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November 7, 2024 | Jack Burnham, Craig Singleton

China’s Careful Reaction to U.S. Election Masks Deepening Rift

China’s restrained response to President-elect Donald Trump’s victory sharply contrasts with its months-long campaign to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral process and sow societal discord....

July 24, 2024 | |

Netanyahu to Congress: War on Israel Is a War on the United States

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel’s war in Gaza and against Iranian proxies was not a clash of civilizations but a “clash between barbarism and civilization,”...

May 10, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

What Biden didn’t say about antisemitism

What aspects of the surge in hatred would have convinced a besieged Jewish community that the leader of the free world is not just an ally, but someone who fundamentally grasps the nature of contemporary threats?

December 28, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Strategery 101

When an enemy attacks a friend, back the friend

December 14, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Anything goes

Extremist ideologies are proliferating

August 4, 2022 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Varsha Koduvayur, Samuel Hodgson

Profit of Hate: How Domestic Extremists Are Embracing Cryptocurrency

Enticed by the relative anonymity of cryptocurrency and the need to circumvent a denial of service, domestic extremists have been able to raise millions.

May 21, 2022 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Colin P. Clarke, Samuel Hodgson

Militia Violent Extremists in the United States: Understanding the Evolution of the Threat

Introduction In the United States, militia violent extremists (MVEs) embrace violence in service of antigovernment and anti-authority ideology. MVEs are just one part of the militia movement: movement adherents...

February 23, 2022 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Varsha Koduvayur

Cryptocurrency Is a Cash Cow for Far-Right Extremists

As the Freedom Convoy protests enter their fourth week, the Canadian government is targeting protestors’ ability to fundraise, including via cryptocurrency. It’s time for Washington to do the same for domestic extremists.

December 21, 2021 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Varsha Koduvayur

America Is Losing the Ball on White Supremacist Terror Groups

Other countries are taking the lead in cracking down on U.S.-based groups.

October 28, 2021 | LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster |

Preserving the Warrior Ethos

It is corroded, and the necessary restorative work belongs to us all

February 16, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

It’s Time for Biden to Call Netanyahu

He might want to avoid controversy right now, but he can't avoid our most valuable ally in the Middle East.

February 3, 2021 | Bradley Bowman |

What the National Guard Deployment to D.C. Tells Us

The failure to protect the U.S. Capitol from an insurrectionist attack on January 6 is understandably dominating headlines. Leaders and investigators are right to ask how such a horrible breach of security...

January 20, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

What to Make of Pompeo’s Parting Moves Regarding China

The State Department lifted restrictions on some interactions with Taiwan. How will the Biden administration proceed?

July 8, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Study war some more

World War II and the Cold War carry useful lessons

June 26, 2020 | David Adesnik |

New Sanctions on Assad Aim to Prevent Atrocities

In 2013, the regime of Bashar al-Assad received a report that opposition forces had captured and killed an employee of the defense ministry. That report was false. The man — a photographer from the...

August 24, 2019 | |

Iran’s regime stokes more antisemitism amid Gulf tensions, ADL report

"A Persian-language cartoon published by Fars News in April solely blamed the Jewish people or Israel for tightening U.S. sanctions on Iranian energy exports."

September 10, 2014 | Clifford D. May |

Thirteen Years After 9/11

Do not call what happened 13 years ago this week a tragedy. It was a terrorist atrocity, an act of war and a war crime. Very different.   The self-proclaimed jihadis responsible for...

June 21, 2013 |

Al Jazeera at the Newseum

Bankrolled by the oil and gas wealth of Qatar, now hiring 800 staff members and opening 12 news bureaus across the United States, Al Jazeera will soon be coming to a television near you. From its...

October 6, 2011 | Clifford D. May Scripps Howard News Service

Anwar Al-Awlaki’s American Journey

He was born in a land of freedom, tolerance and opportunity. He wanted none of it.

June 15, 2011 |

Lead, Senator

The McCain campaign reassures on surveillance reform, but …