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July 31, 2017 |

Al-Qaeda in the Arab Pen. Remains Well-Funded, Able to Continue Terror Activities, FDD Study Finds

Washington, D.C., July 31, 2017 – Al-Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula (AQAP), the Yemen-based terror group that claimed responsibility for the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, makes tens of...

June 28, 2017 |

Treasury Dept. Can Play Critical Role in Helping Somalia Disrupt Al-Shabaab Fundraising

Washington, D.C., June 28, 2017 – The U.S. Treasury Department can play a critical role in helping Somalia – recently designated as an “area of hostilities” by President T...

June 2, 2017 |

Anti-Terror Collaboration with Gulf State Allies Can Begin with Targeting Al-Qaeda in Syria

Washington, D.C., June 2, 2017 – Following President Trump’s pledge to Arab Gulf State allies that the United States will help them disrupt terrorist funding, a new report from the Fo...

May 22, 2017 |

Gates to be Keynote Speaker at FDD, Hudson, Center for Cyber & Homeland Security Event

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will be the keynote speaker at an event jointly hosted by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Hudson Institute and the George Washington University...

March 29, 2017 |

Islamic State Poses a Growing Threat in Turkey, a Key NATO Ally, FDD Study Finds

(Washington, D.C., March 29, 2017) – As Secretary of State Rex Tillerson prepares to travel to Ankara on Thursday, a new report from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) finds th...

February 20, 2017 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

Despite Recent Losses, Islamic State Still Threatens North and West Africa, FDD Study Finds

(Washington, D.C., Feb. 20 2017) – The decline of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria may paradoxically help the group in Africa, particularly as state and non-state actors shift resources...

January 18, 2017 |

FDD Study: Qatar and Terror Finance: Private Funders of al-Qaeda

(Washington, D.C., Jan. 18, 2017) -- Qatar remains inexcusably negligent in its efforts to halt terror finance, lacking the political will to punish terror financiers that have operated in its te...

January 18, 2017 | |

Qatar and Terror Finance

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January 4, 2017 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

ISIL’s Virtual Planners: A Critical Terrorist Innovation

On December 19, Anis Amri plowed a hijacked truck through the Christm...

December 16, 2016 | |

FDD’s CSIF Initiates New Project to Study Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare

(Washington, D.C., Dec. 16 2016) – Recognizing the significant gap in U.S. strategic thinking about how adversaries may use cyberattacks to disrupt the U.S. economy and threaten its nationa...

November 10, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

How Will Jihadist Strategy Evolve as the Islamic State Declines?

Co-written by Colin Clarke Jihadist strategy has always been dynamic and opportunistic. Milita...

October 5, 2016 |

FDD Study: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Benefits Most from Iran Deal

(Washington, D.C., Oct. 4 2016) -- The influence and reach of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran’s economy and military is so extensive that it stands to be the largest be...

October 3, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German pro-BDS antisemitic teacher investigated by politician

A German lawmaker launched an investigation involving a German school teacher and his alleged antisemitic statements and conduct at a public school in the city of Oldenburg in the state of Lower...

September 19, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Leading BDS activist: Move Israel to Germany

It would not be absurd to relocate Israel to Baden-Württemberg, embattled German BDS activist Christoph Glanz wrote. The news that Glanz welcomed the idea that the Jewish state shou...

July 22, 2016 | |

FDD Study Highlights the Iran Nuclear Deal as A New Factor in Israel’s Hezbollah Military Calculus

The next war between Israel and the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah will be more destructive than previous conflicts, thanks to a massive Hezbollah arms build-up that includes a 150,000-rocket...

July 14, 2016 | |

Iran Ready to Walk Away from Nuclear Deal with Its Own ‘Nuclear Snapback,’ New Study Finds

Iran has effectively neutralized America’s economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic’s non-nuclear malign activity by threatening to walk away from the Joint Comprehensive Plan...

July 11, 2016 |

FDD’s Military Edge Project Expands Its Online Database to Track North Korea’s Conventional Arms

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) today expanded its free web-based tool designed to track foreign military capabilities...

June 30, 2016 | David Weinberg |

Gulf Monarchies Condemned Orlando Attack While Promoting Hate Preachers: Government-Sponsored Cleric

America’s Gulf allies talk a good game against terrorism. They ...

June 27, 2016 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Hamas Hâlâ Türkiye’de Barınıyor

Dışişleri Bakanı Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Salı günü basına Türkiye’nin İsrail ile ilişkilerini normalleştirmekten...

June 9, 2016 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Hamas Still Finds Harbor in Turkey

Turkey is one or two meetings away from normalizing ties with Israel, Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavus...