Ghana
X’s Location Feature Exposes a Real Problem, but Does Not Fix It
A new location transparency feature on X is revealing foreign influence on American discourse just as federal agencies designed to deal with such threats are being dismantled. Toward the end...
Op-eds
Iran’s web of terror and propaganda: The case of Al Mustafa University
Last July, Israel’s ambassador to Argentina gave an interview to Latin America’s leading news platform, Infobae, where he named Edgardo Ruben (aka Suhail) Assad, Abdallah Cerrilla, and Abdul...
Op-eds
Foreign Malign Election Meddling Persists but Struggles to Gain Traction
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Memos
Al Qaeda kills hundreds in Burkina Faso attack
On Saturday, the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), Al Qaeda’s branch for West Africa, killed at least 200 people in a massive assault in central Burkina Faso. The strike took place in the...
Op-eds
Building Partner Capabilities for Cyber Operations
Memos
Two Years On, Syria’s Suspension from the OPCW Was Beneficial
Member States’ Next Act Should be Suspending Russia
Memos
Iran Caught Again Trying to Kill Israeli Civilians Abroad
Georgia’s state security announced last Tuesday the arrest of a Pakistani national affiliated with al-Qaeda and of two Iranian nationals who attempted to murder a prominent Israeli in the capital of Tbilisi. An Israeli media report, citing an unnamed Israeli security official, said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force orchestrated the assassination attempt, which sought to target Israeli-Georgian businessman Itzik Moshe. Georgian security alleged the would-be attacker received weapons from Iranian citizens living in the country via drop-offs and hideouts.
Flash Briefs
American Innovation Can Counter China’s BRI
In contrast to the BRI’s “railroads to nowhere,” the United States can reframe global infrastructure development around the citizens who need it the most.
Op-eds
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early July
Policy Tracker
Hezbollah’s al-Qard al-Hasan and Lebanon’s Banking Sector
Memos
OPCW Member States Must Counter Russian Obstruction
Memos
Crisis in Lebanon
Anatomy of a Financial Collapse
Monographs
Below the Belt and Road
Corruption and Illicit Dealings in China’s Global Infrastructure
Monographs
War by Other Means
A History of Anti-Israel Boycotts, From the Arab League to BDS
Monographs
Brothers in Arms
The Consolidation of the Turkey-Qatar Axis
Monographs
Ayman al-Zawahiri defends 9/11 hijackings in anniversary address
Ayman al-Zawahiri defends the 9/11 hijackings in a video released on the 18th anniversary of al-Qaeda’s most devastating attack. The production, released by al-Qaeda’s As Sahab propaganda arm, is titled...
Op-eds
Socialist eras and errors
Accounting for the popularity of Bernie and AOC
Op-eds
Two More ‘High’ Risk Detainees Transferred from Gitmo
Secretary of State John Kerry praised the Republic of Senegal today “for offering humanitar...
Op-eds
The Terrorists Freed by Obama
The Obama administration in recent days has proclaimed a “milestone” in its efforts to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after achieving its long-held goal of redu...