World Trade Center

November 19, 2025 | Clifford D. May

New York, New York, it’s a socialist town

Mamdani’s up and the centrists are down

November 13, 2025 | Natalie Ecanow |

Exposed: Qatar’s Circle of Terrorist Friends

In recent comments to CNN, Qatar’s prime minister reflected on his country’s unique ability to “convene between conflicted parties and understand the grievances.” ...

October 27, 2025 | David Adesnik, Mariam Wahba, Ahmad Sharawi, David Daoud, Natalie Ecanow, Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Bridget Toomey

Patient Extremism: The Many Faces of the Muslim Brotherhood

September 17, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

All wars must end

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

January 15, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Coming to America

It’s not just mass illegal immigration that poses a threat

December 2, 2024 | Craig Singleton, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Laser Focus: Countering China’s LiDAR Threat to U.S. Critical Infrastructure and Military Systems

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September 13, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

Afghanistan and Gaza: Tragedy and farce

You wonder why a Hamas rapist who gets what he deserves is reinvented as an innocent civilian murdered as part of a “genocide,” while Afghan women are transformed into chattels and slaves, and the world remains silent.

September 11, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

Twenty-three years into the long war

The threat matrix keeps expanding

April 3, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

Tehran’s weapons of mass distraction

They conceal Tehran’s development of weapons of mass destruction

November 17, 2023 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Telesur’s Pro-Iran Propaganda

Disinformation from the Maduro regime should draw just as much attention from the State Department as Russian disinformation does.

October 25, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Hopeless on Gaza 

No decent person can support terrorism and genocide

February 26, 2022 | James Brooke |

With Russian invasion of Ukraine, a page just turned in Europe’s history book

In the future, we will remember Feb. 24 alongside 9/11 and Dec. 7. Although Russia’s invasion is not a bolt from the blue like Pearl Harbor or the attack on the World Trade Center, many people did not...

September 24, 2021 | Bradley Bowman, Jack Sullivan

Afghanistan Shows Why the U.S. Still Needs NATO

Our allies responded after 9/11, and many stayed with us throughout our two-decade mission.

April 12, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban pushes Osama bin Laden truther conspiracy theories

The Taliban promoted two conspiracy theories related to Al Qaeda founder and its first emir, Osama bin Laden. The Taliban denied he was responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S. and questioned...

February 10, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

AQAP leader cites U.S. Capitol riot as evidence of America’s supposed decline

In a newly released video, Khalid Batarfi, the emir of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), cites the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Trump as evidence of America’s...

December 15, 2020 | Bill Roggio |

America Does Not Have to Choose Defeat in Afghanistan

July 8, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Study war some more

World War II and the Cold War carry useful lessons

April 24, 2020 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban lauds Mullah Omar for defending Osama bin Laden after 9/11

As the U.S. is relying on the Taliban to keep Afghanistan from being a haven for terrorists in the wake of an agreement between the two parties, the Taliban lauds Mullah Omar’s defense of Osama bin Laden...

January 28, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Making sure foreign enemies fear the United States military

Strategies must cover conventional, asymmetrical or any types of 'stupid' attacks

September 16, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Key questions concerning Hamza bin Laden’s life remain unanswered

The State Department released this wanted poster for Hamza bin Laden, using an image from his wedding video, in February. On Sept. 14, President Donald Trump said in a statement that Hamza bin Laden,...