Tanzania

November 12, 2020 | Orde Kittrie, Varsha Koduvayur

Biden Must Act to Make Sure Sudan-Israel Peace Lasts

Unless appropriately bolstered, progress towards Sudan-Israel peace risks stalling or worse. History shows that steps towards peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors can collapse in the absence of sufficient traction.

September 22, 2020 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Israel’s next peace deal will be with Sudan

On the heels of the historic peace accords Israel signed last week with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, another regional deal is now possible. Sudan, once a terror safe harbor, is openly mulling...

July 1, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Meet the restrainers

They want to make America second-rate again

May 23, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

John Walker Lindh fought for al Qaeda’s pro-Taliban force

John Walker Lindh, an American who fought on the side of the jihadists in Afghanistan both before and after 9/11, was released from prison earlier today. In late 2001, Lindh and his fellow fighters surrendered...

March 19, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn, Bill Roggio

Why the Taliban should be required to renounce al Qaeda in any deal with US

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February 7, 2019 | Bill Roggio, Thomas Joscelyn

Taliban continues to host foreign terrorist groups, despite assurances to the contrary

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December 21, 2018 | Romany Shaker |

Illicit Turkish Arms Still Flow Into Libya Despite UN Embargo

On Tuesday, Libyan port authorities at Al-Khoms...

August 8, 2018 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Al Qaeda-Iran Connection

Twenty years ago today, al Qaeda carried out its most devastating terrorist attack prior to the September 11 hijackings. On the morning of August 7, 1998, two al Qaeda operatives drove explosive-laden...

May 6, 2016 | Orde Kittrie

Iran Still Owes $53 Billion in Unpaid U.S. Court Judgments to American Victims of Iranian Terrorism

FDD Research Memo

November 16, 2015 | Michael Ledeen |

After Paris, We Need A Strategy To Fight Islamic Jihad

I do not know for sure who masterminded and organized the terrorist assault on Paris, although most evidence points to ISIS. We will probably know a lot more in a few days. Multiple attacks requi...

May 12, 2015 | |

Iran Shipping Sanctions Run Aground?

Officially, the Obama administration remains committed to enforcing sanctions on Iran’s main merchant shipping fleet, the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, also known as IRISL. But i...

April 22, 2015 | Juan C. Zarate

How Financial Power Can Be Used To Save Iconic Species From Extinction

On Earth Day 2015, prospects for many of the planet’s most iconic species look bleak. Unless poaching rates decline across Africa, the rhino and elephant ...

March 27, 2015 | Claudia Rosett |

Obama’s Iran Policy Is Lost at Sea

American negotiators and their cohorts are trying to close a deal that would let Iran keep its nuclear program, subject to intricate conditions of monitoring and enforcement. Yet how is a deal li...

January 19, 2015 | Thomas Joscelyn The Weekly Standard |

Argentine Prosecutor Found Dead, Fought Iran-Backed Terror Around World

Alberto Nisman, the special prosecutor who had been investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center (the AMIA building) in Argentina, has been ...

January 15, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Iran Honors Al-Qaeda Mentor

During his visit to Lebanon on January 13, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif Khonsari placed a wreath at the tomb of Imad Mugniyah and then bowed his head in reverence. Zar...

October 9, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal

The Limits to Obama’s Surgical Counterterrorism Strikes

The Obama administration’s decision to send elite commando troops to pursue al-Qaeda terrorists in Libya and Somalia advances American interests. Without question, the ...

August 14, 2013 | FDD Policy Brief |

Iran and African Uranium

By Zachary Elkaim The Zimbabwean government recently issued a denial of a Times of London...

August 8, 2013 | Clifford D. May

Our ‘Bar the Door’ Strategy

I like bipartisanship as much as the next guy. Still, the Washington Post...

July 18, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Global al Qaeda: Affiliates, Objectives, and Future Challenges

Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Sherman and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by al Qaeda. We have been asked to “examine the nature of...

July 17, 2013 | FDD Policy Brief

Egypt and the African Union

By Zachary Elkaim Following the ouster of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi earlier this month, the Afric...