Orlando

May 12, 2018 | David Adesnik |

America must respond to Iran’s attack on Israel to prevent a regional war

Following an Iranian rocket attack Thursday launched from Syria against Israel that prompted the Jewish state to send warplanes and missiles into Syria to destroy Iranian military targets, the Tr...

May 26, 2017 | Thomas Joscelyn

Unfinished Business

Donald Trump is fond of claiming that his predecessor mismanaged America's role in the world. "And I have to just say that the world is a mess. I inherited a mess," the president noted durin...

January 4, 2017 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

ISIL’s Virtual Planners: A Critical Terrorist Innovation

On December 19, Anis Amri plowed a hijacked truck through the Christm...

December 1, 2016 | Juan C. Zarate

The Future of Counter-Terrorism Strategy

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October 14, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn

Orlando Terrorist May Have Been Radicalized and Gay

During a press conference Tuesday, President Obama said the terrorist responsible for the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando was inspired by propaganda produced by the Islamic Stat...

September 14, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Radicalization in the U.S. and the Rise of Terrorism

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July 20, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Bloody Ramadan: How The Islamic State Coordinated A Global Terrorist Campaign

In late May 2016, the Islamic State (ISIL) ...

June 30, 2016 | David Weinberg |

Gulf Monarchies Condemned Orlando Attack While Promoting Hate Preachers: Government-Sponsored Cleric

America’s Gulf allies talk a good game against terrorism. They ...

June 24, 2016 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

What’s in a Name?

Barack Obama’s habit of avoiding Islamic nomenclature and highlighting American gun violence whenever Muslim terrorists strike is surely, in part, a product of his fear of anti-Muslim xenop...

June 23, 2016 | R. James Woolsey |

Defeating ISIS on the Digital Battlefield

Clearly, the U.S. and its allies can and should meet Islamic State on the battlefield, whether in Syria or Iraq. But the war with the ISIS “virtual state”—those the terrorist or...

June 22, 2016 | Yaya J. Fanusie

What it’s like to be a Muslim in the CIA

It was the day after the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. I was working as a CIA analyst. I sat in a room with the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, along with several other a...

June 17, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn

Jihadists Under Investigation

The system was blinking red for months prior to the June 12 terrorist attack in Orlando. Since early 2015, the FBI has repeatedly warned the American public that the threat of violent attacks is...

June 15, 2016 | Clifford D. May

Terrorism and economic warfare

Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market bills itself as the “heartbeat of Israeli culinary art.” Dozens of small restaurants and shops offer cheese, wine, bread, fish, olives, pasta, burgers &...

June 14, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

The FBI director painted a bizarre picture of the man behind the worst mass shooting in US history

The director of the FBI, James Comey, said Monday that Omar Mateen, the man who carried out the worst shooting in US history at a gay nightclub in Orlando, mentioned links to al-Qaida, Hezbollah,...

June 13, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn

The Orlando Shooter’s Desire for ‘Martyrdom’

After each jihadist attack in the West, our society rehearses the same ritualistic debate over what the terrorists' motivations really are. It is true that "radicalization," as it is often d...

June 13, 2016 | R. James Woolsey

America’s Newsroom

Chairman of FDD's Leadership Council James Woolsey critiques the president's policies after Orlando nightclub shooting.   Watch the latest video at...

June 13, 2016 | R. James Woolsey

America’s News HQ

Chairman of FDD's Leadership Council Jim Woolsey comments on the violent ideology behind the Orlando terror attack.  ...

June 13, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn

Happening Now

FDD senior fellow Thomas Joscelyn discusses the Orlando terror attack and the spread of jihadist ideology across the globe.  ...

June 13, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Uncovering if Pulse club massacre in Orlando was an ‘ISIS Attack’

Omar Mateen wanted the world to associate his attack at an Orlando nightclub, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, with ISIS, the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Mateen took a few...

June 13, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn

America’s News HQ

FDD senior fellow Thomas Joscelyn discusses radicalization, jihadist ideology, and the Orlando terror attack.  ...