024 | |

UN Human Rights Conference in China Pushes Beijing’s Narrative on ‘Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ Agenda 

China Co-Hosts UN Human Rights Conference: The United Nations and the Chinese government co-hosted a human rights conference on December 9 that showcased Beijing’s determination...

June 28, 2024 | Bradley Bowman |

Cognitive Combat

China, Russia, and Iran’s Information War Against Americans

April 12, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

Nicaragua’s charade at the ICJ

The bitter irony is that it is the country’s far-left leadership, aligned with the dictatorships in Venezuela and Cuba, that should be in the dock.

March 21, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi |

How Turkey’s opposition media empowers Erdoğan

Complicity in perpetuating authoritarian rule has many faces. Undemocratic governance is propped up by politicians and big businesses as well as a complacent media ecosystem and...

August 26, 2023 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Athens Declaration Unites Southern Europe Behind Ukraine

President Zelensky's trip to Athens this week proved to be pivotal in advancing Ukraine's longtime objectives of moving towards EU membership.

August 2, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Anniversary of a forever war

Seventy years ago, the Korean War didn’t quite end

April 14, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi, Eric S. Edelman

In Support of a Democratic Turkey

A unique opportunity exists for the United States to stand behind the Turkish people in their time of need.

March 7, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey’s Crimes Against Humanity Under ICC Spotlight

Turkey is facing difficult times, really difficult times. The numerous earthquakes which struck ten provinces in the southeastern part of the country killed tens of thousands, made 1.25 million homeless...

March 1, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey After Erdogan