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Erdogan’s “Pious Generation” Goes Global
Late this past September, Turkey’s Education Ministry entered into an agreement with the Ensar Foundation, an organization that claims to advance educational objectives in keeping with what it calls...
Op-eds
U.S. Must Cut Off Chinese Firms That Profit From Stolen American AI
The evidence of Chinese intellectual property theft emerged in federal court, but the U.S. government turned to sanctions to punish the companies that received the illicit files. On October 19, the State...
Policy Briefs
Foreign Funding and Influence in America’s K-12 Education System
Memos
How the Treasury Is Hindering Efforts to Combat Illicit Finance
Foreign and malign actors constantly exploit weak ownership reporting requirements to launder money throughout the United States.
Op-eds
Bogus Bylines: AI Lets One Iran-Origin Operation Run the Full Influence Playbook
Seven self-described Western journalists, none of whom exist, have placed nearly 100 articles in online outlets since July 2025. On October 8, OpenAI disclosed that it had banned ChatGPT accounts originating...
Policy Briefs
Wikipedia’s Main Al Jazeera Editor Goes Dark
Wikipedia, originally intended to be the ultimate — and neutral — online source of all information, has descended into just one more place for geopolitical and ideological attacks. It is a platform...
Op-eds
The CCP’s War on Christian Faith Has Reached America
The Chinese Communist Party is persecuting Christians — in Texas. Zhang Mei spent more than three decades as a lay leader in house church networks in Henan province, China. With pressure against independent...
Op-eds
Treasury Sanctioned a Hamas Crowdfunding Network. Its French Front Should Be Next.
U.S. and French authorities have moved against a Hamas fundraising network that allegedly raised more than $600,000 from American donors. The harder task is keeping it from rebuilding. On October 2,...
Policy Briefs
Trump must close this Turkish loophole that allows Iran to skirt sanctions
Washington has done well targeting Tehran’s shipping, banking and financial networks. The regime is increasingly being pushed onto costlier land routes. But some countries are leaving one major artery...
Op-eds
US charges engineer with supporting Houthis, Louisiana brothers and Florida man with financing Hamas
Federal authorities in September charged defendants in three cases alleging support for the Houthis and Hamas. The cases accuse a Department of Energy engineer of attempting to aid the Houthis and two...
Op-eds
Tehran’s Transnational Repression Strategy Is Evolving
The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands have exposed an Iranian regime spyware campaign targeting Iranian dissidents around the world. In a September 15 advisory, they warned...
Policy Briefs
FBI arrests Pennsylvania man accused of plotting Islamic State-inspired attack
On September 12, the FBI arrested a 21-year-old Pennsylvania man accused of plotting a violent attack on behalf of the Islamic State, marking the second arrest of an American citizen...
Op-eds
The U.S. Rare Earth Playbook Provides a Blueprint for Supply Chain Securitization
Washington is arming itself against weaponization of rare-earth-element supply chains. On August 24, the Department of Defense’s Economic Defense Unit (EDU) announced a $750 million offtake agreement...
Policy Briefs
Iran’s Cyber Retaliation Strategy
Over the last decade, Iran has developed cyber capabilities that can target US and European water and electricity systems.
Op-eds
Taiwan’s Chip Smuggling Case Shows Promise for Allied Export Control Enforcement
In a world of globalized supply chains, enforcing export controls is also a globalized effort. On August 24, Taiwan charged nine individuals in a scheme to smuggle Super Micro servers containing Nvidia...
Policy Briefs
Albany woman charged with plotting to attack New York Capitol in support of Islamic State
On August 19, the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, New York, after she allegedly took possession of what she believed was an explosive device that she...
Op-eds
What an Egg Cartel Can Teach Us About Critical Mineral Markets
While Americans were paying more than $6 for a dozen eggs, the CEOs of America’s largest egg companies conspired to jack up prices even higher. Unfortunately, this kind of behavior...