Midterm Assessment
The Trump Administration's Foreign and National Security Policies
South Asia
ODNI releases annual overview of Islamic State and al Qaeda networks
The ODNI’s map highlights the Islamic State’s and al Qaeda’s global footprint, though the jihadists are not a major force in some of the countries depicted. The ODNI’s map recognizes the presence...
Op-eds
New U.S. sanctions a limited move against Iran proxy groups in Syria
The Trump administration on Thursday took its first significant ...
Op-eds
Profiles of Iranian Repression
Architects of Human Rights Abuse in the Islamic Republic
Monographs
Kim Jong Un’s ‘All-Purpose Sword’
North Korean Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare
Monographs
Badness personified
Jalaluddin Haqqani is dead. The terror network he created lives on.
Op-eds
The U.S. Should Sanction Iran’s Minister of Intelligence and Security
On January 1, 24-year-old Saru Ghahremani attended one of Iran’s nationwide protests and vanished. Eleven days later, agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)&nbs...
Op-eds
Militias in Syria could next attack Israel and launch a new war
The Iranian drone launched...
Op-eds
Last weekend’s Israeli border incursion shows the extent of Iranian entrenchment in Syria
Last weekend’s provocation came just before the 39th anniversary of Iran’s Islamic Revolution and was probably intended to deflect attention from ...
Op-eds
Documenting al Qaeda’s Durability
More than 16 years after the September 11, 2001, hijackings, America remains at war with jihadist groups around the globe. From South Asia through the heart of the Middle East and into West Afric...
Op-eds
Save the Terrorism Prevention Toolkit
Co-authored by George Selim. The images from Charlottesville captured the nation’s attention. Cameras showed Nazi salutes, swastikas, and ...
Op-eds
Sending More Troops To Afghanistan Is a Good Start
In a primetime speech Monday evening, President Trump is expected to announce the deployment of several thousand more American troops to Afghanistan. We doubt this will be enough to win the war,...
Op-eds
Managing Terrorism Financing Risk in Remittances and Money Transfers
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Legislative Testimonies
State of Play and Future of the Multilateral Non-proliferation Regimes and Initiatives
Briefing at the Annual NATO Conference on WMD Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation
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...
Op-eds
Afghanistan’s Terrorist Resurgence: Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Beyond
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Legislative Testimonies
AQIS Fits Into al Qaeda’s Global Strategy
While al Qaeda’s affiliate in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) may be regionally focused, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, says “...
Op-eds
The Final Obama Scandal
Co-written by Stephen F. Hayes. Less than 24 hours before the official end of the Obama presidency, while White House staffers were pulling pictures off the walls and cle...
Op-eds
ISIL’s Virtual Planners: A Critical Terrorist Innovation
On December 19, Anis Amri plowed a hijacked truck through the Christm...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda Assessment Off the Mark
Throughout his two terms in office, President Barack Obama faced an array of challenges from both al Qaeda and ISIS. In an interview with The Cipher Brief, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Seni...