Iran Drops the Façade of Tolerance Toward Persian Jews
Without consequences or outside pressure, the regime could revert to the same violent persecution that marked the early years of the Islamic Revolution.
University of California, Berkeley
Tehran’s Crisis is Iran’s Reckoning
The city of Tehran is collapsing under the weight of multiple environmental crises. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned in October that moving Iran’s capital out of Tehran is “not...
Op-eds
The US must not endorse Russia and China’s vision for cybersecurity
Even as Russia and China wage a relentless cyber war against the West, the United Nations is celebrating a new cybercrime treaty whose chief architects were none other than Moscow...
Op-eds
New Executive Order Demands Transparency in Foreign Funding of U.S. Higher Education
A new executive order from President Donald Trump takes aim at billions of dollars of foreign funding flowing into American universities, with the goal of “protect[ing] the marketplace of ideas from...
Policy Briefs
Israel SitRep: February 14, 2025
Today’s Issue: | IDF Chief of Staff Meets With Surveillance Soldiers Released by Hamas; Apologizes For Ignoring Their Warnings | Alma: Iran Assisting With Hezbollah’s Reconstruction Project for Shiites,...
Israel at War Situation Report
The ‘First Amendment’ Dodge at UC Berkeley
The issues on campus and elsewhere extend beyond free-speech protections.
Op-eds
The Campus Antisemite’s Secret Weapon
Protesters were breaking glass and shouting “Intifada! Intifada!” at Berkeley just a few weeks ago. Following the October 7 terror attack on Israel, antisemites at many American colleges...
Op-eds
Anti-Israel faculty group adds fuel to a raging fire
“It’s not safe to be a Jewish student at UC Berkeley.” That was the message a Jewish student delivered before the House of Representatives’ Education and the Workforce Committee last...
Op-eds
All Over the Map
The Chinese Communist Party’s Subnational Interests in the United States
Monographs
Behind the Black Bloc
An Overview of Militant Anarchism and Anti-Fascism
Monographs
War by Other Means
A History of Anti-Israel Boycotts, From the Arab League to BDS
Monographs
Who Needs Censorship Resistance? Not Most Of Us
Several months ago, I met a well-known cryptocurrency privacy advocate friend for lunch in DC. We had a lively conversation about the pros and cons of privacy-enhancing digital tokens. At the end of our...
Op-eds
Outrage over Berlin Jewish Museum hosting antisemitic Iranian regime
“With the invitation, the Jewish Museum gives the Iranian Embassy the opportunity to make its antisemitic anti-Zionism part of the public debate,” said Stop The Bomb spokeswoman Ulrike Becker in a statement sent to The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
Op-eds
FDD Welcomes Yaya Fanusie As Director of Analysis For Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance
WASHINGTON - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies welcomed Yaya J. Fanusie this week as director of analysis for its Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance (CSIF). Fanusie will direct the p...
Press Releases
The Jew in a Box
What does it say about Germany today that in order to see some Jews you’ve got to go to a museum?
Op-eds
Saudi Money Shaping US Research
Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves are expected to run dry in fifty years. This prospect has encouraged the Saudis to go shopping for cutting-edge science that can secure the kingdom’s futur...
Op-eds
From Al Gore to Al Jazeera
A shorter distance than one might have hoped.
Op-eds
Berlin Jewish Museum Event Calls for Israel Boycott
The internationally renowned Jewish Museum in Berlin hosted a podium discussion on Saturday with US academic Judith Butler, who renewed her calls to boycott Israel. It appears to be the first ant...
Op-eds
Self-Deception
When it comes to the jihadi threat, we’re now way beyond willful blindness.
Op-eds
LGBT Activists Should Know Friends From Foes
Co-Authored with Stuart Appelbaum Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities in the Muslim world face lethal homophobia. Yet too many LGBT progressives in the W...