War on terror

How a New Arab Regional Order Is Taking Shape

A more integrated Middle East is also a Middle East more open to connections with neighboring regional powers.

All wars must end

But 24 years after 9/11, the War on the West is still going strong

How a Government Reinsurance Program Can Accelerate Maturation of the Cyber Insurance Market

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Trump must counter Vladimir Putin’s coming deception games — here’s how

Vladimir Putin’s regime is readying a new bag of diplomatic tricks for the second Trump administration, as the Kremlin angles to lure Trump’s incoming national-security team into helping...

Hezbollah c’est moi: The Party of God without Hassan Nasrallah

On September 27, the unimaginable happened. At approximately 5:22 p.m. local time, reports emerged of a massive Israeli strike on the predominantly Shia southern suburbs of Beirut, known colloquially as...

After 9/11, We Went to War Against the Terrorists. The Terrorists Won.

We retreated. They survived. And we’re deluding ourselves otherwise.

Twenty-three years into the long war

The threat matrix keeps expanding

Israel SitRep: Nov. 21, 2023

Today’s Issue: Israeli Cabinet to Meet Tonight to Approve Hostage Deal | Israel Announces It Captured Two Gazans Inside the Country a Month after the October 7 Attacks | IDF Forces Encircle Jabalya,...

From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners

Investigating the Nexus Between Anti-Semitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing

Commanding Heights: Ensuring U.S. Leadership in the Critical and Emerging Technologies of the 21st Century

In War on Terror 2.0, the Watchword Is: ‘Be Careful for What You Wish’

The narrative coming from the administration decries the threat of violence from only the right.

The option that should have been taken in Afghanistan

One year after the Biden administration’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan, the results are undeniable. The country has become a haven for Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. The Taliban is as oppressive...

Paper Trail of Terror

In autumn of 2017, my colleague Thomas Joscelyn was invited to visit the Central Intelligence Agency. It was a long time coming. He and our colleague Bill Roggio at FDD’s Long War Journal had for...

Forging the American-Israeli Alliance of the Future

In the shadow of the ISIS-K attack that killed 13 American troops in Afghanistan, Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett met President Joe Biden at the White House. The visit reaffirmed the close ties...

Diplomatic Arson in the Middle East

The Biden administration’s torching of U.S.-Saudi relations

Enhancing Special Operations for Sustained Counterterrorism Operations

Retain American Power, Do Not Restrain It

The call for the United States to show “restraint” by withdrawing from foreign entanglements and keeping the focus at home is growing in foreign-policy circles – and not just in the Trump administration....

Bringing the Middle East Back Home

The American Orientalist Class attempts to paint a fantasy Middle Eastern landscape on the American canvas

Rock, Paper, Scissors in the Middle East

Trump’s is the latest play in a decadeslong game of trying to counter previous ‘peace process’ moves by each new American administration

Another unhappy 9/11 anniversary

We continue to fight erratically and without a coherent global strategy.