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July 10, 2026 | Max Lesser, Thomas Crehan

Suspicious Firms Still Seek Professionals With Military and Government Experience

Suspicious consulting sites continue to target Western security experts despite U.S. efforts to curb suspected Chinese virtual espionage. On June 30, China specialist Bill Hayton publicly asked on X...

May 14, 2026 | Max Lesser, Emmerson Overell

Chinese Virtual Espionage Operation Targeted Congressional Staffer

Would you discuss U.S. policy insights or trade issues for $10,000? A staffer with the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) received such an offer via email and reported...

March 24, 2026 | Seth J. Frantzman |

6 Kurdistan Regional Government soldiers killed in Iranian attack on northern Iraq

On March 24, six members of the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Peshmerga forces were killed in an attack in northern Iraq. According to the local Rudaw Media Network, they were killed when...

March 3, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

US-Israeli strikes hit Iran’s missile, nuclear, political, and repression sites

On March 2 and 3, the United States and Israel continued their sweeping joint military campaign, hitting conventional battlefield assets and a variety of other regime targets across Tehran and central...

March 1, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

US-Israeli campaign hits Iranian regime’s military and repression apparatus, regime forms leadership council (March 1 updates)

The joint US and Israeli operation entered its second day, with American forces targeting command-and-control centers, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters, air defense systems, ballistic...

January 12, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

Tehran regime fears defections as Iran’s nationwide movement defies containment

What began on December 28 as demonstrations in downtown Tehran, driven by runaway inflation and the rial’s sharp depreciation against the dollar, has moved beyond a protest wave and become...

August 28, 2025 | Ari Ben Am |

A Year of Meming Dangerously: Iranian Influence Operations Targeting Israel Since October 7

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June 20, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

Israel reportedly eliminates nuclear scientist, expands messaging campaign (June 20 updates)

Israel expanded its campaign against Iran with strikes on Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sites, missile infrastructure, and nuclear-linked facilities, reportedly killing a nuclear scientist in...

August 5, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

Mass arrests and conflicting narratives following the Haniyeh assassination

In response to the assassination of former Hamas Political Chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, the Islamic Republic has arrested over 20 senior intelligence officers and military officials,...

June 29, 2023 | |

Mossad Operation in Iran Nets Terror Plot Leader

Israel’s Mossad revealed on June 29 that a detailed confession by a leader of an Iranian terrorist cell helped authorities in Cyprus dismantle a cell plotting to attack Israeli and Jewish targets....

October 28, 2022 | Annie Fixler |

The Dangers of Iran’s Cyber Ambitions

December 9, 2021 | Craig Singleton |

The Middle Kingdom Meets Higher Education

How U.S. Universities Support China’s Military-Industrial Complex

February 27, 2020 | Toby Dershowitz, Talia Katz

Torture TV

The Case for Sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s State-Run Media

August 14, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Swiss intel report: Iran will wait Trump gov’t out on nuclear pact

"Iran will not abandon its ballistic missile program... which already has targeted short-range missiles."

April 8, 2019 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

The Revolutionary Guard’s Disinformation Campaign to Dominate Iran’s Economy

hen Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was formed shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution,[note][1] Mohsen Sazegara, “The Revolutionary Guard and the Three Perversions,” Personal...

June 14, 2011 | Mark Dubowitz inFocus |

Terrorist TV in Eurabia

While much has been made about the anti-American bias of Arabic-language television networks like al-Jazeera in recent years, policymakers have largely ignored the incitement and violent propagan...

June 10, 2011 |

Se Debería Castigar a las Empresas de Telecomunicaciones por Ayudar a que Nos Protejamos de los Terr

¿Está Ud. indignado? Debería estarlo. Según Peter Eliasberg, abogado de la Unión Americana de Libertades Civiles (ACLU) después de los atentados del 11 d...

April 25, 2009 |

Fixing Our Pakistan Problem

This article was published in The Journal of International Security Affairs (No. 16, Spring 2009)....

December 23, 2007 |

Terrorist TV in Eurabia


While much has been made about the anti-American bias of Arabic-language television networks like al-Jazeera in recent years, policymakers have largely ignored the incitement and violent propaganda emanating from satellite television stations that are owned and operated by Middle East terrorist organizations, including Hamas and Hizbullah. These terrorist channels have played an important role in the radicalization of Europe's Muslim populations. Yet, few steps have been taken to prevent these channels from disseminating jihadist propaganda.