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October 29, 2024 | David R. Shedd, Ivana Stradner

The Covert War for American Minds

How Russia, China, and Iran Seek to Spread Disinformation and Chaos in the United States

October 23, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi |

U.S. Court Denies Sovereign Immunity for Halkbank

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled on Tuesday that the federal government could proceed with the prosecution of Turkish public lender Halkbank on charges that it helped to evade U.S....

October 22, 2024 | |

IRGC Official Among Plotters Indicted for Attempted Murder of U.S.-Based Iranian Dissident

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed charges against four Iranians on October 22 in connection with a 2022 plot to assassinate Iranian dissident journalist Masih Alinejad...

October 18, 2024 | Will Selber |

The lights are still blinking red—Sunni Islamists and Iran are determined to attack the homeland

As the US election comes down the final stretch, the radical Islamic terrorism threat continues to metastasize—at home and abroad. On October 8, the FBI arrested an Afghan man who authorities...

October 8, 2024 | John Hardie |

Back in Business: Russian ‘Merchant of Death’ Selling Arms to Houthis

The prolific Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, released from American custody in 2022 as part of a U.S.-Russia prisoner swap, is once again plying his old trade, this time selling arms to Yemen’s...

October 7, 2024 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

PRC Lawfare Expands to U.S. Courts — Now Is Not the Time to Dismantle U.S. Tech

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is learning how to use American courts to undermine U.S. national security. Specifically, Beijing is working through the courts to block executive branch actions that...

September 30, 2024 | Johanna Yang, Thomas Carroll

Consumer Devices Made by U.S. Adversaries Introduce National Security Risks

The Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act, or the ROUTERS Act, passed the House earlier this month, marking a step toward securing the U.S. information technology infrastructure....

September 23, 2024 | Max Lesser, Mason Krusch

Meta Bans Russian State Media

Meta — the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads — banned several Russian state media outlets last week, including RT and Rossiya Segodnya, as part of its ongoing efforts to...

September 17, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

Iran’s Assassination Plots Against Jews Persist Despite the West’s Leniency on Regime

The French police recently charged a French-Algerian dual citizen and his partner for allegedly conspiring to assassinate Israelis and Jews in Paris, Munich, and Berlin — all at the behest...

September 5, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

10 Things Washington Should Do to Hold Hamas Accountable

U.S. citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, was executed by Hamas in late August after being taken hostage from an Israeli music festival and held in Gaza for more than 300 days. In response, a bipartisan roster...

July 17, 2024 | |

Iran Plots Assassination of Trump

Latest Developments Iran plotted to assassinate former President Donald Trump in recent weeks, U.S. authorities told CNN in a July 16 report. Unrelated to the failed assassination attempt against Trump...

July 10, 2024 | |

Iran Supporting and Funding Pro-Hamas Protests in the U.S.

Following several months of often violent pro-Hamas protests across the United States, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, stated on July 9 that the Islamic...

July 3, 2024 | Max Meizlish, Anthony Ruggiero

Treasury Highlights Role of Chinese Underground Banking in U.S. Fentanyl Crisis

The Treasury Department sanctioned key money launderers on Monday linked to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, targeting a growing national security concern: China’s underground banking network. This action,...

May 30, 2024 | |

Maryland Court Issues Restraining Order Against U.S.-Based Iranian Diplomat

A Maryland court issued a temporary restraining order on May 28 against an employee of Iran’s Interests Section in Washington — the Islamic Republic’s de facto consular office...

April 10, 2024 | |

U.S. Sends Ukraine Weapons Seized En Route from Iran to Yemen

America transferred to Ukraine thousands of Iranian weapons that were seized enroute to Yemen by U.S. naval forces and partner nations, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) reported on...

March 13, 2024 | |

Five Compelling Reasons for the Strategic Divestment of TikTok

Amid escalating concerns over potential Chinese interference in the U.S. election, divesting TikTok from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, offers a balanced, technologically feasible solution that...

December 29, 2023 | Bill Roggio, Caleb Weiss

New Jersey man arrested for attempting to join Shabaab, inspired by support of Hamas

The U.S. Department of Justice has arrested an American citizen living in Egypt, who traveled to Kenya to join Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, in the wake of Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 terror...

December 17, 2023 | Cleo Paskal, Col. Grant Newsham

In the Pacific, U.S. bureaucracy messes up against PRC influence operation

I have no idea what the U.S. State Department was thinking. But if the goal was to help honest people in a highly strategic country that is also a close ally protect themselves against Chinese influence...