How extremism reaches from Gaza into American classrooms
Organizations with terrorist ties are shaping young minds by training teachers in kindergarten through 12th-grade classrooms across the country.
Matthew Levitt
Iran’s Nuclear Disarmament
The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security
Monographs
From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners
Investigating the Nexus Between Anti-Semitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing
Legislative Testimonies
PGMs: Iran’s Precision-Guided Munitions Project in the Shadow of a Nuclear Deal
Memos
Hezbollah’s History with Ammonium Nitrate: The Danger to Europe
Ambassador Nathan Sales, U.S. coordinator for counterterrorism at the Department of State, announced last week that Hezbollah has transported and stored ammonium nitrate throughout Europe. While the disclosure...
Policy Briefs
Burning Bridge: The Iranian Land Corridor to the Mediterranean
Monographs
Oman in the Middle
Muscat’s Balancing Act Between Iran and America
Monographs
Qatar is worst in the region on counterterrorism, but other Gulf monarchies are not off the hook
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reportedly ...
Op-eds
Should there be a new push to outlaw all of Hezbollah in the EU?
Europe remains fertile ground for Hezbollah operations and terrorism finance. Given Hezbollah’s role in the ongoing slaughter of Syrian civilians and a thwarted attack on Israelis...
Op-eds
Is Hamas Gaining Traction in Europe?
The 13th Palestinians in Europe Conference on Saturday once again catapulted Hamas’s activities into the spotlight. The organizers of the event – the London-based Palestinian...
Op-eds
FDD Names Board of Advisors to Help Guide Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance
WASHINGTON – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies today announced 18 experts who will serve as members of the Board of Advisors for its Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance (CSIF)....
Press Releases
‘World Powers Surrender to Iran’
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani last week tweeted a...
Op-eds
Austria Considers Ban of Hezbollah’s Military Wing
Austria backtracked on Tuesday from its hard line position against a ban of Hezbollah within the EU, stressing its undecided position ahead of a late July foreign ministers meeting in Brussels to...
Op-eds
Canadian MPs Decry Iran Human Rights Violations
Co-authored by Michael Wilner Canada’s Parliament hosted Iran Accountability Week last week, documenting the Islamic Republic’s human rights violations, particularly...
Op-eds
Iran Agent Monitoring Chabad Arrested in Bulgaria
Bulgarian police officers last summer arrested a Canadian citizen linked to the Iranian government who engaged in surveillance of the local Chabad center in the capital of Sofia, a well-placed an...
Op-eds
Most of Europe Reluctant to Crack Down on Hezbollah Despite Growing Threat
A House hearing on Hezbollah as a global terrorist threat coupled with Thursday’s prison sentence of a Hezbollah member — the first in a European court — brings into sharp focus...
Op-eds
‘Iranian Militia Monitored Bulgarian Synagogue’
US think tank: Qods Forces monitored synagogue in Sofia suggesting it's a possible target for terror attack.
Op-eds
Why Doesn’t Europe Think Hezbollah Is a Terror Group?
The rift over counterterrorism strategy between the United States and its trans-Atlantic partners will likely be on display next week in Brussels, where European foreign ministers are slated to d...
Op-eds
Blaming Terrorists for Terrorism
Yesterday the Bulgarian government announced the results of its investigation into...
Op-eds
Report Shows Hezbollah, Iran Join Forces
The head of the Washington Institute’s Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, Dr. Matthew Levitt, on Wednesday issued a report detailing the intensified and reorganized collabo...