Analysis: Qatar Still Negligent on Terror Finance
The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on August 5 against two Qatari nationals accused of prov...
World Trade Center
Admitting Syrian Refugees: The Intelligence Void and the Escalating Homeland Security Threat
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Legislative Testimonies
Doha’s Dangerous Dalliance
Co-authored by Luke Lischin Qatari support for Islamist non-state actors has been an escalating source of tension for the monarchy in some of its vital relationships. Qatar&rsqu...
Op-eds
Lynch and Nisman: Connecting the Dots Between Two Iranian Plots
The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin confirmation hearings on January 28 for Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, to become attorney general of the United State...
Policy Briefs
Can France Regenerate Itself to Fight Radical Islam?
The nation of France imploded last week. Heavily armed Islamic extremists ran amok, massacring police officers, cartoonists, and shoppers at a kosher supermarket. The overall death toll reached 1...
Op-eds
Thirteen Years After 9/11
Do not call what happened 13 years ago this week a tragedy. It was a terrorist atrocity, an act of war and a war crime. Very different. The self-proclaimed jihadis responsible for...
Op-eds
Gen. Flynn’s Warning
Two recent interviews have been the topic of lively debate within the so-called foreign policy community. First, President Obama told ...
Op-eds
Syria’s Jihadist Twitter Wars
In March 2012, Omar Hammami, the American jihadist who called himself Abu Mansour al Amriki and fought for Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s branch in Somalia, released a short videotape ...
Op-eds
Canada, Ban This Organization That Burns Christians and Bombs Churches Now
Co-authored by Danny Eisen After years of vacillating, the United States has finally designat...
Op-eds
Our ‘Bar the Door’ Strategy
I like bipartisanship as much as the next guy. Still, the Washington Post...
Op-eds
Al Jazeera at the Newseum
Bankrolled by the oil and gas wealth of Qatar, now hiring 800 staff members and opening 12 news bureaus across the United States, Al Jazeera will soon be coming to a television near you. From its...
Op-eds
Germany Awards Top Prize to Philosopher Who Belittled 9/11
One of Germany’s top journalists, Henryk M. Broder, today returned the prestigious Ludwig-Börne literary prize i...
Op-eds
Assessing the Threat to the Homeland from al Qaeda Operations in Iran and Syria
Chairman King, Ranking Member Higgins and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by al Qaeda’s operations inside Iran and Syria. These ar...
Legislative Testimonies
Crossing Jordan
Some Arab leaders have taken risks for peace – and paid with their lives.
Op-eds
Prominent al Qaeda Leader Killed in Drone Strike in 2012
Al Qaeda announced the death of Abd el Kader Mahmoud Mohamed el Sayed, a longtime senior jihadist leader and military commander who was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan sometime in the spring...
Op-eds
Belmokhtar Claims Algerian Raid, Slaying of Hostages for al Qaeda
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the head of the jihadist brigade that launched the deadly suicide assault on the In Amenas gas facility in southeastern Algeria, has claimed the attack in al Qaeda's name...
Op-eds
Report: Al Qaeda Group Demands Release of 2 Well-Known Jihadists
The al Qaeda group responsible for a raid on a natural gas field in eastern Algeria earlier this week has reportedly demanded the release of two well-known, al Qaeda-linked jihadists in exchange...
Op-eds
Cold War Christmas Messages We Must Not Forget
Too often these days, the Cold War is treated as ancient history — as something from a simpler age of the world. It ended years before the advent of the high-speed Internet, Google and Face...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda Lives
The real story behind Benghazi and the other attacks of 9/11/12
Op-eds
From al Qaeda in Italy to Ansar al Sharia Tunisia
Two convicted members of an al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group in Italy are now senior members of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia. The pair, Sami Ben Khemais Essid and Mehdi Kammoun, were arrested in 20...