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September 2, 2026 | Sophie McDowall, Kateryna Kvasha

7 Ways the U.S. Is Trying To Defend Its Water System From Hackers

In the wake of nationwide cyberattacks on America’s water infrastructure, the Trump administration launched Project Watershed 250 on August 31. The six-month pilot, based in Texas, pairs local water...

August 14, 2026 | Clifford D. May, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Where in the World is Monty?

August 6, 2026 | Michele Kernitsky |

Melania Trump got it right: Russia must return Ukraine’s stolen children

President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 28 at the White House, where they discussed how to resuscitate peace talks between Russia and Ukraine....

July 10, 2026 | Simone Rodan-Benzaquen

Trial for Glorifying Terrorism: When MEP Rima Hassan Is Backed by Rabid Antisemites

This is not Palestine they are defending. On the eve of what was supposed to be her trial this summer, some 250 public figures signed an open letter in L’Humanité supporting Rima Hassan.

June 3, 2026 | Natalie Ecanow |

Mapping Qatar’s $400 Billion Footprint in the United States

May 6, 2026 | Johanna Yang, Jessica Ho

When Ransomware Hits, Governors Are Calling the National Guard

Minnesota called in its National Guard last month. Not because there was a flood, a fire, or even civil unrest. This time, Winona County needed support after a cyberattack. It was the second such attack...

January 28, 2026 | Clifford D. May |

The new Greenland deal

With America leading and NATO following, the Arctic can be defended

December 11, 2025 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

Trojan Horse

China's Auto Threat to America

May 16, 2025 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Josh Birenbaum

Examining the Threats to America’s Critical Minerals Supply Chain

March 7, 2025 | Will Selber |

Recent arrests of Islamic State sympathizers highlight persistent threats to US

In the early morning hours of January 1, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Army veteran from Houston, drove his rented truck into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing...

July 15, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Mideast trip shows Biden choosing pragmatism, rejecting ‘Woke’ policy

'Progressives' dislike Saudi Arabia, Israel because they stand firm against ill-advised US policy on Iran

October 27, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Gaza 2021: How Biden Handled His Far-Left Hamas Caucus Problem

In Gaza Conflict 2021, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Senior Vice President for Research Jonathan Schanzer provides the first in-depth look at the May 2021 war initiated by Hamas against Israel,...

June 15, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

American actor James Woods urges Congress to pass anti-BDS resolution

He seeks resolution based on Austria's anti-BDS measure.

December 22, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

U.S. ambassador urges inquiry of German magazine’s anti-Americanism

Der Spiegel faced criticism for its bias against the Jewish state.

September 23, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn

We Got Lucky … This Time

At approximately 9:35 a.m. on Saturday, September 17, a garbage can exploded along the route of the Seaside Semper Five Marine Corps Charity 5K Race in Seaside Park, New Jersey. Fortunately, no o...

December 10, 2014 | Clifford D. May

Giving Peace a Chance

Rarely do so many distinguished members of the foreign policy community gather in a single room. But this was the Great Hall of the United States Institute of Peace: a Washington “instituti...

December 16, 2013 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Is the Terrorist Threat Declining? The Use and Abuse of Statistics

Earlier this month, terrorism analyst Peter Bergen wrote at CNN that the declining number of...

October 23, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Shabaab Threatens Britain Over Extradition of Abu Hamza al Masri

Co-authored by Lisa Lundquist Yesterday the Somali terror group Shabaab threatened to attack Britain for extraditing radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al Masri, who arrived in the...

September 20, 2012 | Clifford D. May

Misunderstanding 9/11

Learning the wrong lessons can be costly.

July 9, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post |

Iran Pastor Facing Death for Apostasy

Iran has scheduled a September court date for evangelical Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, whose incarceration for practicing Christianity reaches the 1,000-day mark on Sunday. In an email to T...