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December 23, 2025 | Max Lesser, Leah Siskind

X’s Location Feature Exposes a Real Problem, but Does Not Fix It

A new location transparency feature on X is revealing foreign influence on American discourse just as federal agencies designed to deal with such threats are being dismantled. Toward the end...

September 18, 2025 | Orde Kittrie |

British and French Recognition of Palestine Will Reward Terrorism, Endanger European Security

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron are reportedly poised to recognize Palestine as a state within the coming days.  If they do so, they will regrettably...

August 1, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

US, UK, EU allies condemn Iranian terror plots

The United States, the United Kingdom, and a dozen other European countries issued a statement on July 31, condemning Iran’s escalating extraterritorial intelligence operations across Western...

July 29, 2025 | |

‘They Are After Your Religion and Your Knowledge’: Khamenei Accuses West of Using Nuclear Concerns to Undermine Islamic Republic

Excuses for Confrontation: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused Western countries of confronting the Islamic Republic itself under the pretext of concern over...

July 28, 2025 | |

‘We Know Where the Hostages Are In Some Cases’: Trump Discusses Risks of Rescue Operation for Gaza Captives

Trump Concerned for Safety of Hostages: President Donald Trump expressed concern about the Israeli hostages remaining in Gaza during a meeting in Scotland with British Prime Minister...

March 7, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

Targeting Iran’s agents of influence

The British government unveiled an important new measure to combat influence originating from Tehran. Now it has to get to work enforcing it.The British government unveiled an important new measure to combat influence originating from Tehran. Now it has to get to work enforcing it.

February 21, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

The dreaded moment is finally here

An eerie ceremony that Palestinian Arabs held in Gaza as two small caskets were shown mocked the youngest of the remaining hostages, little Ariel and Kfir Bibas, even in death.

September 6, 2024 | Max Lesser, Ari Ben Am

FDD Identifies 19 Websites as Part of an Iranian Global Influence Operation

FDD researchers have uncovered the Iranian role in creating a network of at least 19 websites that present themselves as independent sources of opinion and analysis for audiences across the globe. Other...

February 6, 2024 | |

Iran Reportedly Used UK Banks to Evade U.S. Sanctions

Iran used two banks in the United Kingdom to evade U.S. sanctions via front companies secretly owned by Iran’s Petrochemical Commercial Company (PCC), the Financial Times reported...

September 21, 2023 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Palestinians Need their own Vision 2030

A week after Israel and Saudi Arabia signed an MOU for the establishment of a seven-nation, cross-border, ship-to-rail transit network, Saudi media reported that Riyadh has suspended normalization...

April 5, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

Russia is using ‘woke’ narratives to discredit Britain

Moscow’s trolls have been deployed to polarise the population, portraying the UK as a deeply racist and imperialistic nation

November 21, 2022 | Richard Goldberg |

How to Assess Changes in Morningstar Sustainalytics ESG Ratings

January 28, 2022 | Craig Singleton |

Xi Jinping Is Watching His Back

His rhetoric has taken a paranoid turn—and holing himself up in Beijing hasn’t helped.

July 22, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The U.K. Has Its Own Russia Problem

A new report highlights various schemes by Vladimir Putin.

January 31, 2019 | Bradley Bowman |

Midterm Assessment: Defense

August 29, 2018 | David May

FIFA Punishment for Palestinians is Insufficient

FIFA handed Jibril Rajoub, head of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA), a...

May 30, 2018 | Clifford D. May

Beyond Orientalism

Bernard Lewis, the incomparable scholar of the Middle East and Islam, died last week.  I cannot claim to have known Professor Lewis well, but one didn’t need to spend much time in his...

November 20, 2015 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Long War Continues

In many ways, the reaction to the horrific attacks in Paris has been familiar. There were the expressions of solidarity: flowers at French embassies; social media avatars changed from silly selfi...

September 23, 2014 | Clifford D. May

British Lessons

I imagine James Bond is relieved. After all, one can’t very well be “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” if one is no lon...

September 19, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn |

They Have a Strategy

During a press conference on August 28, Barack Obama had a rare moment of candor. “We don’t have a strategy yet,” the president said in response to a question about the prospect...