U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

October 10, 2024 | David Rader, Elaine K. Dezenski

Congress Should Create an Economic Statecraft and Security Commission

The United States has a few powerful tools to conduct economic warfare and strengthen its economic security. Unfortunately, many of them operate independently, without coordination, lacking strategic guidance,...

September 11, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

MSCI’s Anti-Israel ESG Ratings Merit State and Federal Investigations

The New York-based MSCI, Inc., imposed “severe controversy” environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings on two Illinois-based companies for doing business in territories controlled by Israel,...

September 13, 2023 | Chris Inglis, Rep. James R. Langevin, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Cyber risk is business risk, and the SEC knows it 

A long overdue policy change to improve corporate governance on cybersecurity is taking effect. At the end of July, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules requiring...

July 26, 2023 | Annie Fixler, Charles O’Connor

America’s Food Supplies Face Growing Cyber Threats 

Produce giant Dole disclosed to federal and state regulators earlier this month the impact of a February 2023 ransomware attack that cost the company $10.5 million. As the food and agriculture sector increasingly...

March 21, 2023 | |

Regime in Tehran May Be Facing Internal Instability

Latest Developments Two documents reportedly produced by the Islamic Republic of Iran and obtained by Iran International shed new light on the extent of the regime’s economic woes and internal instability....

January 24, 2023 | Richard Goldberg |

Woke ‘ESG’ investors guilty of anti-Semitism as they target Israel

Israel boycotters have a new home for waging economic war against the world’s only Jewish state: environmental, social and governance ratings. Federal and state officials should respond by demanding...

December 19, 2022 | Samantha Ravich, Sergio Rodriguera Jr.

FTX’s Collapse Is a Win for National Security

The collapse of cryptocurrency giant FTX is a net positive for U.S. national security. While we should applaud innovation and encourage responsible risk-taking, the rapid rise of barely regulated currencies...

July 12, 2022 | David May, Richard Goldberg

Will CEOs Finally Learn Their Lesson on Boycotting Israel?

Ben & Jerry’s’ Israel boycott melted away last month when its parent company, Unilever, settled a federal lawsuit brought by the company’s Israeli licensee, Avi Zinger. Unilever...

April 4, 2022 | Jiwon Ma, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Corporate Transparency Would Reduce Systemic Cyber Risks

After a year of headline-grabbing ransomware attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure, Americans have grown impatient with the lack of transparency from corporations. “Investors want to know more,” Securities...

February 24, 2022 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Trevor Logan

Senators Want More Out of SEC’s Proposed Rules on Cybersecurity

A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this month, urging it to require publicly traded companies to disclose information about cybersecurity...

February 22, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer, Richard Goldberg

Ben & Jerry’s Ukraine Tweet Is Not Just About Russia

Ben & Jerry’s is now a cautionary tale on the dangers of the Environmental, Social, Governance movement run amok.

August 23, 2021 | Matt Pottinger |

Beijing’s American Hustle

How Chinese Grand Strategy Exploits U.S. Power

September 20, 2017 | Yaya J. Fanusie |

Regulators Struggling to Handle Illicit Finance Risks of Fintech Innovation

Earlier this month, China’s financial aut...

July 13, 2017 | John Hannah |

Special Report

FDD Senior Counselor John Hannah discusses Sec. Tillerson's involvement in the recent Qatar crisis. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com...

November 18, 2016 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Iran’s First Major Post-Deal Oil Contract Is Risky Business

Iran last week struck its first major oil agreement with international firms following the lifting of nuclear-related...

July 14, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz

The Iran Nuclear Agreement: One Year Later

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May 26, 2016 | |

How Iran Taints the Dollar

For the past two months, a debate has raged between the Obama administration and Congress over whether last summer’s nuclear deal provides Tehran access to dollars outside of the U.S. finan...

May 30, 2013 | Mark Dubowitz

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Guardians of the Revolution and Violators of Human Rights

Honorable members of this subcommittee, I am privileged to appear before you today to discuss the role of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in a vast system of domestic repres...

June 13, 2011 | Human Events

Supreme Court Wisdom Prevails in Stoneridge Case

These are challenging days for American business. Overreaction to the Enron scandal resulted in crushing regulation that has sent corporations scampering for friendlier foreign climes. Worse, a l...

May 23, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Will Palestinian bonds be legal after Hamas joins the unity government?

The BBC reports that an investment firm recently began selling the Palestinian government’s first-ever bonds. While these securitie...