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November 26, 2025 | David May |

Former South African Foreign Minister’s U.S. Visa Revoked

“She led South Africa to sue Israel for genocide,” read a flyer for a recent appearance by Naledi Pandor in Houston. Don’t expect another U.S. speech in the near future from the former South African...

November 25, 2025 | David Adesnik |

Trump targets the Muslim Brotherhood wisely — taking down its terror arms piece by piece

President Donald Trump is not known for its restraint, but with the executive order he issued Monday his administration is taking a measured approach in its offensive against the Muslim Brotherhood —...

November 5, 2025 | Nathan Picarsic |

Solving for Hidden Huaweis: Sector Level Approaches to Protect the US Connectivity Market

In October, the Texas Attorney General launched a probe into TP-Link Systems Inc. to assess whether the company’s networking gear assisted the Chinese government in accessing US consumer data....

September 25, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Max Lesser

5 Recent Instances of Foreign Malign Influence Threatening U.S. National Security

America is letting its adversaries win the information war. The latest blow to U.S. efforts to fight this war came in August, when the U.S. intelligence community learned of the reduction in size and reorganization...

September 19, 2025 | Sophie McDowall |

Hackers Are Costing K-12 School Systems More Than Money

Hackers are attacking America’s K-12 schools and whole communities are paying the price. Cyberattacks against school districts in Texas and Michigan disrupted classes for multiple days in the middle...

September 11, 2025 | Brandy Shufutinsky, Pavak Patel

Iran May Be Funding K-12 Education in America

It took years of research and advocacy before education leaders realized that foreign funding in education can have negative consequences. China’s Confucius Institutes were among the first examples of...

September 8, 2025 | Emily Hester |

Texas Grabs Malign Foreign Influence by the Horns

As U.S. adversaries barrage American citizens with harmful propaganda, the Lone Star state is coming out swinging. On September 2, Texas stood up a first-of-its-kind “hostile foreign adversaries unit”...

August 22, 2025 | Sophie McDowall, Maria Riofrio

Limiting Access to Cyber Support for Water Sector Leaves Communities Vulnerable

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is trying to stem the tide of cyberattacks against the water sector. On August 19, the EPA held a webinar explaining the details of its new $9.5 million cybersecurity...

August 18, 2025 | Annie Fixler, Johanna Yang

By gutting its cyber staff, State Department ignores congressional directives

Without strong cyber capabilities at State, America’s partners will turn to unreliable associates in China for infrastructure investment and succumb to cyberattacks that place U.S. forces overseas at risk.

July 11, 2025 | Simone Weichselbaum |

Lying to America’s Kids about Israel

More propaganda may soon be coming to a school near you, thanks to some of the same groups that have already gotten calls for Israel’s destruction into K-12 curricula. Pro-Palestinian activists, who...

June 6, 2025 | Max Meizlish, Angela Howard

U.S. Takes Aim at Enablers of Mexican Cartel Oil Smuggling

U.S. law enforcement is cracking down on Mexican cartels — but not in the way you think. In late May, the United States charged members of a Utah family with 1) conspiracy to materially support Mexico’s...

April 14, 2025 | Harry Krejsa, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

AI Power Demand Is Remaking Our Energy Ecosystem – While Painting a Target on Its Back

Even in its most conservative projections, AI-driven booms in electricity use are poised to provide a once-in-a-generation opportunity – and imperative – to secure our grid against PRC cyber attacks OpenAI...

April 10, 2025 | Johanna Yang, Jack Burnham

To Beat China, America Must Balance AI Innovation with National Security

While the White House is busy restricting trade with China, it keeps unlocking the back gate. Even as the Department of Commerce expanded export restrictions on March 26 to prevent...

March 21, 2025 | Isaac A. Harris, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Patrick Jenevein

To Confront China, President Trump Should Target its State-Owned Enterprises

The PRC’s strategic use of SOEs poses an existential threat to American economic sovereignty and security.

March 10, 2025 | Natalie Ecanow |

Qatari Cash May Be Coming Soon to a Town Near You

It’s time for Washington to drop the rose-tinted glasses and make clear that America is not up for sale

March 7, 2025 | Will Selber |

Recent arrests of Islamic State sympathizers highlight persistent threats to US

In the early morning hours of January 1, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Army veteran from Houston, drove his rented truck into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing...

February 23, 2025 | Ivana Stradner, Marina Chernin

Why Russia Wants to See California Secede

The Kremlin has a long history dealing with secessionist movements within the Russian and Soviet empires. Now Moscow is using the experience to weaponize secession movements elsewhere.

January 2, 2025 | Will Selber |

An Afghanistan war veteran and an active duty servicemember conduct separate domestic attacks on New Year’s Day

On January 1, 2025, two US citizens conducted separate attacks in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Fifteen people were killed and dozens injured after a terrorist who had declared membership...

December 22, 2024 | Will Selber |

The Islamic State and Iran remain determined to attack the US

Despite the recent successes of federal law enforcement agencies, the number of attempted attacks underscores these adversaries’ determination. Since the October 8 arrest of an Afghan man...

December 18, 2024 | Natalie Ecanow, Mariam Wahba

Haute Qatar: Sheikha Moza’s Glamour Masks Doha’s Vices

Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser is revered as a champion of education, sustainability, fashion, and art. The glamorous female face of the Qatar regime — and the mother of its current emir — presents herself as a modern face of a traditional, conservative Gulf state.  ...