Los Angeles Times

September 9, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

The 9/11 anniversary and the 9/11 wars

Containing and disrupting jihadists is a mission worth accomplishing

June 10, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Trump’s Executive Order on Chinese Students Addresses a Complicated—But Real—Issue

This issue requires a surgical scalpel, not a sledgehammer.

May 7, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Explaining the Intense Diplomatic Battle Between the U.S. and China

The Chinese Communist Party’s ‘Wolf Warriors’ have Secretary Pompeo in their crosshairs right now, but their agenda will outlast the Trump administration.

October 4, 2019 | |

Andrea Stricker Joins the Foundation for Defense of Democracies as Research Fellow on Nonproliferation and Iran

(Washington, D.C., October 4, 2019) – Andrea Stricker has joined the Foundation for Defense of Democracies as a research fellow focusing on nonproliferation, Iran, North Korea, and other security topics. Stricker...

April 4, 2018 | Clifford D. May

Give anti-globalism a chance

“Globalism” is one of those Humpty Dumpty words that seems to mean whatever those using it “choose it to mean – neither more nor less.”...

August 4, 2017 | Clifford D. May

The American Press Is Afraid to Report on Anti-Semitism When It Comes from Muslims

Responding to Israel’s installation of metal detectors on the Temple Mount, the California imam Ammar Shahin gave a sermon in which he explained the duty of Muslims everywhere—“...

August 2, 2017 | Clifford D. May

Preaching violence from the pulpit

Imagine if a priest, minister or rabbi were to call for Muslims to be annihilated. It would be a scandal and it would spark a nation-wide controversy over Islamophobia, hate speech and incitement...

July 18, 2017 |

Managing Terrorism Financing Risk in Remittances and Money Transfers

Download the full testimony here....

July 13, 2017 | Thomas Joscelyn

The Terrorist Diaspora: After the Fall of the Caliphate

Download the full testimony here....

January 18, 2017 | Clifford D. May |

Defining violent extremism down

Death, where is thy sting? For Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, it certainly didn’t come from the mainstream media. The 82-year-old former Iranian president died of a heart attac...

November 22, 2016 | Tony Badran |

Taking Dictation From a Dictator

Last week, Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, through his father-in-law’s organization in Britain, ...

August 13, 2015 | |

The Iran-North Korea Axis of Atomic Weapons?

As U.S. lawmakers debate the Iran nuclear deal, they are rightly concerned about Iran’s refusal to disclose its past work on nuclear weapons. Not only does this refusal deprive inspectors o...

May 1, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal

Controversial ‘Tin Drum’ Author Grass Dies at 87

German novelist Günter Grass, the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Tin Drum, an epic treatment of the Nazi era, died on Monday at the age of 87, his publishers said. A broad-should...

February 11, 2015 | Tony Badran |

U.S. Needs To Avoid Alliances With Iranian Proxies In Middle East, FDD Scholar Tells Congress

WASHINGTON – Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee Wednesday that Iran’s interest in becoming a Middle...

February 9, 2015 | Tony Badran |

FDD Research Fellow to Testify Before Congress Wednesday on the Iranian Threat

WASHINGTON- Tony Badran, research fellow for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, will testify before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Wednesday on “Sta...

November 19, 2014 | Mark Dubowitz

Examining What a Nuclear Iran Deal Means for Global Security

Download the full testimony text here Chairman...

September 10, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Don’t Forget About Al Qaeda

President Obama is set to discuss his plan for confronting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in a primetime speech this evening. According to ...

July 23, 2014 | |

Ending Iran’s Support of Hamas Must Be Part of Any Final P5+1 Nuclear Deal

European Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, left, and Iranian Foreign Minis...

June 9, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

The LA Times Whitewashes the Taliban Five

There is a concerted push to sanitize the records of four of the five Taliban leaders transferred from Guantanamo to Qatar. But before delving into some of the specifics, let us recount the basic...

May 12, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Successes and Failures of the U.S. and NATO Intervention in Libya

Download the full written testimony here (PDF). Ch...