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October 8, 2024 | John Hardie |

Back in Business: Russian ‘Merchant of Death’ Selling Arms to Houthis

The prolific Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, released from American custody in 2022 as part of a U.S.-Russia prisoner swap, is once again plying his old trade, this time selling arms to Yemen’s...

May 6, 2023 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Hezbollah Is Missing from President Biden’s Corruption Agenda

Making global corruption a national security priority is the right decision. Recognizing Hezbollah’s systematic reliance on corruption to facilitate its illicit finance networks would make the White House strategy more effective.

August 5, 2022 | Michael Braun |

We Cannot Risk Another Bout With Viktor Bout

I oversaw the U.S. effort to capture the Russian arms dealer. Here’s what Joe Biden should know before trading him away.

January 22, 2021 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Varsha Koduvayur

Challenges and Opportunities Ahead for U.S. Sanctions in Yemen

Antony Blinken, President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, has vowed to evaluate the recent designation of Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Pushed through...

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 “...

September 12, 2017 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Netanyahu’s Latin America Trip: Another Chance To Talk About Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Latin America on Monday in a trip laden with symbolism. He boarded the first El Al flight to Argentina since 1960, when the Israeli flagship carrier b...

December 23, 2016 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, John Hannah

To Combat Illegal Immigration, Trump Should Target Latin America’s Hezbollah-Narco Nexus

President-elect Donald Trump staked much of his successful campaign on stopping illegal immigration. Yet the flow of migrants is symptomatic of a much larger danger to U....

October 12, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

The problem with peace processes

When peace-loving people sit down together in a spirit of compromise they can find ways to resolve their conflicts. Does it follow that negotiations with those who don’t care a fig about pe...

April 22, 2015 | Juan C. Zarate

A Survey of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financing

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July 1, 2011 | Faster, Please!

Obama’s Joke of a Counterterrorism Strategery

Mount Obama belched forth a mousy counterterrorism strategy, which you can read here in its inglorious en...

January 3, 2011 | Joint Forces Quarterly

An Actor-centric Theory of War

The United States, the most powerful nation in the world, is reassessing its approach to war. With America entering the 10th year of what was originally called the global war on terror, the Natio...

January 28, 2010 | Dr. J. Peter Pham World Defense Review

Emerging West African Terror-Drug Nexus Poses Major Security Threat

Over the course of the last month, the foiled attempt by would-be "underwear bomber" Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to blow up a Detroit-bound passenger flight on Christmas Day has underscored the dan...

October 20, 2009 | |

We Have Met the Enemy . . .

Speaking publicly about the role of Iran in Afghanistan--which is substantial, and about which we have considerable information--seems to be taboo for our current leaders. This is neither new nor...

August 6, 2008 | National Review Online

So … Should Colombia Give the Hostages Back to the Terrorists?

The International Committee of the Red Cross is in a snit over Colombia's use of its emblem during the brilliant rescue operation that freed Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages from...

December 4, 2006 | TCS Daily

Franchising Jihad

In a forthcoming study for the Institute for Counter-Terrorism at Israel's Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, senior researcher Ely Karmon raises the alarming prospect of Hezbollah affili...

September 20, 2005 | American Legion Magazine

Revolutionary Déjà Vu

By: Paul Crespo. Hugo Chavez quotes Fidel Castro when asked what is on the horizon for Venezuela: “A new wave will arrive in Latin America, but in a different form.”...

March 5, 2004 | FrontPageMagazine

Venezuela: The Next Cuba

As Venezuela’s embattled democratic opposition gears up for its planned August referendum against that South American nation's increasingly authoritarian ruler, President Hugo Chavez i...