Blind Sided
A Reconceptualization of the Role of Emerging Technologies in Shaping Information Operations in the Gray Zone
The Catholic University of America
The Social Science of Online Radicalization
Co-authored by Nathaniel Barr As Charlie Winter noted&nbs...
Op-eds
New Report by FDD Scholar Outlines Civil War in Libya
WASHINGTON- A new report authored by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, outlines how Libya’s civil war between the Dignity and Dawn campaig...
Press Releases
Homegrown Terror is Real, But You Won’t Find It Online
Homegrown terrorism has become a topic of discussion in both Canada and the United States. A study by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service...
Op-eds
Is Algeria’s Kidnapper a ‘Common Criminal?’ Look Again
Following the dramatic hostage raid at the In Amenas gas field in Algeria that left...
Op-eds
The War’s in Mali, But the Danger is International
Since France began aerial bombardment of Islamist rebels in Mali last week, the larger worry has shifted from within the beleaguered country’s borders to the wider world. There are concerns...
Op-eds
The Political Prospects of an Open Fuel Standard in Obama’s Second Term
At the beginning of President Obama’s first term, there was reason to believe that an Open Fuel Standard (OFS) could pass within four years. It did not, and now the OFS faces a different po...
Op-eds
Osama bin Laden: Strategic Genius
The late al-Qaida leader knew exactly how to take on the world’s economic and military superpower
Op-eds
Should We Invade Mali to Stop al-Qaeda? Look at Somalia First
The West is moving toward a military intervention in Mali, somewhat slowly yet entirely deliberately, due to concerns about al-Qaeda’s control of territory there. An October UN Security Cou...
Op-eds
The Shape of Al Shabaab’s Post-Kismayo Attacks
In late September, African Union (AU) forces surrounded the port city of Kismayo on Somalia’s southern coast. The AU troops stood on the threshold of capturing the city from the al Qaeda-af...
Op-eds
Will the U.S. Enjoy “A Brighter Energy Outlook”?
The National Intelligence Council’s newly released Global Trends 2030 report is an important r...
Op-eds
Perceptions of the “Arab Spring” Within the Salafi-Jihadi Movement
Co-authored by Tara Vassefi “The popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain have not only shaken the foundation of the authoritarian order in the...
Op-eds
Review: The Dictator’s Learning Curve: Inside the Global Battle for Democracy
The Dictator's Learning Curve: Inside the Global Battle for Democracy by William J. Dobson (New York: Doubleday, 2012), 341 pp. Reviewed by Daveed Gar...
Op-eds
Reports of Al Qaeda’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Al Qaeda is returning to the shadows. The experiment by al-Shabab, al Qaeda's Somali affiliate, of attempting to govern a broad area in Somalia's south officially came to a close...
Op-eds
FDD Releases Groundbreaking Volume on Terrorist Groups in Canada
Washington, DC (FDD, August 20, 2012) – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies Press has released a groundbreaking volume on terrorist groups operating in Can...
Press Releases
The Al Qaeda Factor, and the Fate of a Jihadi Group
The Al Qaeda Factor: Plots Against the West by Mitchell D. Silber. One reason terrorism watchers have often been wrong about some of the critical...
Op-eds
The Anti-Social Network: How al-Qaeda Survives
Co-authored by Adam Elkus Terrorism watchers are engaged in a heated debate about the strength of al-Qaeda, the central leadership of which is believed to be in Pakistan. Defens...
Op-eds
It’s Far From Safe to Say That al-Qaeda is Dead
Agrowing chorus of Western analysts is arguing that al-Qaeda is dead, and that it is time to end the “global war on terror.” As the ubiquitous CNN terrorism analyst and bestselling au...
Op-eds
Terror in the Peaceable Kingdom
FDD Press
Books
Is Nigeria the Next Front in the War on Terror?
The country's sectarian violence is getting out of control.