South America

December 9, 2024 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

How To Stop China From Manipulating North American Markets

When Chinese firms move operations to Mexico, there are real costs for the United States.

October 16, 2024 | Toby Dershowitz, Will Erens, Ari Ben Am

Argentina Arrests Hezbollah Crypto Financing Suspects

Argentine authorities arrested four individuals last month suspected of financing Hezbollah using a cryptocurrency wallet. As Hezbollah has increased its military action against Israel, these arrests signal...

October 15, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

The Russia-Iran axis is transforming the nature of Middle East danger

Russia’s siding with Iran will make it harder for peace to be achieved in Lebanon, or for a ceasefire to be achieved on the multiple fronts that Israel is facing

October 11, 2024 | |

Dutch Parliament Votes to Designate PFLP Front Samidoun as a Terrorist Group

The Dutch parliament voted overwhelmingly on October 10 to call for Samidoun, a Canada-based group believed to be a front for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP),...

September 13, 2024 | |

6 Things to Know About Samidoun, the ‘Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network’

Samidoun describes itself as an “international network of organizers and activists” that campaigns for the release of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. The group sponsors demonstrations, protests,...

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...

July 19, 2024 | Toby Dershowitz, Emanuele Ottolenghi

The AMIA Bombing: Thirty Years Later

Victims of Iranian and Hezbollah terrorism in Argentina now have hope of bringing their perpetrators to justice.

June 28, 2024 | Richard Goldberg, Connor Pfeiffer

Post-Biden, we must secure the border to address the looming national-security threat

Just two days after that 50 ISIS-linked illegal migrants were on the loose somewhere in the United States, President Biden dismissed the threat of terrorists entering our...

April 7, 2024 | Cleo Paskal |

‘U.S. threat assessment report has several blind spots’

The challenge is that the report needs more strategic and integrated intelligence to appropriately describe today’s threats to the United States and its partners and allies, says Jack Gaines.

April 2, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh, Behnam Ben Taleblu, Saeed Ghasseminejad

EU Would Aid Tehran’s Repression by Lifting Sanctions on Iranian Tech Firm

The European Union (EU) is reportedly contemplating the removal of sanctions on ArvanCloud, an Iranian internet technology company accused of facilitating regime censorship. This would enable ArvanCloud...

March 11, 2024 | |

Iranian Citizen Planning to Attack Israeli Arrested in Peru

Police in Peru arrested an Iranian citizen on March 7 suspected of planning to murder an Israeli in the South American country. At least two Peruvian citizens are also implicated...

January 12, 2024 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Beware Hezbollah’s Dual-Nationals

Without stigmatizing diaspora communities or profiling their members, Western intelligence services must work against radicalization and incitement by targeting Hezbollah agents.

November 3, 2023 |

10 Things to Know About Hezbollah

1. Hezbollah is an Iran-backed Islamist terrorist organization Hezbollah (also spelled “Hizballah”) is a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization and a political party based in Lebanon. The...

September 11, 2023 | |

Israel, Partners Foiled 27 Iranian Terror Plots in Last Year 

Latest Developments  Israel’s intelligence services and their foreign partners have foiled 27 Iranian-orchestrated terrorist plots over the last year, Mossad director David Barnea revealed on...

June 30, 2023 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

Washington Needs a New Economic Security Framework for the Americas

Washington must bring powerful answers to pressing issues in the region: populism, political unrest, and disinformation; water and food insecurity; extreme weather; mass migration; the evolving drug trade; money laundering and corruption; and weakened democratic institutions.

June 11, 2023 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

America’s Power Competition Goes Awry in Lula’s Brazil

When the dust settles, the consequences of Lula’s approach will serve neither American interests nor Brazil’s.

May 30, 2023 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Stationing US Navy Destroyers in Spain Increases Readiness in the Pacific

The U.S. Navy recently announced its intention to forward station an additional two Arleigh Burke-class ballistic missile defense-capable destroyers in Rota, Spain, raising the total number of U.S. destroyers...

May 16, 2023 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

The real power behind Paraguay’s new president

On Sunday April 30, moments after giving his acceptance speech, Paraguay’s president-elect Santiago Peña welcomed the former president, Horacio Cartes, to join him on the podium. The adoring crowd erupted...

April 26, 2023 | Craig Singleton |

Upcoming Paraguayan Election a Bellwether for Taiwan’s International Standing

The outcome of this month’s hotly contested Paraguayan election will likely determine whether Asuncion maintains diplomatic relations with Taipei or switches recognition to Beijing, a move that would...

April 19, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Losing Latin America

The U.S. retreats while China’s Communist rulers advance